Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Not much has changed today. He is still on the venilator and they had to actually turn it back up from yesterday. He has an infection in his blood which is also in his lungs. They are giving him anitbiotics to clear up the infection. Once it is cleared up they will start to ween him off of the venilator again. He received platelets this morning and his blood count is 10.1 today.
Laura said he is resting comfortably.

I will let you know when something changes.

Pray for his strength and healing and for the family.

God Bless!

Monica Patton

Tuesday July 29, 2008

Hello everyone. We just wanted to pass the latest news on to everyone. Yesterday, Kirk had some excessive bleeding come through the tube that they placed into his liver to drain the enzymes. The tube had become displaced and was drawing the blood out of his abdomen. They took him back into surgery and put the tube back into place. They also shut off the blood supply to his spleen so he would stop loosing blood through it. His blood count was actually up a little yesterday from the day before. He was put on a venilator for the procedure and is still on it this morning. They are weening him off of it a little at time.

Laura said that he is sedated but very comfortable and seems to be resting well. Keep him in your prayers as well as Laura and the boys. She and Jamie (Kirk's sister) have been with him around the clock for the past few days and I am sure they are both exausted.

We will let you know as soon as anything changes. Keep the comments coming. I will be printing them and take them to him as soon as he is awake.

Monica

July 26, 2008

Sorry we didn't post yesterday but Laura and Matthew didn't come home from Abingdon and I didn't get home from there until about 11 last night.

They put Kirk under anesthesia and put the tube into his liver to drain the enzymes. He came through the procedure fine. His color was much better a couple of hours after the procedure. He is in the critical care unit for observation. They gave him blood last night and he was resting well. They are going to keep him in the critical care unit for a day or so to observe him. Laura said he rested pretty good last night.

Please continue to pray for Kirk and the family. We will let you know if anything changes. Keep the comments coming Kirk reallly enjoys hearing from everyone!

Monica

July 24th

Hey everyone,

Kirk was still not able to have the procedure today to drain his liver due to low blood counts. They are giving him blood and platelets today and we hope that he can have the procedure tomorrow. This should give him alot of relief.

Kirk is a fighter and continues to move forward. He has so much support and we are very thankful for that. He enjoys his calls and visits and thanks to Robert Hutton he is now in Hokie territory.

My mom is still in the hospital but she will be o.k. and Sabrina is checking on her daily as well as my aunt and cousins.

We thank you all for your support without you we could not do this.

I will update tomorrow as soon as I have more news.

God Bless!

Kirk and Laura

July 23rd

Hi everyone,

I wish I could report good news today but again things didn't go as planned this morning. Dr. Cobb tried to insert a tube into one of the liver biles today to give Kirk relief from the liver enzymes that are backing up because of Kirk's cancer he is so sensitive and in so much pain that he could not stand the procedure. The Dr. said it started off good but because they do not put people to sleep for this procedure just light sedation Kirk could not bear the pain and asked that he stop.

What we are looking at now is to see if Kirk's system can handle being put sleep and if they want to try that procedure or a surgical procedure to provide him some relief. I tell you Kirk has to be the toughest person I have seen in my life to go through the things he has went through.

I also talked with a lady from the blood bank today and she told me she had worked there for 30 years and had never seen the turn out that she had for Kirk. She said thanks to everyone!

As soon as we know what the next step will be I will let you know. Pray pray pray!!!

God Bless!

Kirk and Laura

July 22nd

Things did not go as we had hoped they would with the endoscopy this morning. The blockage was not food but a mass so the doctor could not open the stent. He is not sure what king of mass it was but he did a biopsy and we should know later this week. Since they couldn't make an opening there is another procedure they can do but Kirk was not fully awake and could not make that decision today so it may be tomorrow before they try anything else.

He is receiving blood today his count was 7.3 this morning so he is going to get 2 units.

He was resting well today and they are getting his pain under control. He still is in good spirits and enjoys all the calls and visits he has received from everyone!

I will let you know what's next as soon as we find out.

God Bless!

Kirk and Laura

July 21st

Hi everyone,

Well I don't have much to report today. Things are about the same they were not able to do the endoscopy today because the doctor was booked up and will have to do it tomorrow. His liver counts are still up and he is still yellow but hopefully if they can remove the blockage which they are hoping is only food things will get back to normal.

He had to receive platelets today and may have to receive blood tomorrow so all the donations are coming in very useful.

I will post again tomorrow after the test. Please say hi to my mother who is in room 401 at Wytheville Community Hospital having some back trouble.

Thanks again,
God Bless!

Kirk and Laura