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

Bday and a picnic

It was a beautiful weekend, on the 25th, yesterday we went to another park and had a birthday picnic for me and Katie.  Dad walked halfway around the pond and a few more distances.  It was a good day. This week Dad has a CT scan so infectious disease doctor can see the progress of the brian infections.  He has a few appointments and we are working on getting a new consult urologist for the urine problems.  So far we are still on to get out of here on Friday, we may have to stay because of the urine problems.  Ill keep you posted.  Keep on praying, Love you all!  Aloha,

Katelyn

A walk in the park

Hey everyone!  We just took a walk through the park. We had a 4 hour pass with Dad so we took him out to eat at Cyrus O learys, he walked in with mom and I spotting him.  Then we took him in the wheelchair over to the park, where he walked one time up a little hill.  He was so happy to get out.  We may get to take him out for tomorrow and then we will go to Manito.  He has a cold and cough, but its getting better.   I put some pics up for you all to see. We love you all and hopefully we will be back in Orofino next week on Friday May 29,  yay!  Pray for everything to clear up so Dad can get checked out.  Talk to you soon! Aloha!

Katelyn

"Trouble Maker" nickname

The nurses have a nickname for Dad and it is "trouble maker" because now that his strength is getting better he doesnt see why he cant just get up and walk to the bathroom himself.  So then he gets in trouble with the nurses, but they all still laugh.  So pray that he is able to abide by the rules in rehab and will wait til he has spotters to prevent a fall.  You know how us Holzers can be, especially Dad since hes always been so independent.  But thats a little funny part thats been going on lately.  While Im here he doesnt get away with much, dont worry.  Our date for getting out of here is still the 29th.  He still has been able to keep the catheter out and hasnt gotten plugged up again.  His urine is still bloody but it gets lighter everyday.  And on Monday, we get a day pass, meaning Dad gets to go out on the town for 4-6 hours.  Which is perfect timing since we will be celebrating my birthday that day, my bday is on Tuesday but we decided to celebrate a day early.  So that will be fun. Mom or I will go to a training session on Friday and then he's all ours on Monday.  We'll probably take him to eat somewhere or to the park.  Thats the exciting news for the week.  Keep on praying and we hope to see you soon back in Orofino.  Love you all, Aloha,

Katelyn

Monday 6th week

Sorry its been awhile I was running all over the state this weekend.  Jan was up here with Bob for the weekend and Breck too.  Over the weekend Dad had a few dizzy issues, and fainted one time, but he didnt fall.  They seem to have that worked out and now he is feeling much better.  This morning he got the catheter out finally, so now we are just praying that his time he doesnt have to have it put back in.  He is getting stronger every day.  Just now he stood up all by himself from sitting down at the edge of the bed.  Tonight he should get a good nights sleep since he doesnt have that catheter anymore.  Thank you for all your prayers and hopefully we will be home soon.  Ill know more tomorrow if we might get to leave any sooner than the 29th of May.  Aloha,

Katelyn

Keeps on improving

The rehab people say if dad keeps on improving then he will get out of here on May 29th, he thinks he can get out sooner though. haha.  He continues to walk further and do things himself now.  Not too much though, he knows he has to take it easy for awhile, so thats good.  Thats all for now with Dad. Ill keep you posted. Love you all!

PS: Its been a month now. Its amazing dad has gotten so much better in just a month.  Praise God!