About 1 1/2 weeks ago, Todd was replacing a ceiling fan and climbed up and down a ladder several times without shoes on. He bruised his feet pretty severely, and then a few days later he started getting numbness and pain in his ankles and knees. It is hard to know when the pain from his bruised feet stopped and the beginning of the Guillian-Barre started. He thinks he felt ok last Sunday and started getting weak on Monday. He was able to work all week, but Saturday he spent most of the day resting. He kept getting weaker and weaker and the pain and weakness moved up his body. By this morning his wrists and fingers were hurting and weak. They took several blood tests and cultures and will know better results over the next few days. The did take an x-ray of his lungs and he has bronchitis, so is on antibiotics for that. We were so glad our friends Mary and Sara could come and stay with the kids. Mary is free to stay with them today, also. So thankful for friends!
Here are a couple links to info about Guillain-Barre syndrome
Edited Early Monday morning - The pain is now in his hips and shoulders and his weakness is increasing. It is likely he will go to the hospital sometime today. We'll either go to our family doctor or back to the ER this morning. Right now he and Garrett are snuggled up in the recliner - such a sweet picture. :)
We will all miss each other so much while he is recuperating, but are keeping an optimistic outlook. When we look back on these days in a few months or a year, they will hopefully just be a little blip in our happy life together. We really have no idea what to expect except for what we have read online. We should know more after talking to the doctor today.
While we were gone, the kids got to watch this happen:
So now we have 2 new Jersey heifer calves.
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