Dave is home with Hospice

I wanted to give an update on my brother. He came out of the hospital yesterday, by ambulance. He was admitted on Tuesday, having lots of pain. Xrays were showing a lot of abdominal fluid and fluid in his lungs. All this fluid is pressing against his organs which is giving him a lot of pain. The doctors were giving him large doses of morphine through an IV. They tried to drain out the fluid in his abdomen but by the next day he had even more fluid present. The doctors are telling us now that they have done all that they can do for him and now we can only try to keep him as comfortable and painfree as possible.

Edith was with him the whole time he was in the hospital. Brandon came by on Tuesday to visit and she managed to run out to a store close by the hospital to buy clothes and personal items she needed so she would not have to leave him. She is trying to be strong through all of this, but we all know that part of her is also dying inside. They are very close to each other. I have noticed over the past two years just how close they are to each other and how much they love each other. God new she was the best wife in the world for him, I guess that is why he traveled all the way to Japan to get her. The family is going through a very tough time right now, especially Edith and the girls.

Dave's sister , Angie and mom came here to Maryland to see Dave in the hospital on Wednesday. They all met with Hospice to answer questions and go over things with them. They decided to send him home on Saturday. His cousin John, who is also Dave's best friend drove me and my boys out here to Maryland on Friday. I stayed with Edith at the hospital Friday night to help with Dave and I rode the ambulance to bring him home.

Hospice already had the things in place for him to make him as comfortable as possible. The ladies from their church has been wonderful and I want to say Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for all your prayers, words of encouragement, food and just being there of all of us. Edith and Dave's good friends and neighbor Frank and Ruth, offered their home for the family to stay at while we are here and bringing in food and helping to take care of the smaller children. You all are great and we love you all and I know God will bless you.

Right now his pain level is down some. He is not eating anything much at all. He will drink some Ensure and water but that is about it. His abdomen is still swollen and he says it hurts him. He sleeps most all of the time. His family is traveling back and forth to Virginia, and right now I am staying here to help take care of him. He has a doctors appointment on Wednesday morning and he says he is going to Virginia after his appointment. I am not sure if he can make the trip, but we will see how he is doing at that time, he is such a strong person. We can only take things one day at a time.

Please continue to pray for him and the family and pray for God's will to be done. Pray he will not be in alot of pain as the days go by. We love you all and God bless you all.


Love
Dave's sister, Barbie