[Oe List ...] Update on the Morrill family

[Bill Schlesinger]

We share in the sense of frustration and relief... 

Bill and Carol Schlesinger
Project Vida
3607 Rivera Ave
El Paso, TX 79905
(915) 533-7057 x 207
(915) 490-6148 mobile
(915) 533-7158 fax
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-----Original Message-----
From: OE-bounces at wedgeblade.net [mailto:OE-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf
Of Charles or Doris Hahn
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 7:33 PM
To: Order Ecumenical Community
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Update on the Morrill family

Greetings Del,

Thanks for letting us know about Justin's and your
recent events.  We are so glad to hear that he is
doing better and on the road to recovery.  I'm so glad
you called 911, but furious at the hospital at even
thinking of dismissing him.  Be certain that you are
in our concern and prayers, and of course convey this
message to Justin.  I would appreceiate having his
hospital phone No. if that is convenient.

Charles on behalf of both of us.

 

--- hypnocenter <delmorrill at hypnocenter.com> wrote:

> Hello friends,
> 
> A very quick note to update you on what's been going
> on in our family during
> this past week.
> 
> Monday night about 10:00 pm Justin began bleeding
> from the rectum.  He did
> not inform me of this until quite late into the
> evening; in fact, at 1:30
> a.m. he called for my help because he felt he was
> going to faint while in
> the bathroom.  At first I was torn as to whether to
> get him to bed until the
> faintness wore off or call someone, but when I saw
> the amount of blood in
> the toilet bowl I called 911 and an emergency unit
> came out.  His blood
> pressure had dropped to 96 over another very low
> figure, so it's no wonder
> he was faint.  They took him to the emergency room
> at St. Joseph's Hospital
> where he lay on a gurney in the ER for 16 hours. 
> Justin called me Tuesday
> night and said that the doctor told him to go home. 
> This was around 6:30
> pm; I was aghast, and I told him to check with
> someone else because I felt
> they were crazy. So they kept him overnight. Thank
> God, because that night
> he bled again, and had to have 2 pints of blood
> transfused to him.  By Wed.
> they found "room in the inn" (as the nurses spoke of
> it) and put him in an
> intensive section with many wires monitoring him. 
> Each night he bled
> profusely and they gave him more blood.  They did
> about 3 different scopes
> on him and couldn't target exactly where the
> bleeding was coming from.  By
> the time they hit the 7th unit of blood, after a
> terrible night in which
> Justin thought he was dying, literally, a surgeon
> was called in and said
> that, since the diverticulitis (sp?) bleeding hadn't
> stopped by
> self-healing, surgery would be required. So on
> Thursday, at 3:00 he had a
> significant length removed from his lower intestine.
>  
> 
>  
> 
> He is now doing very well.  They gave him another 2
> units "just in case" but
> the bleeding is no more, and the intestinal area
> looks just fine!  We are
> very grateful that if he was going to fall apart
> like that it was just as
> well it happen BEFORE he was due (2 days later) for
> surgery on his right
> rotator cuff-the doctors and nurses agreed that
> would have been quite
> disastrous to happen during a surgery.
> 
>  
> 
> Anyway, he is doing fine; his color is better than
> ever, and his blood
> pressure quite normal.  He is walking when he can,
> but will remain in the
> hospital for another day or two before returning
> home.
> 
>  
> 
> Life has a habit of making major unexpected turns on
> us doesn't it?  The
> rest of the family was exhausted.  And I'm most
> grateful for my daughters -
> they've been rocks, to say the least.  Gen came here
> after being at a
> business meeting in Florida, and Anita has basically
> held everyone together
> as the go-between communicator, especially during
> the first couple of days
> of the great "unknown."
> 
>  
> 
> Hopefully, all of you will have a very healthy and
> wonderful 2006.  We
> expect to. 
> 
> We are grateful for our family and friends, always.
> 
> Del  
> 
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