Mother and I just got back from St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens, Georgia. We were there for several hours visiting my dad, Hugh Morgan. Although dad still cannot eat or drink, he is better. They are still pumping fluid out of his stomach, but it looks like the process will naturally end soon and he will then be able to eat things like soup and Jell-O. He will then graduate to bigger meals.
Dad had some visitors from church today. Jim and Audrey Cox were with us for about an hour, and shortly after they left Ian and Paulette Johnson came. We had excellent conversations with everyone. It is really nice to have a good church family. Jeanette (Herndon) Phillips was out of town today, but she took the time to call us today, which was also special.
Each day that dad has been at the hospital, he has had different nurses and nurse technicians. All of them have been excellent, but suffice it to say we have met a lot of the hospital staff. Dad’s nurse today was Gary Jokowsky. He told my father that he looked familiar. After talking for a while we discovered that Gary used to be an ordained IPHC minister in the Georgia Conference. Wow! It’s a small world (after all)!
Yet another physician came to the room and said that one of the reasons for all of the fluid in dad’s stomach was due to the fact that his “bowels went to sleep” during surgery and haven’t fully “woken” back up. Both the physical therapist and the occupational therapist came for the first time this morning. They were able to help dad move around some, walk, do a few leg exercises, and go to the bathroom on his own. I think that was a lot of major stuff compared to seeing dad just stuck in bed for a couple of days. So, that was definitely another positive thing that happened today.
Once again, thank you all for your prayers. I will continue to keep you posted. God bless you,
Greg
PS: I did not know until today that the remaining Catholic nun, Sister Sheila, once again prayed for dad before he went into surgery. He said that her prayer was “packed with theology” and he agreed with her 100 percent. Thank God for all of our Christian brothers and sisters and for all of their prayers on our behalf!
Dad had some visitors from church today. Jim and Audrey Cox were with us for about an hour, and shortly after they left Ian and Paulette Johnson came. We had excellent conversations with everyone. It is really nice to have a good church family. Jeanette (Herndon) Phillips was out of town today, but she took the time to call us today, which was also special.
Each day that dad has been at the hospital, he has had different nurses and nurse technicians. All of them have been excellent, but suffice it to say we have met a lot of the hospital staff. Dad’s nurse today was Gary Jokowsky. He told my father that he looked familiar. After talking for a while we discovered that Gary used to be an ordained IPHC minister in the Georgia Conference. Wow! It’s a small world (after all)!
Yet another physician came to the room and said that one of the reasons for all of the fluid in dad’s stomach was due to the fact that his “bowels went to sleep” during surgery and haven’t fully “woken” back up. Both the physical therapist and the occupational therapist came for the first time this morning. They were able to help dad move around some, walk, do a few leg exercises, and go to the bathroom on his own. I think that was a lot of major stuff compared to seeing dad just stuck in bed for a couple of days. So, that was definitely another positive thing that happened today.
Once again, thank you all for your prayers. I will continue to keep you posted. God bless you,
Greg
PS: I did not know until today that the remaining Catholic nun, Sister Sheila, once again prayed for dad before he went into surgery. He said that her prayer was “packed with theology” and he agreed with her 100 percent. Thank God for all of our Christian brothers and sisters and for all of their prayers on our behalf!