tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post344190314282514992..comments2023-05-13T07:11:16.294-07:00Comments on Remembering Grace: All I know is everything's going to be alright...Remembering Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14760441035721518260noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-12569280396050089322014-05-31T16:31:51.990-07:002014-05-31T16:31:51.990-07:00Thank you so much, Geo., there really is and I app...Thank you so much, Geo., there really is and I appreciate that so much.Remembering Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760441035721518260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-38742856017140136842014-05-30T19:37:53.334-07:002014-05-30T19:37:53.334-07:00All my best wishes, Michelle. I know this is a dif...All my best wishes, Michelle. I know this is a difficult time but remember people are thinking of you. There's strength in that.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-53449580895573875992014-05-17T22:09:24.258-07:002014-05-17T22:09:24.258-07:00Hi Susie!, Well he's home, but he is still res...Hi Susie!, Well he's home, but he is still restricted from driving, physical therapy is helping a lot, the problem is he's still having these tremors and no one can figure out why...Remembering Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760441035721518260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-41604685026502699702014-05-17T22:06:45.251-07:002014-05-17T22:06:45.251-07:00Thank you Crystal! I am missing everybody! The doc...Thank you Crystal! I am missing everybody! The doctors haven't figured out a thing, they 'think' one of his medicines caused it. He's doing much better now, but now there's so many other things he can't do any more...I will be writing it up an entry as soon as I can get it all straight, it's just been crazy!Remembering Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760441035721518260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-40996091716514018072014-05-14T08:43:38.579-07:002014-05-14T08:43:38.579-07:00Yikes! I haven't seen your face around the blo...Yikes! I haven't seen your face around the blogosphere for a bit, so I though I'd stop in and see what's been happening. I sincerely hope his symptoms have cleared up and that the doctors have been able to figure things out. Crystal Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912469552483168148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-48769704653350598372014-05-08T19:27:25.877-07:002014-05-08T19:27:25.877-07:00Any Dwayne updates?Any Dwayne updates?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-3047763283138505032014-05-07T20:27:11.452-07:002014-05-07T20:27:11.452-07:00I hope!, the good thing is that a new rheumatologi...I hope!, the good thing is that a new rheumatologist came to see him while we're in the hospital still and he has an appointment next week; and also, he now has a whole neurology team who is fascinated by his brain and whatever happened with it this week. :)Remembering Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760441035721518260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-46872987853289788632014-05-07T20:24:55.862-07:002014-05-07T20:24:55.862-07:00It really is! He is home today, with therapy comin...It really is! He is home today, with therapy coming to visit to work with him on moving around and also his speech. But he is so much better now than last week. :) Remembering Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760441035721518260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-80451824501555904462014-05-07T20:23:14.189-07:002014-05-07T20:23:14.189-07:00Thank you so much, Geo. :)Thank you so much, Geo. :)Remembering Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760441035721518260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-3165799783393456652014-05-07T20:22:58.623-07:002014-05-07T20:22:58.623-07:00Still haven't quite got one, but maybe this we...Still haven't quite got one, but maybe this weekend! I'm hoping...:)Remembering Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760441035721518260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-10369924833926093002014-05-07T20:22:16.750-07:002014-05-07T20:22:16.750-07:00Thank you so much, Suze...it's really been so ...Thank you so much, Suze...it's really been so scary. The worst thing was not being able to talk to him during those scary moments - he's the person I turn to for everything, but he wasn't available for this. You just don't realize how much you depend on your best friend and soul mate...Remembering Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760441035721518260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-66574624687789254672014-05-07T20:18:58.902-07:002014-05-07T20:18:58.902-07:00Tony, I'm sorry to hear that about your mom. M...Tony, I'm sorry to hear that about your mom. My grandpa is in bad health, too, in a place across town. He'll hopefully get to come home this weekend. Dwayne called him this week when he finally 'woke up', it was pretty funny, Dwayne calling my grandpa across town in his hospital room, from his own hospital room downtown.Remembering Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760441035721518260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-15864411705646890092014-05-07T20:15:55.770-07:002014-05-07T20:15:55.770-07:00It really is! The Enbrel, which are the injection ...It really is! The Enbrel, which are the injection shots that the doctors say caused this, are for Dwayne's arthritis, and he's been taking them for years. So what's really bad is that they've obviously stopped working a long time ago, since he's now in a wheelchair. Frustrating!Remembering Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760441035721518260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-59480743546873687232014-05-07T20:13:29.651-07:002014-05-07T20:13:29.651-07:00His posse of doctors never did come up with a soli...His posse of doctors never did come up with a solid answer, can you believe that? Where's Dr. House when you need him!? Their main theory is the Enbrel injections are what caused it. They gave him two MRIs, an EEG, and a dozen other tests, including a lumbar puncture (!), and everything came back okay.Remembering Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760441035721518260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-33109899172276205692014-05-07T20:09:38.007-07:002014-05-07T20:09:38.007-07:00Thank you!! The doctors think it was the Enbrel th...Thank you!! The doctors think it was the Enbrel that he's been taking for years that did it; but he was also extremely dehydrated. I don't know...he's much better now, but what worries me is that his speech is still not completely back to the way it was. I'm feeling a little violent right now towards pharmaceutical companies and/or incompetent doctors who prescribe something for years and years...Remembering Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760441035721518260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-48794240590357447422014-05-07T20:06:49.777-07:002014-05-07T20:06:49.777-07:00Still don't know! Dwayne is referring to it no...Still don't know! Dwayne is referring to it now as 'a stroke that wasn't a stroke' because that's what his symptoms were kind of like. His speech changed, he had uncontrollable tremors and shaking, hallucination-type things...it was the scariest thing ever.Remembering Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760441035721518260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-15538959464891662732014-05-07T20:04:15.096-07:002014-05-07T20:04:15.096-07:00Thank you, Raj!
I want so much for both of us to b...Thank you, Raj!<br />I want so much for both of us to be completely off medicine...I think natural remedies would be better but they're not commonly known anymore.Remembering Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760441035721518260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-45021589750817197182014-05-07T15:23:53.758-07:002014-05-07T15:23:53.758-07:00Ugh.
Hopefully they will find a new combination o...Ugh.<br /><br />Hopefully they will find a new combination of drugs for him quickly.Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506141014376919585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-10945078226915514622014-05-07T09:44:26.496-07:002014-05-07T09:44:26.496-07:00I hoe he feels all better. Home is a much better p...I hoe he feels all better. Home is a much better place to be. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10304701332216772385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-63223174208217582692014-05-06T21:59:09.902-07:002014-05-06T21:59:09.902-07:00Hope today is going well and Dwayne is out of hosp...Hope today is going well and Dwayne is out of hospital. All best wishes to you and him.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-70050144667847370162014-05-06T20:30:05.037-07:002014-05-06T20:30:05.037-07:00Sorry to hear about Dwayne, and I hope he returns ...Sorry to hear about Dwayne, and I hope he returns home as planned. Sounds like you earned a good night sleep. Slamdunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13087161268629251860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-25784633483553811152014-05-06T18:31:44.527-07:002014-05-06T18:31:44.527-07:00'They stopped all his medicine, and all his sy...'They stopped all his medicine, and all his symptoms stopped, so they figured it must be his medicine that caused it.'<br /><br />Wow. Honey, that's frightening. The two of you are in my prayers and thoughts.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-19971729419713573672014-05-06T06:50:18.522-07:002014-05-06T06:50:18.522-07:00I had some rough moments with my mom's health ...I had some rough moments with my mom's health last month, so I know how this goes, unfortunately.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-47683866253947219082014-05-06T05:08:48.220-07:002014-05-06T05:08:48.220-07:00Yuck to germy hospitals, glad he will be out. Medi...Yuck to germy hospitals, glad he will be out. Medication is just as bad as the disease lots of times.Pat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187717069059178491.post-62170632134654096032014-05-06T04:38:10.810-07:002014-05-06T04:38:10.810-07:00Hope all is well with Dwayne!! Hope he gets to com...Hope all is well with Dwayne!! Hope he gets to come home today. Do the doctors have any theories at all?Optimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.com