Praises!!

So we just got a call from the doctor. The doctor says that it is just some common bacteria that he could catch from anything. He has to be on strong antibiotics for the next 2 weeks then he will go in for a check up. The doctor said that they are going to still keep looking around at the samples just in case something pops us (I think they are intrigued by this whole thing). Eric slightly annoyed that its not something bigger because of the whole ordeal, but i am thankful! thanks for all the prayers over the past week we have been blessed!

Thanks again!

Heather (& Eric)

Still the youngest patient in the hospital

Eric was still the youngest patient in the hospital today, at least I'm pretty sure.

We got up to the hospital around 830 where a nurse met us and after eric was registered they took us to his room where he was to get drugged and then recover. I had to wait in the waiting room while they were getting him ready with an iv and what not then I was allowed to go back into his room. The room he was in was a zero pressure/oxygen room so all his germs would be sucked out but visitors and drs in the room had to wear masks. He thought we looked like planet of the apes characters. Steve and Barbara and then Donny (his youth pastor) came and joined me in the room before they moved him to the room to do the brochoscope.

As he went in for the procedure we were able to ask a nurse to look at the cat scan from yesterday. It was the view like looking down his body, pretty interesting. So toward the middle to the bottom of his lung there is a mass growing the problem that is concerning the dr's is the cavities that are eating away at his right lung. They are creating a honeycomb like effect there.

It looked pretty scary to me, so after looking at this the nurse says that we should not jump ahead to any conclusion until we see the results. So it could be from TB to a bacteria that they can get rid of with an antibiotic. The drs are hoping for the best.

After he got out of the procedure he was quite amusing, slightly dazed and confused. He mainly repeated a couple questions, which was normal because the drugs create an amnesia type effect when the are wearing off. The procedure went well and they were happy with the We are now at his parents house resting from the morning, he's taking it easy and closing his eyes.

We will not be finding out any results until wed at the latest. Please be praying that we might find out earlier! My sisters wedding is next weekend and we are supposed to be flying down wed night. If this is something not to serious were he doesnt have to wear a mask anymore (he has to wear a mask when around people until they figure out what it is) he can fly, but if it serious he cant fly and will still hopefully be able to go to the wedding. Anyways please be praying for us. Thanks everyone

a hospital visit

Hi everyone.

Thanks for all the prayer and support and love that you have given us the past couple days.

Short Story:

was supposed to have surgery today and didnt instead had a xray, cat scan, and two drs look at eric to figure out what is wrong with him.

Long Story:

Eric went in for a check up on tuesday afternoon and instead was tested for TB, anemia, had an xray and an appointment set up for surgery on wed in okc with a cardiac surgeon. We drove in to the city late tues night and stayed with his parents. Wed morning I called the hospital to get more information because all we knew was that he was having surgery that day and it was at 2(The dr at OSU didnt tell us anything about what kind of the procedure this was going to be). The secretary said that he was just coming in for a consultation with the dr. I was kind of bewildered, yet relieved, since we thought he was going in for surgery.

Once at the hospital he had to get another xray and was seen by the dr. (cardiac surgeon) who said that we needed to keep doing some test and a cat scan to see what is going on in his right lung. He said that the osu dr had an overreaction in telling Eric he was going to have surgery that day and he wanted to figure out exactly what was going on before he went in and took anything out. This dr. also made sure the pulmonary dr. was interrupted from his schedule so that he could look at Eric's cat scan immediately.

After his cat scan we talked with the pulmonary dr. He asked Eric a series of questions of when everything started happening, then Eric told him that he went to Africa this past summer and the dr. started talking about how this was the most likely answer to what was going on inside his body. Since he got a TB test they were going to be able to see the result tomorrow and he wanted Eric to come back in on Thurs so he could see. He also said that eric is coming back in Thurs for a binocular scope look into his right lung where the dr is going to take samples of the mass in his lung and send it to the lab. The tests can be back as early at Thurs afternoon or as late as monday (we are praying for Thurs, this way we can stay in the city and figure out what we need to do next without driving back and forth).

So when we get done at the hospital tomorrow I will post another update. Eric goes in at 830am and the procedure is at 10am (looking into his lung). Please continue praying for this and give the drs wisdom to give the correct diagnosis. Thanks!

Heather & Eric