Dr. Zehngebot, Donnie’s wonderful and experienced oncologist, had Donnie moved to Winter Park Hospital this evening. We are happy, as we have received excellent care there. It is where he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and treated wonderfully by the doctors and nursing staff. Dr. Z is one of the lead oncologists at Florida Hospital South, quite renowned, and is very involved in cancer research. He sees patients at Florida Hospital South, Florida Hospital Altamonte, and Florida Hospital Winter Park.
Donnie had a pretty difficult day. He continues to have challenging side effects from his chemo, plus he was a bit over-sedated today. We are praying tomorrow is a better day for him, when some of the medications are out of his system. He is definitely not coherent.
Beau and David stayed with him tonight, as he seems to be a “two man tag team”. He is hallucinating, moving his hands crazy all over the place, and if he wasn’t so sick, it would be hilarious. Beau, David, Rachael and Jared all witnessed him tonight. At first you would cry, and then you would laugh at him. He mumbles and talks alot, and sounds like Sophia (our 2 year old granddaughter)garbling all her words. Then he sits straight up in the bed, and acts like he is going to get up. So…he requires lots of supervision. I am grateful for all 4 of our children that love him enough to help him in this hour of need. God bless them!!!!
So…please no visitors again tomorrow. Not sure what kind of day he will have. Also, he is running a temperature, so I expect that is going to be something they start to treat. Dr. Z is not sure if Donnie will get his chemo on Friday as scheduled. The only thing Donnie ate today was 4 teaspoons of jello and 2 small bites of popsicle. Please pray for him and for his caregivers, and for all of us that love him so dearly. Thank you!
23 replies on “Donnie is now at Winter Park Hospital”
Prayers for you Donnie. Sounds like you’ve got an incredible family and team of caregivers by your side. You have lots of cheerleaders on Gould Place too!!
So thankful you have wonderful children to help you both. Still praying for you all.
That’s how my mom was with the pain meds. Thank God you have family to help & support you both. Prayers. <3
Thinking of all of you and lots of prayers. Hoping you have better days ahead. We love you very much.
We will continue to pray for Donnie’s health and your families strength through this. I am sure he is trying his best to fight this disease so he can once again feel like his old self – laughing and joking around. Keep fighting Donnie…we’re all on your side!!!
Donnie, my friend of sooooo long. I’ll never forget our reuniting at church after 30 years of not seeing you. You walked up to me and said, ” do you remember me?” we talked for a long time after that. Hate the thought of you not in control right now , but we know that God is he is definitely with you and watching over you through others right now, I will continue to pray for comfort for you.
Gary Mc
Always praying. Not a great way to ring in the new year but praise God for the support system He’s given you and claiming victory over this horrible disease Donnie is battling. We love you and pray for a better day today. As always if you need anything I’m here
I wish there was something more we could do for y’ all. It is such a privledge to pray for you and Donnie. So glad that you have family to lean on. Love you all so very much.
Glad to hear that you are where you need to be, that is a comfort. Dave and I were vacationing in Winter Park and waited to see if he was ready for visitors. We are in Mt. Dora today and will be in Orlando tomorrow. Will keep a watch on the blog to see if we can visit with you before we go back to Vero Beach. We understand and respect your situation and needs at this time.
I love you Patty!!!! Very tough days. I’m so sorry my D is so sick. I can’t tell you how much I would love to see you!
T – tell Donnie I’m making black-eyed pea patties & will freeze y’all a batch for latter. My cookbook says we first made them in that marathon session 1-1-03. I thought we’d never finish!
Always praying for all of you.
Continued prayers, love, and strength are being sent for each of you-Donnie and Tina, family members and caregivers.
Praying for our Donnie and the whole family. Love you all, hope to see you soon.
Donnie I was so glad to get to see you when you were at Florida East.You are so blessed to have Tina at your side. I pray for you every day that you will get relief from the pain and nausea,and start eating again. Glad you have built some good relationships at Winter Park and you have a wonderful Physician.Tina I am so glad you and Donnie have this blog, you have so many people pulling for you. Hang in there Donnie!
Tina can I bring you anything? I want to help in anyway I can. Please let me know I would be happy to do anything you can think off. Praying for you and Donnie around the clock. Love you both.
CANCER SUCKS , praying!!!!!
Praying to our dear Lord for you all and thinking of you tenderly. Praying for a better tomorrow!
Praying diligently for Donnie and you all! My heart is with you!
Praying for Donnie and all of you! Hugs to you Tina. He is so lucky to have you with him through this battle with such an challenging disease.
Donny
Praying for you daily, Old Friend!!
love and prayers to all of you.donnie you got so much love and prayers. hang in there..your family is rallying around you..we all wish we could be there..we are in spirit..father God be with donnie touch his body.give the doctors the wisdom to know what treatments are best …give Tina a good nights rest..thank you for young people rallying around him. still praying for a miracle..love you God blessbl all of you.. Love Linda
Following your daily posts! Thankful for the updates. Prayers for all of you. Donnie is so lucky to have a wonderful caring family.ay God continue to watch over Donnie and all his caregivers.
I so want to help, yet I am powerless. I think of you constantly, and hope and pray that you and your family receive everything that you need. May your prayers be answered.
Dan