Day 11 Mom is HOME THANK YOU LORD!!!

Today mom is home, she had a good night sleep. It was nice to call the house and have my mom answer the phone. Today she is meeting with the Home Care of Mid Missouri nurse and getting the PT set up. She is feeling better now and is trying to regain her strength. She will have to use a walker until she feels comfortable moving on her own. The hardest part is not letting her over-do-it. We have friends that are helping out with meals, which we greatly appreciate.

Day 10 Update

Mom just got back from the ultra sound on her legs. They were looking for a blood clots and all test were negative. Yeah so she gets to go home this afternoon. Ten days in the hospital is just crazy. Mom's strength is getting better. Thank you so very much for all the prayers, visits, flowers and cards. We truly believe in the power of prayer. We know when mom gets home there will still be several challenges.

Day 10

Mom didn't sleep at all last night. But this morning she was sitting up regarding her cards. She walked around the floor twice so that is great. Shows that she is getting stronger. Dr. Johnson is the infection doctor he came in and excused himself from the case. He did say he is always available but there is no infection and for expense purpose there is not a reason for him to stay on. We are still waiting on a visit from Dr. Irvin. So I will let you know.

Day 9

This morning mom is feeling pretty good. She got to take a shower. She walked around the floor with the PT. Dr. Irvin mention he is having a specialist look at the MRI of the back if he doesn't find anything and does not request any more test. She might go home tomorrow but was not sure. She is still pretty weak so I think home is going to be a challenge.

Day 8 update

Dr. Irvin just left the room. He mentioned she does have the sjogrens syndrome and they are waiting on more blood test to come back. She has taken over 400 blood test. WOW we are off to MRI.

Day 8 in Boone County Hospital

This morning mom is sitting up in the chair. I think she looks my lively. Her coloring in her face looks better as well. The swelling in her right arm is better. She has more movement in the right arm this morning. Today she has an MRI to look at the right upper leg. We are waiting for a visit from the doctor. I think we are on the right track. Check in later, again thank you everyone for all your prayers, visits, and cards. Mom likes to hear the cards and see you is on the blog.

We have been here a week now, WOW!

Mom slept a little bit last night. I think the MU game put her to sleep. She is still having a lot of trouble with the sharp pains in her leg. Her head ache is back as well. The good news is that the swelling in her arm has decreased. The side effects from the steroid is making her face swell a little bit and her body aches. She has been running a slight fever about 100.2 so they are keeping watch on that. Dr. Jost came in this morning. He requested that an MRI be done on the sharp pains in her right leg. Mom is really scared of the MRI so they will knock her out, so that's good. It is a small hole and you have to lay there stiff for 30 minutes, no fun. Mom spoke with Shawn this morning, it's his birthday today.

Mom is now having bad charley horses in her leg the upper right side. She has been in a lot of pain. The pain is under control and she is up in the chair. She is loving the visits from all of her friends and family. Thank you everyone for your support.

Here is a link if you are wondering what Sjogren's Syndrome is:
http://www.healthscout.com/ency/68/721/main.html#DefinitionofSjogren

Dr. Irvin just left the room he diagnosed her with Sjogren's Syndrome. She is able to have a food now, she is going on a 90mg. prednisone. This is a high dosages, she they have to keep her in the hospital over the weekend. We are not in the clear so please keep her in your prayers. The great thing is they are treating her, they increase her pain medications to keep her comfortable. They have requested more blood test to see if anything else is going on. Dr. Jost is the doctor over the weekend.

Diane Davis

As most of you know, our mom Diane Davis has been in the Hospital since Sunday Oct. 12, 2008. On September 22, 2008 mom came down with a horrible back ache in her lower spine. She went to the doctor Dr. Conley and had an injection and MRI on the lower back. At that time Dr. gave her prednisone and pain killer. Then 2 days later the pain also went into the hip so they requested another MRI on the hip. Dr. Conley's office did blood test as well. Then 1 day later the pain started in her right hand. She then went back to the doctor he then sent her to the Rheumatologist in Mexico. That doctor ran more blood test had no clue what was going on, that was Friday Oct. 10,,2008. Friday morning she got a phone call from Dr. Conley's office that her hypothpothyroid was very bad, so she got on medication for that. She came home from Mexico and had a headache. It would not go away she then ended up in the ER Saturday 10/11/2008 at Boone Hospital. They gave her pain medication, doubled checked the blood test and sent her home. Then Sunday the 10/12/2008 the headache had came back and she was back in the ER and then they admitted her at that time. She is in room 2002 on second floor under Mary Diane Davis we appreicate your support but are trying to limit visitors to allow mom to rest. They have Dr. Irvin was is her admitting Dr. (Rheumatologist). Dr. Irvin is over seeing her case. On the case is Dr. Shenker (neurologist), Dr. Johnson (infection specialist), Dr. Bondurant (neurosurgen). We have the best of the best trying to figure out what is going on.
Currently they are just doing more test. She has had CT-brain, chest, stomach-(they didn't show anything). She has MRI of back, hip, arm(showed inflammation) we are still waiting on the results. They took fluid off the lower back sent it off for testing-it was inflammation only. They continue to do more blood test everyday.
I feel like they are getting close. Yesterday her blood pressure spiked to 185/152 so now she is on medication for that. Other than that the doctors don't want to treat the unknown. We don't have a report today. I will let everyone know what comes next.
Thank you for all your love and prayers. Please pass this website on. This helps out friends and family on the communication.