Good morning, everyone. I talked to Aaron on my way to work this morning before he got started on his physical therapy for the day. He said the final results of the CAT scan checking for blood clots in his lungs aren’t in yet. Until then, he has to keep taking these daily shots of blood thinners, which is what he was doing when I called ... it didn’t sound like fun to me, but I'm a wimp. Pray that they can absolutely rule out blood clots so that Aaron can have one less shot to take. I am happy to say that he has been taken off of supplemental oxygen and intravenous fluid, which makes it much easier for him to move around.
Aaron also said that he was able to get online in the hospital’s computer lab last night and check out the web site some more, and he is so enjoying reading all your comments. He said it actually got him a little choked up, which is a pretty big deal for a big, tough Marine. Thank you all for the love you are pouring out on our family. We feel so blessed.
It is worth noting that another great providence has appeared for our family: The hospital staff at Bethesda have recently started bringing around free Starbuck’s coffee for the troops and families in the hospital. If you know our family well, you are familiar with our enthusiasm for/addiction to good coffee. I was getting ready to ship Aaron a coffee maker and some quality beans if he was having to drink bad hospital coffee, but he assures me that he is well-caffeinated. That’s a blessing for everyone else, too, because we Rices are very difficult to deal with if we don’t get our coffee. Ask my husband.
At the start of today, please pray for a good physical therapy session for Aaron and for continued healing. He said that they changed the dressings on his left leg, and it is healing up really well at the amputation site, but he has a nasty bruised place on part of it that needs to heal.
On another note, I forgot to mention in yesterday’s marathon post that when I talked to Mom, she said she has been coughing much, much less and she asked me to thank you all for your prayers for her. She was even laughing about an adventure she had trying to get some photos put on a disc to send to me, and it was great to hear her in such good spirits.
More later today.