A Father’s Day Prayer

June 15, 2019 by Maureen 4 Comments

John had a rough night. It seems like his belly hasn’t woken up yet from surgery. He has not had a bowel movement and is very uncomfortable. Andrew stayed the night and said John would wake up often, screaming and writhing in pain. They’ve done lots of tests to rule out other things and, at least for now, it looks like it’s a very backed up bowel. He doesn’t want to eat anything. They’ve done a suppository and enema without much relief. The doctor just came to remind me that he’s still less than 48 hours post-op and overall he’s doing well. They’re hoping to get him up and walking soon. Please pray that doesn’t cause him too much pain and that gets things moving.

There was also some concern last night about excessive and additional chest tube drainage. The doctor said his was a bit unusual because it was so much, tinged with blood, and outside the timeframe they typically see it after this particular surgery. They did a belly x-ray and consulted with the surgeon but it’s stopped for now so everyone is okay with it. Please pray the drainage stops or at least continues but at the rate and consistency they want to see.

5 years ago, John got me the perfect gift for Mother’s Day that year- a big bag of pee. On this Father’s Day weekend, please pray with us that John gives Andrew lots of poop.