More on dan

I just showed Dan this picture of himself and he said "it doesn't even
look like I'm faking it".

I talked with Dr. Shaikh this morning, an older Indian guy with
terrible manners. He gave me a bit of trouble about my questions, but
thankfully Dan has an amazing nurse who has been finding out answers
for me.

He's having the jaw surgery today around 4 or 5. A orthopedic doctor
looked at his scapula and wants to get more xrays after they get his
chest tube changed from suction to gravity feed, maybe tomorrow. In
addition to the left scapula that is broken straight across, his right
scapula might have a small fracture too. More later!

Will, Hall, and Trist--

Here is your rocket on top of a mountain 10,000 ft mountain in Albuquerque NM!

One last picture

I just had to get a picture of Matthew in on the blog.. He's such a precious baby. This is typical for him (except for his ear splitting screams nowadays. If he doesn't get food fast enough when he's in his high chair, watch out!)--anyway, smiling and being rather cheerful and chipper is mostly usual for him... :) Ok. I'm done blogging now. Now that I've figured out how to post pictures, I've been a blogging fool! :)

More fun pics of our family...

This is of Caleb, feeding his "baby". I walked into the kitchen once, after playing/feeding Matthew in the living room, and this is what I found. :)

Caleb, on his 3rd birthday.. He didn't quite
know what to do with the candle and singing.. but he got the hang of it quickly! :) He got sung to three different times, and by the end, he was asking for "more Jesus? More hot?" :) (translation: more birthday song and more candles to blow out)

This is Caleb, also on his birthday, with his friends Parker and Hannah. Their mom Emily and I are friends, and Caleb obviously was having a a good time... :)

And, this is John and me, in Chicago. :) Not the best of John, but oh well. I think as I was taking this pic, he was saying, "Your hair is tickling my face...". :) We had a good time.

I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT I AM SO THANKFUL THAT DANNY IS ALIVE!!! THAT IS THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER!!!!!! THANK YOU JESUS!

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Sarah

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From: Sarah Block <saraheblock@gmail.com>
Date: September 2, 2008 9:14:52 PM EDT
To: "go@blogger.com" <go@blogger.com>
Subject: More on dan

This is the worst of his back injuries. It's really more road rash than anything. They just took him downstairs to get a thoracic epidural to help with his chest and rib pain. It's more important that he clear up the junk in his chest than anything else right now, and the pain meds he's on aren't doing much. So hopefully he'll be breathing better soon. Tomorrow is still his jaw surgery, probably mid-afternoon. I spoke with his anesthesiologist, and she is hopeful that he will be breathing well enough on his own that he will not have to remain intubated after surgery. We'll have to see how it goes. More later!

Sarah

Dan update

He's sleeping right now. As you can see, his chest drainage tube is
still in He's still in a lot of pain. The biggest thing they are
worried about right now is pneumonia. He is very reluctant to cough at
all, due to the extreme pain it causes in his chest and side, but the
nurse told me earlier that if he doesn't keep trying to keep his lungs
clear, he has about a 90% chance of getting pneumonia. He was on the
machine that pumps his lungs up just a bit ago, and that must've
exhausted him, cause he's out cold now. He is still scheduled for his
jaw surgery early tomorrow afternoon, as long as his lung is stable
enough to go under anesthesia. The kids were in to see him a little
earlier. They were more impressed with the machines, tubes and lights
than anything else, which was probably good cause Dan was still very
out of it.
I'm hoping he'll wake up here in a bit and eat some soup... We'll
see. :)

PS: Kak, thanks for the flowers! They just got here and they smell
terrific and look so pretty. I'll read Dan thy card as soon as he
wakes up. :)

Danny

We love thee, Danny! We are all praying for thee, and just want thee to know how much thee is loved! Get better soon!
Love, Kak, John, Caleb and Matthew