Update on Danny

Danny is still in the hospital and will likely remain there until at least this weekend. The docs changed their diagnosis after a second CT scan. He now has diverticulitis (sp?). Diverticulosis is a condition he's probably had for 5 or more years. The colon is strained and forms little bubbles that bulge out of the colon. If food or waste becomes trapped in one of these bubbles it will become infected...thus becoming diverticulitis. Anyway, he has a bad infection and a microscopic hole in his colon. To avoid emergency surgery he is being pumped full of very strong antibiotics. Please pray for him to overcome this without surgery. Surgery on an inflamed and infected colon can be very risky.

His spirits are getting better. He was becoming very depressed and not wanting to walk or bathe or talk or watch TV. The docs finally allowed him to have a liquid diet and I think that has helped him. For 5 days he was only allowed ice chips. He now has more energy and is walking more, which will also help his recovery. He actually watched some movies yesterday and today. Yesterday morning I asked him if he wanted to come down to my office later to watch the Astros' game on the internet (he's in the hospital where I work). He said no and I said that I would get him a radio to listen to it instead. He snapped at me and said he didn't care about baseball. Well that broke my heart because anybody that knows him knows he LOVES baseball. Later that evening he asked me to get him a radio because he would like to listen to the games. That was a huge improvement. Too bad the Astros lost 14 to 1 I think!

If you would like to send him a message go to memorialhermann.org and click on the e-greetings link on the bottom right hand side. The location is in the Woodlands and the room number is 5251.

Please keep us all in your prayers. I'm making it, but Daley and Laura are having a hard time dealing with him away from home and me coming and going like crazy. They seem to start getting upset as soon as they hear someone knocking at the door. They know it will be a sitter and that means mommy is leaving yet again. They really both miss their daddy terribly. Maybe it wouldn't be so hard if they didn't have such a wonderful and involved father. I work every evening so they are home with him every night and they are certainly missing that time together.