Bill Green Updates

Welcome to the Bill Green update page. I created this page so that friends, family, and supporters can keep up on the latest in Bill Green’s progress. On June 28th, Bill fell very ill. He was throwing up and we just thought he had eat something bad or had a virus….but noticed he was throwing up 5 day old food. He laid in bed all day. Then he got worse and was throwing up about every 5 -10 minutes. We begged him to go to ER…and he finally agreed. Robby and Martha took him to the local hospital, Easley Palmetto Baptist. After several tests…they did an MRI and found a major obstuction in his intestines not to mention problems with his hernia that he carried for almost 30 years. So they did emergency surgery and fixed it in a procedure that was suppose to last only 45 minutes that ended up lasting 4 1/2 hours. Everything was okay…then his kidneys started failing and they needed him to get on dialysis and they didn’t have it there…so they transfered him to Greenville Memorial on July 1st. Ever since then he has encountered a plethera of issues. His kidney’s failing, on life-support, running high fevers, pneumoina, blood pressure issues, heart rate issues, absccess in surjery site, trach in throat, and an ostomy bag. So that is the story up till now…I am starting this kind of late, as I start on day 26. I will try to update every day, so be sure to check back…or you can subscibe by adding yourself to mailing list and you will be notified of new posts. And also feel free to leave any comments. I will be telling Bill what you have to say and be showing Martha and Robby as well.

Thanks to everyone for your prayers and support…it is so appreciated

Got to hospital before 9:30 a.m. and found Martha smiling. Bill was bright eyed. He looked at me and smiled. It was so great to see him awake.He is uaually sleeping the days away.  He tried to mouth a thousand words at once I swear.. Whatever he was saying…seemed important. I wrinkled my nose and reminded him that I am NOT good at reading lips. He just rolled his  eyes in frustration. He is more active today. He is stretching out his arms and using individual fingers. Awesome. They have turned his vent (life-support) from 12 to 8 and he seems to be doing well. (When it gets to zero…it is not on). So it looks like that is going well. Docs come in and let us know that white blood cell count is normal…GREAT! He was smiling at them and responding some…which it is very good that they get to see that. He is running a fever…101.3….but that is because of the pneumonia…which they say is better today. Antibiotics are working well. Talked about L-TAC (Long term adult care) at North Greenville. If he keeps up where he is…they may be looking at moving him on Monday. We are excited. L-TAC’s job is to get him up and off the trach, feeding tube, and everything else he is hooked to. Not sure about kidney’s yet. Still havn’t started back…he has no function at all. They say it still may come back or it may not. The longer it takes…the more likely they won’t and he will have to have dialysis for the rest of his life. Don’t like thinking about that….but we will have to do what we have to do. At least he is alive. And gracious…he has lost a LOT of weight! Almost 40 lbs.! WOW! I told himwe would have to take him shopping for new clothes…he just smiled. At times he seems really agitated.  He wants so bad to get up…but doesn’t have the strength. I know his back hurts like the dickens…he’s been in a bed for 26 days. I hate seeing him like this.  But he gets most aggravated at Robby and Martha…and they wonder if they have done something….but I just explain that he is confined, HOT, and uncomfortable. And those who know Bill….when he is uncomfortable…he is a handful! Hehehe! Later in the day they have to turn up his vent back to 12 because he was breathing faster as he was getting more active. They had to put mitts on his hands to keep him from pulling tubes and wires out…he hates them. But it is better than tying his hands down. So all in all…a good day. First day he has stayed pretty much awake all day. A step in the right direction. Maybe we will continue this trend!

Well, today started off worrysome for us. Bill was kind of loopy today. He will just smile or laugh at nothing, then just some back to reality. It is calld ICU Psychosis. This occurs after spending a lengthy amount of time in ICU.  That is why he will be there talking to you and just falling asleep…or his agitative behaviour at times.  There are so many different symptoms and they do have medication…but it has a sedative…which we don’t feel he really needs. So as long as he doesn’t get agressive…we are not going to go there. But anyway…he had issues with his blood pressure today durning dialysis. At one point it was 76/47…which was NOT good. He got every pale and broke out in a cold sweat. His skin was ICE cold. So they quit the dialysis and it slowly come back to normal. Docs said his white blood cell count was slightly elevated…but everything else was fine. He stayed awake most of the day. Fell asleep before we come back to see him for the night at 8:30 p.m. …so we let him just rest. Also found out that they were taking the vent off the trach! Nothing but added oxygen…like if you had it in your nose. WHOO HOO! That is a GREAT step! He hasn’t had the vent off in TWO WEEKS!  So they are going to take it off and see how he tolerates it tonight as he rests and tomorrow. So let’s pray he does well. That is a HUGE step for him!

But that is about it. Just another day in paradise. Hehehe. That has become my saying everyday. So let’s see how tomorrow goes! Till then!

Well, today was a good day I guess you can say for Mr. Bill. Docs come in and said that his white blood cell count was ajust a little elevated but that he was slowly getting better. They hadn’t planned on doing dialysis today…but his numbers didn’t look as good as they wanted…so they went ahead and run dialysis. They didn’t take any fluid off or anything…they basically just filtered his blood. His blood pressure was low during dialysis…but stayed okay. Then it come back to a good normal range after dialysis. He slept most of the day. He woke up for a decent period between 11 a.m. and 2:30p.m and then was pretty much out of it the rest of the day. Don’t really know why…maybe his body just needed the rest. No temp at all today…stayed around 98. But the best thing was that he did well on the T-piece in his trach! At 3A.m he will hit the 24 hour mark and that is AWESOME! So that is a HUGE step! And his night nurse was one he had before…but she only works every other week. And she told us how impressed she was with his progress from where he was last time she seen him till now! So he is baby stepping in the right direction! So another decent day! Let’s just pray that he continues this trend! Thanks everyone for your support! Till tomorrow!

Today was just a blah kind of day. Robby and Austin stayed home for time together and I went to hospital. Bill slept pretty much the entire day…with a few waken moments. But he was just uncomfortable today. No matter how they turned him…he was just uncomfortable. Can you blame him? He has laid in bed for 29 days! We waited on docs today…and obviously they all decided to take the day off…because we never seen them. But Bill’s numbers and everything was good today. He is still on the T-piece on the trach. They turned it from 40 to 30 today and he has tolerated it very well. Still sounds croupy when he coughs…and he is coughing more often, which is good with the pneumoina.

So that is about it. Not much to update. I just pray that tonight he can get comfortable and get uninterrupted sleep.

Till next time!

Well, as I had said yesterday…Bill looked miserable…and today was no different. He started the day with a very low grade fever of 99 and by the time Robby, Austin, and I left for the night….it had climbed up to 101….and we don’t know why. The lung doctor come and spoke to me this morning and said that his pneumoina was gone. So the croupy sound we heard was normal secreations that you and I can get up normally with coughing. That is why they suction his trach often. So if he doesn’t have pneumoina…why is he running a fever? Fever means infection…so where? And he slept pretty much all day again. He woke up just a little around 5 p.m. ..but it wasn’t very long. They got him a different bed to try to make him more comfortable and keep the bed sores he has from getting any worse. The docs also spoke of L-TAC again, since it was suppose to be today that he was to go…and as of right now…it is put on hold again. We definitely don’t want to rush him…just to get him sent back…we just want him to progress. It is so frustrating to have this up and down. It is like a bad rollercoaster you just want to get off. But all we can do is continue to pray and try to stay positive. So that is pretty much it for today. As for me…I am headed to bed. I need some more sleep for another day in paradise. So until tomorrow!

Wow…it has been an entire month! Wow. It is hard to believe.

Well, Bill is doing okay today. He slept again for most of the day…go figure…and we still don’t know why. We are hoping it is from ICU phsycosis….but not sure. But he is still breathing well on his own with just very little oxygen over the trach. They downsized the tube of his trach and tried a speech cap so that he could talk….but…he slept through it and therefore didn’t participate. HOPEFULLY….when they come tomorrow afternoon…he will be awake to try again! That would be great to hear what he has to say instead of trying to read his lips. His fever went down during the day, but came up slightly at dark. He had dialysis again today and they pulled a little more off him today. He still looks uncomfortable, but at least his color and stuff looked a little better. They also come in and talked about L-Tac again and as of today….they have him scheduled to move on Thursday. Which would be GREAT….but you never know what is going to happen. He was suppose to go yesterday…and he just wasn’t ready. So I guess we shall see. But they come in and reassured us that they will be very aggressive (but not bad) to get him up and get him off the trach, the feeding tube and so forth and go back to being somewhat normal. So we are looking forward to that. He is not very positive about it. I told him today, when he was awake a few moments, that going there was another step to going home…and he just shook his head no. So please pray for him to find the inner strength to fight. And also his kidneys…they have had no function at all. Which means…if they don’t come back…he will have to have dialysis three times a week for the rest of his life. Which if that is what is meant to happen…then it is what it is. But that is going to really devastate him. So we are still praying for that miracile that his kidneys will come back. So please life these prayers up!

Thanks to everyone. I have read your comments to Bill, Martha, and Robby…and they totally lift up our days. So thank you so much! Feel free to leave as many as you want…we love hearing from you!

Tomorrow is another day in paradise…so until then!

Sorry I am getting this up late. Tonight was NOT a good night at all! Bill slept all day as usual and had his run of dialysis. Had a small low grade fever…no biggie. But when Robby and I went back to see him at 8:30 p.m. he was still sleeping. The nurse asked us to try to wake him. I used a cold rag on his head, feet, chest, and under arms…no response. We lifted his arms and head…no response. So I took the leg that is very sore just to lift and moved it and even beant it back twords his chest…NO RESPONSE! I pinched him and even pulled at a few hairs on his chest….nothing. I opened his eyelids and his eyes were fixed in a straight stare….no movement at all. We call the nurse over. She took his finger and mashed on his nail in between her finger and a pen…he didn’t even flinch. She called the doc and he come right away…couldn’t get him to wake up. They put him back on life-support to help him. Took his fever…102! Didn’t know exactly what was going on…but his blood pressure kept dropping. So they just watched him and give him some meds to work on his blood pressure and see how he would be in the morning. Needless to say…none of us…except Austin…really got any sleep. Very worried.

Whew….a very long night last night and long day today. Come in this morning to find them doing ultrasound on his legs looking for blood clots…and guess what…he does have them…in both legs. In the right leg there is one large one in the thigh area and in the left leg there are two smaller ones in the thigh area. He was more responseive as far as pain and so forth….but didn’t really wake up durning the day. Nurses said early in the morning he was awake some. Blood pressure was NOT stable all day. They kept giving him meds to try to bring it up….but it wouldn’t respond. But then the top number got too high and they had to back off of the meds…but the bottom number never come up over high 40s. Docs said his pneumoina was coming back and that was what was making him so sick. So they started him on antibiotics again…three of them. They are also giving Heprin to treat the blood clots and we just pray they don’t break loose…because if they do…there would be nothing that they could do. So we stayed with him all day…we took shifts. So at dinner we went down and eat and talked, and then we did our daily walk. When we come back it was time to go see him. AND HE WAS AWAKE! Oh…I can’t explain how glad I was to see him reach out for me to give him a hug! I just wouldn’t let his hand go! I even went to crying when Robby went out to get Martha and Austin to come back and he asked me (mouthing) why I was crying. I told him he had a really bad night last night. And he thought a minute then looked at me and asked me if I thought he was going to die…I just cried and shook my head yes. I laid my head on his shoulder and just wept. He took his hand and patted my back. A few minutes later I looked up at him and he told me not to cry…that he was going to get out of there. I smiled and asked if he was a fighter and he shook his head yes. Talk about a weight being lifted off…gee…I have been sick at my stomach and head all day worried. Because out of all the stuff that has went on…that was the worst he has been thus far. Even the nurse said that she was worried! (Sigh) Soooooo….tomorrow is another day. I just pray that we don’t have anymore days like that….it was horrible. But we have to move on  and tomorrow is another day. So let’s see if the sun shines tomorrow! Till then!

Well, as you could probably guess….Bill slept pretty much all day. A few waken moments…but not much. They had to put in another central line in….again. This is now his third one! I swear…they just like to poke him. But the sad thing is that it is on the side of his neck. I hate seeing him with that. They are giving him heprin for the blood clots found in his legs. (He has a large one in his right leg and two in his left) so they have to moniter his blood work closely. So that is about it. He is still on the vent and still running a fever. Waiting to hear what is growing from the samples they took. They said it was something…but too early to tell right now. Should know on Monday.

So until tomorrow!

Well today was another sleepy day for Mr. Bill…BUT!! I have some good news! He woke up around 1 a.m. and wanted Martha, so the nurse come out and got her. She went back there and said that he was awake and smiling and just wanted to talk. Now remember…he can’t actually talk…just mouth the words with that trach in. But she asked him how he was feeling and he said better. She smiled and said “Praise the Lord!” and he lifted one finger twords the celing and pointed upward. Then he turned to his nurse and asked him if he went to church! She said he was the most alert she had ever seen him! It was awesome! So he finally got tired and so he went back to sleep and she went back to sleep. Then got up and went back to see him at 9 a.m. and he was awake and kept saying “Pee” and she asked him if he needed to pee and he shook his head yes. So the docs put in a temporary cath…and Bill peed a LITER of urine! Although that is gross to be happy about….that is AWESOME for him! I think it had been like twelve days since he did anything! So that was awesome! He is still running his fever and his bottom number on his blood pressure is still low…but he is stable and doesn’t seem to be uncomfortable…so that is good. He woke up and talked to me some and Martha…and really come to life when Austin come back to tell him goodnight! And Austin was holding his hand and he said, “Papaw…you know what? Your sexy!” I thought I was going to roll in the floor! I don’t know WHERE he got that! But it made Bill laugh…and that was good to see. That little boy is what keeps him going. So maybe he can get over this fever soon and hopefully we can find out what exactly is growing from that sample on Monday. So until tomorrow…have a great night!

Hello everyone…so sorry that there hasn’t been a update in a while….just trying to keep up with everything has become a bit of a challenge for me it seems. I was I had good news…but unfortunately I do not. Bill is still sleeping the days away and still non responsive. He was suppose to go to L-TAC last Thursday…but started running a fever and not doing well again….and so they put him BACK on the vent and called off the L-TAC. Well, he improved a little and got the vent back off to only have it put back on last night…due to being unresponsive. BUT…the doctor come in today and said that everything was still a go for him to go to L-TAC tomorrow! When we asked about the fever…he said that was no problem! So we are totally confused, upset, and just basically tired. After much thinking and conversation…we have come to the decision to get another opinion. It just doesn’t seem that his group of doctors are doing what they need to be doing. Because he is NO beeter right noaw then he was when he first come to Greenville Memorial.

So that is where we are right now. And again…I do apologize. Between trying to keep up my house, do laundry, make lunches everyday, make dinner and run it back in forth, entertaining Austin, trying to be as supportive as possible, getting ready for Austin’s next school year, AND running my business…it has been really hectic. So please accept my apologies. I will try to keep you’ll more informed. I thought it had only been two days at the most…didn’t realize it had almost been a week! Time has really flown now it seems. Whew.

But anyways…I will let you know what happens tomorrow and see if we can get some answers. So until then…have a good day!

Well day 40 ended up being a blessed day. We were very concerned on why it seemed that they were rushing Bill out of Greenville Memorial to the North Greenville L-TAC. Not that we didn’t want him to go…we just didn’t understand with him being so unresponsive. So we asked for a second opinion. They run a liver and thyroid test and all come back great. So they talked to us and we FINALLY got some answers. Basically going to L-TAC he would get better care in a smaller setting, the risk of infection would be less, the other patients are all stable..which means less comotion, they follow a day and night type schedule to help him to actually sleep at night than during the day, and they would start working with him agressively to get him better. As far as sleeping…it was basically being in ICU for so long. The ICU phsycosis was also effecting it.  So after having our questions and so forth answered…we agreed to go to L-TAC and was ready for transfer…hopeing for the best.  They transferred at 1:00 p.m. and we all followed the ambulance there. It is only a 25 minutes from my house…so it isn’t that bad of a drive. We went in to a friendly setting, we set in a comfy QUIET lobby, and when he was ready…they let us all back…including Austin. We come in to find him all cleaned up…they changed all the bandages the Greenville Memorial had on him and he looked very comfortable. Now I do need to back up and let you know that he was AWAKE and RESPONSIVE all day! Yep….all day until about 8:00 p.m. That was GREAT! That was the first day that he stayed awake in the last 40 days! He said he was excited to get out of Greenville Memorial and was ready to go! So far we are pleased with his new phase of this journey. It will be a long one…but hopefully…this is a step closer!

I will keep you posted!

Well, today has been very busy…at least for me! I didn’t get there until 4 p.m. today! WHEW! But Bill had dialysis today for 5 hours and did well. He slept through most of it, but Martha said that if you spoke to him he would open his eyes and respond…so that was good. When I got there, he was awake a smiled really big for me and Austin. He seemed in a good mood. He communicated with me well and then tired out around 7 p.m. and went to sleep. We decided to eat our dinner and let him rest. After dinner I got him to wake back up and was still awake when we left at 10 p.m. So today has been pretty good and he seems very comfortable in his new settings.

Well, it has been a crazy day…so I will update tomorrow! Have a good night!

WOW! Today was a very encouraging day! Bill was awake pretty much ALL day again! He did take a nap around one and slept till about three…but other than that…he was awake. He has made some urine which is great. Can’t remember exactly how much…but it was more than normal for him here lately. He seemed to be in high spirits and wanted to know where his shoes were….he was ready to go home! hehehe! He also danced a little for us, made faces, and just was a joy today. So we were very happy. They turned down the vent on him to just minimal. Hopefully after this weekend we can start working at getting this stuff off!

So let’s pray for another good day!

Well, it was bound to happen…today wasn’t a great day for Bill. He seemed agitated and just like he didn’t feel good. He slept on and off for most of the day and complained about “shaking”. He lifted his hands up and they were just shaking like his nerves were up or something. He kept compaining about his back and legs. He was also hot one minute and cold the next. He didn’t have a fever, his labs looked fine, and blood pressure and oxygen was fine…so we don’t really know. Me…I think it is just he was uncomfortable and irratated and just generally wasn’t feeling well…a bad day. But he did mention he had to pee and so they did thier thing and he had 300 cc’s…which you usually do 600 a day…so that was awesome! And that was just one day’s worth! So we were excited about that. They are talking about putting him back on the T-Piece again on his trach and then possibly on Tuesday have Speech Therapy come in and try the speaking valve on…how great would that be! He gets SOOOO frustrated when he tries to tell us something and we can’t understand him. So really looking forward to it. The doctor come in and said that depending on Bill, he could be in a regular room there instead of the ICU in a WEEK! That would be great! I just pray that he will push through the pain and how hard it will be in order to get better.

So that was about it…just keep him in your prayers!

And thanks for all the comments! I have read them all to the family and I did read him the recent ones today and he smiled. I know that it means a lot to him. So thanks so much everyone! You help me and my family keep up the fight everyday! You are very special…so thank you so much!

Well, toady was a better day. They really hit the ground running today. Bill had his dialysis and all went well there. They put him on the T-piece and added the speaking valve. He was worn out from the dialysis…but he did talk a little. He said “Hello, Hi Lisa,  Okay Alright, and then that his privates hurt…only he used another word! They also had the bed fold just like a chair and had him sit stright up. They expected him to only sit for about 15 minutes…but he sit for an hour and a half, before finally complaining about his back hurting and then they laid him back down. Then they took the speaking valve back off and let him rest. He pretty much slept the rest of the day. But he really had a lot going on for him today and things seem to be rolling along.

So that is about it…until tomorrow!:-)

Well, Bill had another eventful day. They come in and put his talking valve back in and left it in for over 12 hours. They pulled him up in the bed and made him sit on the side of the bed. Martha said he was wobbly but did well with assistance. They worked his legs and feet. He stayed up for about 15 minutes. Which for him was like running a marathon for his body. So he was worn out…so he slept the rest of the day. But wasn’t completely out. He would respond if spoken to. Martha even called Robby today and let Bill talk to him (Robby didn’t get to hear him yesterday because he was at work) So Martha called him and Bill said..”Hey Buddy.” Robby sobbed so hard. That was the first time he head heard his Daddy talk in 45 days! So when we got there…he talked to us some…when he would wake up. Robby asked him if he thought he was pretty and Bill said “Yeah…your pretty”…we just all laughed and figured he was out of it. Then out of no where he said…”Pretty ugly” We all about died laughing! It was HILARIOUS! There were other candid things that he said…but I am trying to keep this blog “G” rated! But he was doing good. They are saying that he is doing really well. Tomorrow he has his dialysis…so I am sure that he will be tired. And OH!! I forgot…Martha June…I know you have been keeping up and I was telling Bill about everyone and thier comments…but when I said Martha June…he smiled and said, “Sweetheart”. I found that awesome! Hope you do too!

I recorded him telling everyone thank you for thier prayers so that I could add it on here, but I am going to have to edit some of it out…because his words of today was.. “Oh, well S##T.” SOOOOO…didn’t want to add that part! But as soon as I can…I will try to add…if I can. But thanks everyone! You have been great!

Till tomorrow!

Today was not a good day. Bill has slept all day…literally. He hasn’t woke up for any substantial amount of time. When I come in, I took a rag and put ice water on it and put under his arm…not even a flinch. So don’t know exactly what is going on. Hopefuly we will find out more tomorrow.

Sorry so short…just nothing else to update.

Till tomorrow.

Wow…what a turn of events…it has been one more day. Bill threw up twice today and they don’t know why. They are running a bunch of tests and going to do an X-ray of his stomach. Martha said he just looks bad. Then Martha had a sick headach and was sick at her stomach. She said that she felt a little better around lunch, but then went back downhill. Then around 7 p.m she started throwing up and she went to the emergency room. They give her an IV of fluids and some nausea medicine. She went fast asleep. The doctors said she was overly exhausted and needed rest. After much pleading she agreed to come home with Robby. But she didn’t get discharged until 1:30 a.m. But she did come here to get some much needed rest. As for Bill…he was stable and they hadn’t said yet why he threw up. So maybe some answers tomorrow. So that is about it. Let’s hope that both Bill AND Martha feel better tomorrow.

Another sleepy day. Bill slept most of the day, but woke up briefly a couple of times and responded minimally to Martha. And speaking of Martha…she is feeling better. They give her some meds to take to help her and she slept well at my house last night. She was up and ready to go this morning around 7 a.m. And one good thing about Bill sleeping…if I should even say that…is that it made it a little easier on me shaving his face without him constantly itching his head or nose while I usually do it! And yep…you read that right…I shave his face. Somehow I got elected because I do a good job…even though I have never shaved a mans face before in my entire life! But I guess I do alright! He isn’t razor burnt!

Bill’s X-rays they said looked good. But they are going to send him back to Greenville tomorrow for a full body MRI with the main focus to be on his brain to see if they can find out what exactly is making him sleep and be nonresponsive. If that doesn’t show anything…then that is pretty much everything that they can do and it will be deemed a medical mystery I guess.

They also said that the central line in his neck has an infection and they are going to have to do another one and that he has a bacterial infection in his blood. And I am thinking good grief…I am ready for one of those good days again! But we have to try to be patient as hard as that is…and take it one day at a time.

But maybe we will get some answers from the MRI…I pray. But thanks everyone for your support! Till tomorrow!

Well, I didn’t spend a lot of time at the hospital today as I am getting ready for my show on Tuesday. But Bill went to Greenville to have the MRI around 10:30 a.m. and returned to Travelers Rest around 2:30 p.m. At 7 p.m. we still hadn’t heard any results…but we talked to the doctor and he said it would probably be tomrrow morning or Monday before we found out. Bill’s sodium was really low…so they give him some sodium, which in turn made him swell…especially in his feet! He slept all day…but did come in and out more and was giving kisses and smiling and waving at the nurses. And when he was asleep…you could usually say his names and most times he would open his eyes and look at you. They are going to change the central line in his neck on Tuesday because of the bacterial infection in his blood. He is getting antibiotics. But he did start a very low grade temp before we left for the night, around 10 p.m. of 99.3. They give him Tylonol to curb it before it starts.

So that is about it. He looked better today than he has the last few days…in my opinion. So we shall see what tomorrow brings. Hopefully a step in the reight direction and maybe some answers. So till tomorrow!

Well, day fifty was definitely one of those days. Bill slept…what a shocker. No results from MRI test. The regular doctors don’t work on Sundays…there is just a fill-in doctor. So hopefully we will find that out tomorrow. And we were informed that Bill has a type of MRSA infection (sorry…can’t remember the exact name). So they are giving him antibiotics for it. Hopefully we will find out more tomorrow when the real doctor comes in.

Then, in unrelated news…but just needed to vent…the transmission is going out in Robby’s truck. So it looks like we are gonna have to fund for a new transmission…grrrrrr.

So it has been a LONG rough day. BUT…..maybe tomorrow will be better…right? We shall see. Until then!

So sorry for my MIA…I had my show to get ready for and Bill has not been doing well at all. The doctor told us about the MRI….not good. It shows that he has had 3 strokes and the last one being very significant. He is also infected with MRSA…and he has a fungal infection in his kidney. The source of the MRSA was the central port in his neck…so the took it out and put it in on the other side of his neck. His sodium has bottomed out, so they have given him sodium…which has made him swell back HORRIBLY. His heatrate has been shooting up to like the 180’s and then bottoming back out…it even went to the 30’s…and no one knows why. And he is just laying there…no reaction…nothing. It is very disheartening.

Trying to keep that positive attitude…but sometimes it is very hard.

So that is about it. I will update tomorrow. Thanks everyone!

Okay…so behind again. Sorry. A lot has been going on with Bill, I am in the middle of doing two different sculptures at one time, AND I am down with what seems to be a cold…YUCK.

So anyway…about Bill. He was not doing any better and his heart rate was going nutzo and after consulting with a nurologist…they decided to send him back to Greenville Memorial to be under the care of a nurologist. So they moved him to Greenville Thursday. He was still spitting up at that point and heart rate was not well. So they got him there and they went over the things that was going on. The heart, the brain, the MRSA, and his kidneys and that infection…that had now turned his urine to blood…very scary. And in case I didn’t say…they of course have him in ICU at Greenville. So they decided to run some tests…blood work, EKG, and a MRA…that tracks his arteries. They focused alot on his brain. Well, the results come back. He has a Atrial Fibrillation which means the heart’s two small upper chambers quiver instead of beating effectively. Blood isn’t pumped completely out of them, so it may pool and clot. If a piece of a blood clot  leaves the heart and becomes lodged in an artery in the brain, a stroke results. And so because he has this arrhythmia problem…it has caused him to have strokes. They thought he had only had three…come to find out….he has had five. And of course they are still saying that the last one was pretty significant. Which we knew that…but it is very apparant now. He finally woke up the day that they done the tests (Friday) and his right eye just constantly blinks. It is like he has something in it. He demeaner has changed. He seems very agitated and agressive. He has been for some reason…very agressive to me. I of course don’t take it to heart…because I know that it is not really him. But…they have him on asprin and cumiden ( i think that is how you spell it) to help keep more clots from forming. BUT….the downside…is that all of that blood thinner could very easily cause a hemmorage in his brain. But the risk of a major clot was more important to the doctors. So now we are just going from there. They are giving him meds for his kidneys and the blood they said is from the infection. And they have found that his MRSA has responded well to treatment and slowly going away. Thank goodness. So that is about it.

Thank you all for your prayers. You’ll are awesome. It is so great to know that we have such wonderful friends and family that although can’t be here with us in person….are still here for us on this nightmare rollercoaster we have called life for the past 57 days. So thank you. You help give us strength and we all thank you!

Till next time.

I have been MIA….(which is Missing in action)….again. I have had a nasty little cold the past couple of days. I was feeling so bad that I sat on the couch and watched TV! Those who know me…KNOW that I NEVER do that! So needless to say… I have not been to the hospital. One to not give it to Martha or Bill or spread it to anyone else…and so I don’t pick up anything else while being under the weather.

But have been getting updates from Martha. Not much has changed…he is still just there and in and out of it. When he is awake is is either agitated or pleading for someone to help him get out. Really sad. His blood pressure has still been acting up and therefore they can’t take any fluid off of him durning dialysis…which really isn’t good…he is just as swollen as he was when all this first started.

I can’t believe it has been 60 days. It just seems like a horrible nightmare that won’t ever end. You have the good days that lift up your spirits and then you have those horrible days that make you think that you can’t go on. And it has been hard….for all of us…especially Martha. We don’t know how long that we will have to continue to do this. We have asked the doctors…but said that they don’t know….but it will be a long time. So we just ask that you pray for strength. We don’t know why things happen the way they do…and we sometimes never find out. But I strongly believe that everything happens for a reason. Everytime we have trials in our life…it is a test…not to see if we pass or fail….but what we learn from it. From the pitch black darkeness of despair…is when we have the oppurtunity to learn the most. So that is what I, personally, try to see this situation as…a learning experiece. Now what I am suppose to learn….I have no clue….but I can tell you that I have learned a lot thus far.

So please continue to pray. I know you have been doing it for a while now and it seems that it may not be doing any good….but God hears us all and will answer in HIS time….not ours. So don’t loose faith…things will be as God intends…we just need to be steadfast. So thank you’ll so much! We love you!

Till tomorrow.

It is with a very heavy and saddened heart that I write to tell you that Bill passed away today a little before 5 p.m. His body just could not fight anymore. Martha called me and told me to come and called Robby to do the same. I left and called my friend to keep Austin, as I didn’t want him to be there. By the time that I got there….he was already gone. If I had not dropped off Austin…I may have made it in time…but it wasn’t meant to be. But Robby did make it and he and Martha was by his side when he took his last breath’s.

He fought so very hard…he just couldn’t fight anymore. It has been such a long time for him to fight. And you know…I said yesterday in my post for everyone to keep praying and not to give up…and that is what you did….and God decided that Bill had had enough and it was time for him to come home. So thank you for all the prayers and support. I will let everyone know the arragements as soon as I get them…if anyone wants to send flowers. We are headed back to Tennessee tomorrow to make the arrangements and so forth…but I will put all info on here. I will then make a final blog as a tribute to Bill directly from me and that will be the final post. But I will leave this page up for as long as I have my website as so to remember Bill and his fight. He was an awesome man…and we already miss him terribly.

Thanks to everyone…you have been great! We love all of you!

Hello everyone…today was a hard day….as was yesterday as we come back to Tennessee to Bill and Martha’s home. To see his chair he sat in out in the garage as he waved to everyone who passed, to his paint-splattered shoes that he wore as he worked tirelessly on Austin’s swingset. Ahhhhhha…even now I sit here with tears streaming down my face. This is so very hard.

But we made the arragements and they are as follows if anyone is planning on attending or sending flowers….

William Edward Green Funeral

Receiving family and friends SUNDAY, August 30th 6:00p.m. – 8:00p.m. with funeral at 8:00p.m. at Mynatt’s Funeral home in Halls. Address is:     5131 E. Emory Road   Knoxville, TN 37938

Burial MONDAY, August 31st 10:45 a.m. at Highland Memorial Park at     5315 Kingston Pike   Knoxville, TN  37919 right behind Highlnd Memorial Funeral Home.

Thank you all for all your prayers for Bill. Now we as that you pray for strength as we get ready for the hardest two days coming up. Right now we feel like we are in a whirlwind and the tears come and go…Sunday and Monday will be the darkest days of our lives thus far. But God said he would never leave us nor forsake us. And through the darkest, deepest, and scariest valley’s….he is there…holding our hand.

Thank you all. I will be posting my final blog to Bill after all the dust has settled and I can gather my thoughts. But I will try to do that by the end of this coming week.

Thanks again to everyone and we love you all dearly. God bless you all.