Thursday morning

I slept the entire night. I was so tired. It's a good thing that Monty didn't need me during the night. If so, he would have been out of luck. The hourly nurse checks, respiratory therapy, the 3am weigh in, beeping ivs, and coughing husband couldn't wake me. Prayer concerns for the day: Monty is still coughing. Pray that the irritation in his lungs subsides. Monty has developed a rash on his back and abdomen. The surgeon assistant wants the Infectious Disease doctor to look at it today. Please pray that the rash is not from the antibiotics that are being used to treat the strep infection in the heart valve. It is important that Monty is able to continue with this particular combination of antibiotics for the next 4 weeks. If there aren't any more issues today, we are expecting to meet with a social worker tomorrow to get signed up for home health services. Once that is arranged, Monty can continue his recovery and treatment at home. Home health will administer his IV antibiotics for the strep infection and check the Coumadin level in his blood for the next four weeks. If all is well today, it just might be home sweet home for us tomorrow. Yippee Jesus!