I like the round hand K, with the curve, almost a loop, on the bottom better than the more or less Palmer K I was taught. I have doubts about being able to make that lovely swooshy curve at the bottom though. At some point I'll have to give it a try, since I think it's much more elegant. I never could manage the light up strokes and heavy down strokes. It's a comfort to know part of that is because of not having the right nib.
Before I update on tanner I just want to say how blessed I know we are to have an army of people loving us, praying, and holding us up. Thank you
Tanner’s kidneys have continued to get worse. They talked about starting dialysis today but my gut wasn’t comfortable with that. I asked a lot of questions and spent time talking with his team of multiple doctors. It turns out that he got 30% less fluid yesterday than he was supposed to. We gave him some extra fluids and checked labs again to see what his kidneys were like. I keep hoping something will magically, or more accurately, miraculously turn them around to where they start getting better. That has not yet happened. If they aren’t improved in the morning Tanner will go to IR (interventional radiology) to have a large central line placed in the jugular vein in his neck so they can start dialysis. There are risks with the procedure as well as the dialysis itself. Time will tell if his body, mainly his heart, can tolerate it.
Lungs: all of the cultures from the bronchoscope have come back negative. They aren’t seeing fungal, viral or bacterial infections. Whatever has happened to Tanners lungs is almost certainly not an infectious process. That’s both good and bad. How to you treat something when you don’t know what that something is?
We had another frustrating day where sedation was concerned . Initially we told tanner at least 2 days on the vent. We are twice that now, with no end in sight. This morning during the tough conversations I felt like I needed to talk to tanner and confirm what we had talked about, that he wants to do everything possible to continue to live. They reduced his sedation further so he could wake up a little bit. He was still pretty out of it but answered all my questions with a slight nod or shake of his head. The doctors watched on as he let us know he does not want to die. He wants to live. There was no doubt. Then we spent a frustrating afternoon with tanner trying so hard to tell us things that we just couldn’t understand. Finally we understood. And tanner and I both started to cry. He wants to be asleep. So that is our goal: Keep him as sedated as safely possible while we try and get him better.
I do feel a little guilty for sharing such a vulnerable experience , Tanner’s experience. However, I believe the only way he will survive this is because of all of our combined faith and prayers on behalf of Tanner. We all love him so much and want him to have the desires of his heart . Thank you again for storming heaven with your pleadings on his behalf. ❤️ 23 mins ·
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ReplyDeleteI like the round hand K, with the curve, almost a loop, on the bottom better than the more or less Palmer K I was taught. I have doubts about being able to make that lovely swooshy curve at the bottom though. At some point I'll have to give it a try, since I think it's much more elegant. I never could manage the light up strokes and heavy down strokes. It's a comfort to know part of that is because of not having the right nib.
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ReplyDeletePICU day 5.
Days on the ventilator: 4
Before I update on tanner I just want to say how blessed I know we are to have an army of people loving us, praying, and holding us up. Thank you
Tanner’s kidneys have continued to get worse. They talked about starting dialysis today but my gut wasn’t comfortable with that. I asked a lot of questions and spent time talking with his team of multiple doctors. It turns out that he got 30% less fluid yesterday than he was supposed to. We gave him some extra fluids and checked labs again to see what his kidneys were like. I keep hoping something will magically, or more accurately, miraculously turn them around to where they start getting better. That has not yet happened. If they aren’t improved in the morning Tanner will go to IR (interventional radiology) to have a large central line placed in the jugular vein in his neck so they can start dialysis. There are risks with the procedure as well as the dialysis itself. Time will tell if his body, mainly his heart, can tolerate it.
Lungs: all of the cultures from the bronchoscope have come back negative. They aren’t seeing fungal, viral or bacterial infections. Whatever has happened to Tanners lungs is almost certainly not an infectious process. That’s both good and bad. How to you treat something when you don’t know what that something is?
We had another frustrating day where sedation was concerned . Initially we told tanner at least 2 days on the vent. We are twice that now, with no end in sight. This morning during the tough conversations I felt like I needed to talk to tanner and confirm what we had talked about, that he wants to do everything possible to continue to live. They reduced his sedation further so he could wake up a little bit. He was still pretty out of it but answered all my questions with a slight nod or shake of his head. The doctors watched on as he let us know he does not want to die. He wants to live. There was no doubt.
Then we spent a frustrating afternoon with tanner trying so hard to tell us things that we just couldn’t understand. Finally we understood. And tanner and I both started to cry. He wants to be asleep. So that is our goal: Keep him as sedated as safely possible while we try and get him better.
I do feel a little guilty for sharing such a vulnerable experience , Tanner’s experience. However, I believe the only way he will survive this is because of all of our combined faith and prayers on behalf of Tanner. We all love him so much and want him to have the desires of his heart .
Thank you again for storming heaven with your pleadings on his behalf.
❤️
23 mins ·
It's like we say
Delete"We're going to storm heaven and we won't take No for an answer!"
Yet all the while we're throwing ourselves into the arms of God.