Friday, August 7, 2009

The Last of Robert's 17 days in the Hospital

I now know that I posted these backwards, but I am too lazy to re-do them. This picture is on the 2nd day after Robert got home. Heidi learned how to give her dad his antibiotics through his pic line. She would make a great nurse...as long as there in no blood.
A few days after getting home. Heidi was a great nurse to her dad.
Finally after waiting for hours, we got to come home. Jeff helping his dad into the house from the car. This was a huge ordeal because Robert had only been able to walk this far for a couple of days. We were so blessed that he was finally doing good enough to come home.
Robert is on his way out of here!!!
Waiting...waiting...and more waiting to go home.
I had to take a picture of the food tray because every tray had the wheat roll on it. There were only a couple of times you don't get a roll. I actually enjoyed eating them with the butter and jelly Robert got in those tiny little packets.
Mason and Julie came for a visit. Family and friends really help pass the time of day.
Dr. Armstrong got to know us really well. What he thought was going to be a routine surgery, turned into 17 days of fun! He was great!
This is Robert's infectious disease doctor that helped get his infection under control. Can't think of his name at the moment.
Dr. Baat is an amazing internal doctor. He is the Dr. that diagnosed Robert with his blood clots. He had all the tests run just to be safe and found out that he had clots in both legs, and a large mass in his right lung. We found out later he had clots in both lungs.
Rob and Staci stopped by for a visit.
Just a few of the flowers Robert got while in the hospital. We loved everyone of them. Everyone was so jealous because he got so many.
Leaving his room on the 4th floor and traveling to a new room on the Orthopedic floor. It was a much nicer room and better therapy, so we were glad for the move.
Robert's room on the 4th floor. This was nice, but smaller than his newer room.
We had a lovely view of the roof from this room. You can kind of see it out the window. Literally that was all we could see. We could watch workers repair the roof for our entertainment.

1 comment:

Dean Jensen said...

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of dear Robert. As all of you, Robert represented the Brinton Legacy wonderfully, (and still does). We love Dilworth and Pearl. They got us on our feet when we moved to Arizona. Your family has always been our heros and we love and appreciate all of you. Please send our love to all, especially dear Ann, (one of my personal favorites) I don't know how to locate her, so please pass my love and sympathy to her. May the Lord continue to bless your wonderful family. Love, Dean and Jean Jensen