As most of you know, when you get lots of pain and nausea medications, and you have been in the hospital for almost 3 weeks (a few of those days were at home), craaaaaaaazy things start to happen to your body. So, that is what happened to Donnie. Over the last several days, we have been slowly discontinuing medications to see what medications were causing his hallucinations. At 5pm tonight, he had a lucid conversation with our nurse! The first REAL conversation that made ANY sense for the past 60 hours. He still mumbles and “picks” at things, but he is on his way to recovery. Now we just have to be sure to stay on top of his pain and nausea, as so many medications were stopped. Praise be to the Lord for answers to prayer!!
He will continue to stay in the hospital until he can eat and drink. For instance, he ate one saltine cracker, 3 tablespoons of sorbet, and 3 tablespoons of jello for dinner. He will have to be eating and drinking significantly more than that to go home. He will also have to be in better shape to get his next round of chemo. We are just taking it one 12 hour shift at a time with him. He has been on a rollercoaster ride since it all began 3 weeks ago . . .
Our family is AMAZING! Our four children (and spouses), Donnie’s siblings, my siblings, and extended family (including Aunt Judy and Uncle Eddie that visited today), have been so supportive and helpful while Donnie was going through this storm!!!! I am sure I would be locked up in the looney bin without all their love and support. Can’t hug and kiss them enough!!!
Thank you for your prayers. We truly cherish them. I will be able to read the blog to Donnie tomorrow to “catch him up” on his life, since he missed three days! Thanks for all your prayers and supportive comments. Please don’t visit yet, as we are battling low white cell counts. Much love!
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Grateful for the good news!! Continuing to pray.
Love the picture…. even through the meds and the pain he still has a smile on his face. Literally brought tears to my eyes.
Continuing in prayer.
Love you all!
C
So glad to hear good news. I loved the family pictures and the pic of Donnie and Ronnie together. God answers prayers, so let’s ALL keep praying! God Bless you Donnie. Hope you can ask for that steak soon. Love you so much!
Thanks for the blog Tina, it sure helps us to be updated. I love you and pray for you too.
Love,
Aunt Dell
Aunt
I am so glad to finally hear some good news. The Lord is good and he is at work on Donnie’s behalf. Praise Him! !an’t wait to hear he’s asking for a steak!
Tina thank you so much for putting this blog on and sharing with all his family and friends as to his daily situations. The family pictures were great, and the pic of Donnie and Ronnie were awesome. God Bless you and the family for taking such good care of Donnie. We ALL love him so much! I will continue to pray for him and for your strength.
Love to all,
Aunt Dell
So very thankful to hear some good news. We’ll continue praying for all of you!
Love the photo of Donnie & Ronnie. Praying for our boy to be able to eat. Today a saltine, tomorrow a steak!
Yay! So happy to hear the news! 🙂 And so so glad that there is much support Tina as we worry so much about you too! God is good!
Tina,
We can not thank you enough for creating this blog and letting us all know what is going on with Donnie everyday. We all love him so much. We are praying for Donnie and your whole family.
If there is anything we can do for you… Please don’t hesitate to ask. Donnie would have done ANYTHING for any of us if we had asked him. He is such a good man.
Hang in there.
(Wish Dr. Z came to our hospital so we could take care of him.)
Happy New Year.
Such an awesome pic!! My heart is filled with joy to know that Donnie is having a good day. I am praying that this is the beginning of many more good days. My faith is that God can quiet the wind in a perfect storm. Tina, I am also praying for you and the rest of the family. Psalm 61:2 When my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the ROCK that is higher that I. God bless.
Great news! After our prayer last night he said, “We’re gonna be alright!” Yes! He was right. Thank the Lord for his turn around. When I talked to Ronnie tonight he said he was sleeping sound. Hoping he can now catch up on his much needed rest.
Love the picture of my brothers!
Keep hanging in there Donnie!
Love to all…
Sis
Im so very happy…I prayed for him tonight at Celebrate recovery…God is the Great doctor who can help…I miss talking to Donnie …. A couple weeks ago he came into my work to get supplements and a smile on his face he said hey BRIAN AND we talked and he ask about my disabilty..He is a blessing and a fighter and hes Gods child..
So glad to hear he is coming out of his drug induced state! Its a fine line between adequate pain control and being “too comfortable” so to speak!
Hopefully they can come up with an adequate mix while still allowing him awareness. Stay strong…..
YEAH!!! Love you cuz and will see you soon.
Woo hooo! So glad to hear improvement!!! I cant help to keep checking blog several times a day in hopes there will be good news. Glad today was better. The girls and I pray and pray for Mr Donnie to get better and for Ms Tina to be able to rest easy.
You two remain a strong team.
Lots of Love
Hopefully on the upswing now! <3
wow you are phenomenal folks..what a family you all have..I am praying with all my brothers and sisters in the Lord. for a complete recovery..maybe extra prayers from antioch were the clincher.. prayer is the aanswer..lots of hugs and love coming from your sister Linda. can’t wait to see you in that vet driving down the road..love the picture of you two together donnie and RonnieRonnie. Tina you get some rest. praying for a good appetite. and praising God for getting you back ! thank you God for taking care of Ronnie..please give them good rest and that appetite back..
Donnie, you are much loved! I pray for you daily. You and your family have been in my heart since we met at 1st Baptist Valrico. Thank you for leading me in the prayer of salvation so many years ago. Big hug and kiss!!!!
God bless,
Michelle
Donnie, you look great!! I can almost see you driving down the street in your vet with that same smile on your face!!!
So very thankful Donnie and Tina!! Will continue to pray for my dear friends!! Love you both so much!
So glad to hear positive news!!!! What an awesome pic. We love you Donnie…..keep fighting! Praying for you too Tina for your continued strength.
prayers are working
So glad to hear that! And that picture brought tears to my eyes. I take it Donnie is the one on the left, right? Love ALL you Macs
Love the pic of Ronnie and Donnie! So happy to hear the good news! Hoping each day will get better.
Atta boy, Dad. Fight like a Mac!
Sounds so promising. Love the picture of Donnie and Ronnie aka Dose and Rose. Lord knows you need a little encouraging news. You have an amazing family.Love them all. Hugs and kisses to you and Donnie both
Awesome! Be sure to take a video of him watching the video of his visits to other dimensions (yeah, you’ll need two devices).
Everybody, keep praying! It’s working! 🙂
Oh, Tina: I did clean up that picture of D & Bri in that earlier post 🙂
wonderful news. Glad to hear about the positive progress. We have been praying for him to show improvement. We’ve also prayed for the family to be encouraged and feel God’s presence.
THRILLED to get on and read about the positive changes!!! Such good news! I continue to keep you all in my thoughts and prayers.
yaaaaay for Donnie, since you will be reading him his , “Donnie….give a big kiss to Tina, Frankie and I am rooting for you from the Bronx”
Bless his heart. I love the Dose & Rose theme it fits them two knuckle heads. Praying for strength and healing. Love you Tina for keeping us all in the loop. love you both!
Yeah!!So very happy to hear Donnie is doing better.He is such an amazing man and has touch us all in so many special ways.Prayers sent for Donnie and also for you Tina and the rest of his family.
Bless his heart. I love the Dose & Rise theme it fits them two knuckle heads. Praying for strength and healing. Love you Tina for keeping us all in the loop. love you both!
Outstanding news. Love, love, love the picture of my brother twins. Patti and I sending much love and prayers.