Miraculous recovery

Hi everyone,   Sorry its been awhile since my last update.  Since last time, Dad has gone to see the doctors in spokane and been released by all of them,  and has been taken off the IV antibiotics, that was sometime in July. The infectious disease doc said that 85 days is a record for having an IV antibiotics in for.  His brain scans show that the emboli are shrinking down, and recovering past the point of needing antibiotics. And Dad continues to get stronger every day, he has started cooking again, doing small projects at the shop, driving and drawing a little bit.  He isnt cranking out the sketches yet like he used to but hopefully soon. He has had some shoulder problems due to a small fall he had in mid July, they are going to Seattle to check into that on Wednesday.  I am headed back to Hawaii to finish up my last year and a half at University of Hawaii.  My cousin Holly has moved in to our house so my parents will still have some extra help if they need it while Im gone.  Praise God for all the miraculous healing that has taken place in my dad.  We've heard several doctors say, " I didnt think he was going to make it."  but by God's grace and power he survived.  Thank you for all your prayers and hopefully this will be my last entry for these updates. Love you all , Aloha

Check up 2

Hey everyone,

 We just returned from a 3 day check up time in Spokane, all of us staying at Gwen's house.  Its nice to have Dad with us at the house this time.  He still has be be on the IV antibiotics for another 3 weeks at least. The abscesses in his brain have gotten much smaller but are still not gone, so infectious disease still wants him to be on the antibiotics til they are gone.  There are a few new bumps on his feet that look funny, we got the blood cultures done for that yesterday in Lewiston so we'll know if theres any new bug in his system.  Dad continues to get stronger, hes been going the physical therapy and doing day to day things on his own, getting back to his old self.  He made our family huckleberry pancakes this morning, he wanted to though, we didnt force him. haha.  So thats the latest, Ill keep you posted, keep on praying and praise God!  Love you all, Aloha

Katelyn

Good Checkup News

Hey Everyone, Dad went to the docs( neurologist and cardiologist) on Monday they both said everything looks great. And were still in awe of how he survived.  The cardiologist said "You beat some odds Mr. Holzer, you are a tough guy."  That shows the power of God and prayer right there.  Dad continues to get stronger every day, he gets up and wants to make his own breakfast, well he helps make it.  He's able to walk around pretty much independently, not down stairs of course and we are always around.  But he's getting his every day skills back more and more, he is even getting some drawing back.  Praise God! Ill keep you posted on more later. Updates will probably be weekly now.  Love you all, keep on praying, Aloha!

Katelyn

First week at home

Hey everyone,  

This week was great, having dad home again.  He has been getting stronger each day.  He had a few weaker days, but he is still learning to pace himself and get back into regular life.   Thank you so much for all the food and the prayers.  Its been kind of hard for me and mom to adjust into being full time nurses.  We are in charge of running his IV, changing the bag every 24 hours.  We are getting the hang of it now though.  He has an appointment on Monday with the cardiologists and surgeons.  So they will be staying with Gwen Sunday night and then coming back on Monday after the appointment.  Ill keep you posted on what we find out.  Love you all, Aloha,

Katelyn

Still at home

Hey everyone, we are still home, and while mom finishes up school Ive been staying at home with dad. Everyday we have to change out is IV bag, which has been a challenge a couple times.  But now we are doing better.  Dad is feeling so much better now that he is home, he still has to get up every 2 hours to use the bathroom, so that means mom and I try to get up also to make sure he doesn't fall.  A few times we have slept through our alarms though. Thank you to everyone who has been bringing by food, that is such a blessing!  God has blessed us with so much.  Love you all, Ill keep you posted on further recovery.  Aloha,

Katelyn

WE ARE HOME!

Great News, Praise God!   Dad has come home.  He currently is cooking himself some good eggs after suffering through the bad hospital eggs for 50 days!  He was so happy to be home, Ill fill in more details later.  But I just wanted to let you all know that Dad is feeling good, being treated with antibiotics still, Mom and I are his nurses, haha, and hes home! Aloha!

Katelyn

Road Block

Well we were set to leave today, but early yesterday Dad woke up with bladder pain. The pain grew to about a 5 out of 10, to the point where he needed pain meds.  Today he says the pain when he pees is about a 7.  All this time he is also having to discipline himself to get up every 2 hours to pee so that he doesn't get plugged up and have to put the catheter back in.  Right now they think the problem is a bladder infection which they have cultured already and are treating with antibiotics.  This morning he woke up with floating clouds in his left eye.  So he has an eye appointment today at 3:30 and will be staying here a few extra days. If these things start to resolve by tomorrow he might be able to leave then, but we'll see.  Please pray that these things get better and don't cause anymore problems, and for dad to stay encouraged, because right now after looking forward to getting out of here, he is disappointed and having this pain right now.  I'll keep you guys posted.  Keep on praying. Aloha,

Katelyn