Dr. Nintendo

Quick mid-day update (shocking I know : ) )

Nothing has moved since yesterday morning (through Dave's colon).  They are taking him for a CT scan pretty soon here.  They want to rule out an abscess (infection) that could be the culprit.  Otherwise, Dr. Nintendo wants to hit the "reset" button on Dave and put an NG tube back in his nose.  (Can't remember where I made that comment, but the "young" doctor said using the NG tube is just like hitting the reset button on the Nintendo...not quite Dr. Nintendo, but we'll try anyway....)

Dave is in a lot of pain/discomfort today, very distended.  He did make a new friend down the hall though.  There is a man staying with his 19yr old son and Dave and the dad have been talking.  Turns out we have mutual friends!  (Pritchards)  He came down to tell Dave about the Lakers, but Dave was not up to hearing about basketball yet.  We'll get there, hope is still in front of us, I just feel bad for Dave.

To distract us though, I've been thinking about having a contest.  The ostomy nurse said that people "name" their stomas : )  (This is his guts that are hanging out of his side into a bag - was that too graphic?)  So if you have a great name, you can enter to win the bragging rights for naming Dave's stoma.

Please continue to pray for relief for Dave.  I'm praying relief doesn't come in anything to invasive, the doctor said he'll get there, it just is taking time.