Good News! Today was a really good day for Lee. After several failed efforts yesterday for him to get on his feet, it was time to try again. With the help of a really good nurse and two others, Lee got out of the chair and on his feet to walk! He walked out of the room, past the nurses station and back again.. All of the nurses and doctors @ the nurses station applauded and gave him the thumbs up with loud cheers as he came by! It was an exciting and thrilling moment. The amazing part was that @ the beginning his blood pressure dropped dramatically and the nurse said, "Let's go". As soon as Lee started walking his blood pressure improved with each step. By the time he returned to his bed the blood pressure was very good! We were all so proud of him. His nurse said, "Congratulations Mr. Kanipe, you just ran the equivilant of a Marathon for me!"
Now I know that he is on his way.......................He will be monitored to make sure he is out of danger of the irregular heartbeat from yesterday and will be moved in the next 48 hours or so to the step-down unit where he must complete four laps around a preassigned area. When he does that and all other signs are good, then he will be discharged to the Living Center for rehab and will be able to live here at the condo. All this, of course depends on him so my timing could be wrong. He looks really good and is breathing on his own with NO oxygen! I asked him how he felt and he said,"I have not only been hit by a Mac Truck, I have been hit by a loaded Mac Truck!
I know your are all yelling a big YEAAAAAAAAAAAA & Praise the Lord for Lee! Thanks to all.........................More later...................Brenda
Awesome progress!! Tell Dad I can't wait to see him do it in person this weekend. Hopefully the heart issue is behind him and can continue his progress forward.
ReplyDeleteWOW! We can't imagine the feeling you both felt when the applause rang out through the hospital! We felt it while reading the blog and goosebumps popped out on our skin!
ReplyDeleteWe are so thrilled at what is taking place and try to understand both the difficulty and success that is taking place.
We love you two....and continue to hang on to every written word that shows up on this blog!
Counting the days when we are to visit July 11 and 12!!!!!
Judy and Jim Herman
VERY exciting! I am sad that I have a cold and cannot come and tell him in person how happy I am for him! We love you guys!!!
ReplyDeleteAlex and Max (and Tango!) said to tell you hi and they love you!
YES WE ARE CHEERING HIM ON!!!Great job!
ReplyDeleteGO SUPERMAN!!!! This is great!!! everyone at work is thrilled!!!!! Keep it up and Brenda, we all know you are the SUPERWOMAN that keeps him going...
ReplyDeleteWoW ...that almost brought me to tears!!Praise the Lord for His goodness and mercy. The news just keeps getting better and better. Tell Lee that MAC track ain't got a chance...I believe that the hood ornament on that Mac is a bulldog! Have you ever seen a bulldog you couldn't put in his place?!" Haha Well Lois and Kent you've got work to do...Journalizing and Leaping tall buildings...of course we want you to do that one step at a time! Hewitt and Margaret
ReplyDeleteFantastic news! Brenda, that's so good to hear. Take care and God Bless the both of you. Praying for you.
ReplyDeleteBill & Debbie