Jo's Tummy Update #11 - Busting outa this Joint!

FINALLY! The PA came by just now and says we are good to go!

We are outa here!

She says we need to follow up with our GI doc and make sure we get to an ER quickly if similar symptoms occur again in the future.

Health Quiz #3 Results: "Peristalsis is the rhythmic contraction of smooth muscles to propel contents through the digestive tract. The word is derived from New Latin and comes from the Greek peristaltikos, peristaltic, from peristellein, "to wrap around," and stellein, "to place.""


Great Job Jason and Rachelle! You are the proud new owners of a hospital gift set! (by Johnson and Johnson).

[pink tubby holder thing not included]

Thanks for praying and staying with us!

We love you all. C&J

Jo's Tummy Update #10 (Health Quiz #3)

Day 5 - And we are hoping it is the last. Jo had eggs and potatoes for breakfast and things seem to be moving along. Jo is up and around tidying the hospital room making ready for our exodus. That's when you know Jo is well, she cleans :)



We are waiting to see the doc. Nurse says that should be this AM. Everyone seems to think she should be discharged as soon as the doc sees her one more time. If so, we will likely head home to chill.

We will post when we get discharged. Thanks for sticking with us and for praying for and loving us.

C&J

Health Quiz #2 Results:

ANSWER: - With about 3000 mL of IV fluid being pumped in per day, Jo has been 'going' about once every two hours during the day, and every four hours at night, for an average of 10 times a day. She is a VERY Hydrated girl!

WINNER - Since the only numerical guess wasn't even close (sorry mom), we are declaring this quiz winnerless. Which is very unfortunate because that means no one gets the sweet plastic floaty boat thing with the Bio Hazard baggy sailor.

Health Quiz #3: What term is used to describe the muscle movement that keeps food moving through the gastrointestinal tract? (Must be spelled correctly :)

Jo's Tummy Update #9 (Health Quiz #2)

Jo just had dinner for the first time in 4 days :) As you can see, she was ready.

Okay, so I helped.

Everything feels ok so far. We are praying it makes it all the way through to the 'finish line'! If it does, we will hopefully be discharged after breakfast tomorrow. We are ready for sure.

Hearts,

C&J


Health Quiz #1 Results:

Winner = Clint's Mom Connie! (Because precision was not specified, and because those attempting to be precise were wrong anyway, the prize goes to the first one guessing in the conventionally precision of age.)

Prize = A super cool light blue squeezy/sucky thingy! Great for supplementing the natural nose blowing mechanism, especially when you have a nasogastric tube in the way!

Health Quiz #2 Question: If Joanna intakes IV fluid at 125mL/hr, and a train leaves the station every hour on the hour, how many times does Jo visit the restroom in al 24 hr day?

Jo's Tummy Update #8 (Health Quiz #1)

The doctor (a new one) came by about an hour ago and said that he was encouraged by everything he has seen. He said that he wants her to start a liquid diet for lunch (which she just did). The food went down well and now she is walking laps on the floor to get it moving in her tummy. We should know how well she is handling it in the next few hours.

The doctor said that if she handles the liquids well, that she could have solids for dinner. But he also said that he wants to keep her overnight to make sure that everything keeps moving after adding solids. So we are bummed we don't get to go home tonight, but happy they are being careful.

With a bowl full of chicken broth and jello, she bounced right up and headed for the hall way to do some laps. Hence the empty bed. :)

Moore to come.

C&J





In the meantime, since we are a little bored, we'd like to give a Random Health Quiz. We will put a question on each new post. First correct answer in the comments will win! And the winners will get toys, gizmos, and gadgets from our Holiday Hospital Hiatus 2008.

Health Quiz #1 - How old was Jo when she had her tummy surgery? .

Jo's Tummy Update #7

Good Morning!

According to the PA's orders, the nurse came in at 8:30 and connected her tummy tube to the vacuum for 30 mins to see if she is naturally moving things along. It only produced 50 ccs which was a really good sign. Good enough, in fact, that the PA ordered the tummy tube outa there!

woo hoo!

After pulling it out they zoomed her off for another followup X-Ray. They are still not having her eat food, but they are probably looking over the X-ray to double check that things have indeed improved inside.

It seems like things are progressing. Joanna feels well and is VERY glad to have the Nose to Tummy Tube out.

We are praising God for his provision of patience, strength and peace through a rough ordeal. And we are so thankful for all the prayer and encouragement from our family and friends.

We are not completely out of the woods yet, but things are definitely improving here. The final test comes with food, and hopefully food comes tonight.

We will continue to update until they discharge us from the hospital.

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." James 1:2-4

Joyfully trusting that God develops perseverance through the testing of faith,

C&J