Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Good afternoon. I will try this again.

We left Sunday after church. The sermon was good, and then there was a special prayer for David. That was very sweet. Then we left for San Francisco.

We got here around 5:30. We got a fantastic surprise when we checked into the Family House. We walked in the room and Jennifer said, "We have our own bathroom!" I thought she was kidding~~~~shouldn't kid about a thing like that, tho. But she wasn't kidding~~~a private bathroom attached to our room! For a year in Oakland we lived in the Family House with a community bathroom. It is amazing how something so 'simple' can make us soooo happy! But we got the biggest room, and it has a private bathroom. After we got settled in we went to Taco Bell for dinner. Then we just kinda vegged-out until bedtime.

About David's surgery. I was told his surgery was at 10am, so check in at 8am. Then I was told that surgery was at 12pm, and to check in at 10am. Then I got a letter saying surgery was at 10am; check in at 8am. So we got up (didn't sleep well, anyway) and got here at 8am. The receptionist said, "wow, you guys are here early," so I assumed the surgery time had been changed to 12pm. Well, we asked, and apparently David was scheduled for surgery at 2:10!!! Yeah, I guess we were there early! Well, Dr. O'Donnell came to see us around 11:30 or so and said they would be bringing David back in about an hour. Then David showed him his trick, and Dr. O just laughed! He said, "I have to get a picture of that! I have to show my Resident!" He loved it!! He thought it was great. Of course, it reinforced the need for the revision. So anyway, they took David into surgery at 1:30. Not too bad, I guess. But David was pretty hungry by that point. But he is such a great kid, he went back to surgery WITHOUT the versed! No 'happy medicine' for him this time. He was so scared, but so brave at the same time. Then they told us we could go back to the PACU at 4:00pm. Surgery was over!! YAY! We spent forever in there waiting for his room to be ready. The 7th floor (oncology floor) is full, and they put on the 6th floor. His nurse said they don't usually do the orthopedic oncology kids, so she wasn't 100% sure of the 'protocol' for his meds and stuff. Sounds strange, I guess you had to be there (lol). Anyway, our room is HORRIBLE!!! It is a room with 3 beds and NO bathroom! When we got here there was just one boy in the room. He was fine, his mom was fine, no complaints there. I just think it is really stupid to make these kids go down the hall to use a 'public' bathroom. Very strange. . . . . . . Anyway, things were going ok, at best, then at midnight they brought in a baby. A very sick, congested baby. A very cute, fussy baby. And NO PARENTS for said baby. So sad. But they moved him in the room at midnight like it was the middle of the afternoon!! They were soooooo loud! The other boy left this morning, and they brought another crib in here!! What is up with that?!?!? We are praying, HARD, that we get to go home tomorrow. David was in a LOT of pain this morning. They pulled the PCA around 7am. Then his pain got up to a 9 before they got oral meds on board. But you see, he had to eat something before he could take the oral meds. So now that he has the Percoset on board, he is doing better. The Physical Therapist just came by and David was up and walking. He walked across the room and back. YAY! He is doing great. He ate a pretty good lunch, for him, and we are on the 'every four hours' schedule for pain meds. I am so proud of him. He is doing fantastic. This morning they took off the knee immobilizer, and tomorrow morning they are going to take the dressing off and change the bandages. So we will see what his leg looks like. Oh, I forgot to tell you~~~~DAVID GOT TO KEEP HIS PROSTHESIS!!! Dr. O took it to pathology, they did their thing with it, then they cleaned it up, autoclaved it, and gave it to David. He was so excited about that! Thank you so much for your prayers to have him keep it. It is very strange to see it. It is very heavy! And it was definitely broken. Dr. O said he was surprised it didn't collapse after it broke. Still not exactly sure what happened. Except that it is David. But he (David) told us his new 'curve ball' was doing everything the right way! Doing everything the 'easy' way and having things go the way they are supposed to go. We totally approve of those curve balls! So that is the haps on the surgery.

Rachel is staying with David tonight. We are REALLY hoping to go home tomorrow. I know we are pre-approved to stay until Saturday, but we would really like to go home tomorrow. This surgery has gone much better, for David, than the last leg surgery. No intussusception this time!! Woo-hoo!! The pain is finally under control, and life is plugging along here. Please pray for a good night tonight. Please pray that they have a good night tonight. Please pray they get more sleep than I did (that shouldn't be too hard). And please pray that we are able to go home tomorrow. Thank you.

Thank you for checking in on David and the Koury Klan. God bless you all. We love you.

Kristi and the Koury Klan

P.S.~~They are bringing another patient in here. We gotta go home tomorrow!!