[bcbirdclub] Re: Another Sheldon Update
- From: "annmcrae" <annmcrae@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:55:02 -0500
Roger,
Do you have a mailing address for Sheldon at the hospital ?
Just a thought...............
If you do, please put it on the bcbc listserve....then bird club
friends could send cards of encouragement, etc to him at
the hospital. Should he be discharged from the hospital, then
members should list his home address in the upper left hand
corner of the envelope. That way the card would return to his
home instead of back to the sender .
Lets all keep him and Orpha in our thoughts ,prayers and
hope that they may soon return home.
Ann McRae
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Mayhorn <mayhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Buchanan County Bird Club <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:56 AM
Subject: [bcbirdclub] Another Sheldon Update
Hi All,
I talked with Orpha on Tuesday, and Sheldon had undergone another procedure.
A stint that had been placed in a tube to drain fluid from a cyst on his
pancreas had gotten blocked, and a larger one had to be reinserted. The doctors
had also removed some of the necrotic tissue from his pancreas. He was very
sick with nausea and was vomiting some blood. The doctors thought that the
blood was coming from the irritated pancreas, and that it should clear up
within 24 hours.
I called back today (Wednesday), and he was still nauseous, but the bleeding
had stopped. According to Orpha his nausea today was a result of 4 different
antibiotics he had been given yesterday. He is still suffering pain from the
pancreatitis. Orpha said that Sheldon has lost 30 pounds since his hospital
stay began. He has now been in the hospital for more than 30 days. Had there
been no complications Sheldon would have been released today. Now it looks as
if he will be there at least a few more days. Understandably, both Sheldon and
Orpha are getting frustrated with the way things are going. Hopefully, he will
start showing some improvement and be allowed to come home. Even so he will
have to be fed for at least two months through the feeding tube with no food by
mouth.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
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