Low Blood Pressure

Unfortunately without the Norepinephrine on board, Scott's blood pressure is too low. They had to restart the medication a few hours ago.

Again, he can not be transfered from the ICU until he has been off this medication for 24hours. Pray that Scott's blood pressure can return to normal.

Otherwise, he is having a pretty good day. He has slept most of the day.

The few times he has been awake he has been anxious to see his children tonight. He has also been thinking about the days ahead and the days far ahead, and is quite teary about them. Scott remains positive, but I think the reality of his situation is weighing on him today.

When he woke up yesterday he remembered he had had his leg amputated but he initially believed that he had been taken home and brought back to the ICU. He essentially "lost" a week of his life in confusion and then induced sleep. I think he is grieving this time and again he just desperately wants to go home.

When we have talked about Scott being transferred to the floor with the case worker and other medical staff, they all agree on one thing--We have to do things differently this time. Scott has to rest. He has to do physical therapy at least twice a day (I'm pushing for three times!). He needs to be on some sort of schedule. And again, he needs to rest. Lack of rest contributed to his problem last time-he was so terribly sleep deprived that his body could not and did not fight off the infection and contributed to his confused mind. This was very scary for us and we do not want this to happen again. I'll admit I am completely TERRIFIED of this happening again...if Scott, jerks in his sleep or murmurs somthing, I am filled with fear that his mind is not yet clear. I never want to see Scott like that again--to look at him and wonder what deep dark hole the real Scott was buried in. Scary stuff.

We are requesting approval to take him outside to see the light of day and breathe fresh air. As soon as he is out of the ICU, we should be able to do this. We are doing everything the medical staff asks of us and for now, that includes limiting Scott's visitors. We hope you will understand. This breaks Scott's heart because he loves you all and he wants to see you and talk with you (For example, about 15minutes after he woke up yesterday he asked me to call Greenline and speak with Jeri Ann or Lori-to tell them he was back, doing okay, and to pass the word along). He wants to socialize and talk on the phone like he used to, but the docs think he needs to focus on healing and getting well. We want Scott to get well too.

As most of you know, Scott has had MULTIPLE blood transfusions. We are organizing a blood drive to "pay it forward" and would love, love, love for all of you to be involved (and by involved I mean give up some blood! :). It will be held in Tremonton and the blood will go to IMC but unfortunately, it can't be arranged to go directly to Scott (we're praying he doesn't need anymore, anyways!) Scott has O+ blood type, so if you have that type, we would especially LOVE to replace the stock Scott has used and desperately needed. But ANY and EVERY blood type is welcome and will be used for another family just like ours! (How's that for a sales pitch?) So please, if you can, donate blood. I'll post details on the blog when we have the specifics.

Thanks again, for your continued support.

"A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are" (Couldn't find the author...?)