Sunday, November 21, 2010

Jordon's Pneumo

As Melanie and I were contemplating what a quiet house would be like, all noise breaks out.
Landon weds and moves in, not out. Jordon moves to Dallas then returns.
Since returning from Dallas, Jordon had not been well. Friday, Melanie got an appointment
for him at 4:30. I came home and took him, almost coming home and going kayaking.
Dr Athena could find nothing wrong so she sent him for an x-ray of the chest to be safe.
We walked over to Lake Shore and checked in. We got the x-ray and came on home.
Soon after, dr Randolph called. On first call, I hung up on her, thinking she a telemarketer!
Second call, answering machine. Melanie called back and she wanted us to meet her at the office.
She said he had a pneumothorax of the right lung, 30% collapsed.
Jordon became quite emotional, wondering if he would live.
We assured him he would be fine and quickly left.
Soon the ambulance arrived and Melanie rode with him and the two attendants while I followed.
At Shands they got him to a trauma room and started the process
to surgically install a chest tube.
They allowed Mel and I to stay in the room as they did the procedure.
Jordon was under light sedation. All went well. We waited for a room.
Melanie called her sister to stay the night, but Gerald, her step father came instead
around midnight. Melane and I got home after two am.
Saturday we got back by one in the afternoon. Jordon did well all day, and I came on home around 7pm.
After church I came with meme Clara. Jordon Sunday had a bad day throwing up with a migraine.
Melanie left hesitantly after six and thus I am here tonight.
A familiar role for me.

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