Update
So here's a quick update on Chad mostly for family who've been asking about him. On Friday after physical therapy his therapist suggested getting an ultrasound of Chad's leg to see if there was a blood clot because Chad's leg was getting increasingly swollen and more painful. So we went to the hospital and sure enough he has a blood clot in his leg between his knee and ankle ( a very good place we learned today because the other two places clots tend to end up are in your lungs or brain and both can be fatal). So his doctor said we had two options to either go and be admitted to the hospital for the treatment or he could give us the prescription (Lovenox shots twice a day to be administered by his wife, and cumadin a blood thinner). So we opted to stay at home for comfort and cost benefits. Well the shot thing was actually okay (after Chad got over the fact that he thought I would mess up and maybe break the needle off in his abdomen) and then today the pain just kept getting increasingly worse and along with chills and fever I was getting a little freaked so I called the doctor and he said to go ahead to the hospital and have the on call doctor decide whether or not he should be admitted. So we went and he's there now for the night and then will be checked out again tomorrow. So that's the latest, and THANK GOODNESS for my mom being here this whole week to take care of Lily, cooking, cleaning my house, doing laundry and everything else! Mom I really couldn't have done it without you, and thanks to everyone who has wished us well and visited Chad, we really appreciate it!


7 comments:
Jess, I'm so sorry! If there is anything that I can do to help, please let me know what I can do! I hope that all is better soon!
What an update! Good luck with everything...I will be thinking about you guys!!
Thank goodness Chad is doing okay. Hopefully he gets better soon! Also, I was wondering if friend dinner would work this week for you either Thursday, Friday or Saturday? But I totally understand if you can't if you need to take care of Chad. Just let me know what works!
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I just read your blog I hope everything went well for you please let me know if I can do anything. I would love to take Lily!
Wow - that is crazy, I hope he is doing better now!
Wow Jess, please keep me updated on this situation. I hope he will be ok.
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