For those of you who don't know, he's been pretty sick for the last month or so and was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes on Tuesday. He was then hospitalized Wednesday in order for the doctors to get him totally stabilized on his insulin plan. It now looks like he will be staying there until Tuesday. I've been trying to make calls to family all week, and have been emailing with his professors and his Sgt Major, in order to keep everyone updated. This week has just been completely emotionally draining, and adding a new job, plus a HUGE language barrier (the hospital he is at is a German one about 30 minutes away) is only adding to the stress.
Eric's in good spirits--mostly just complaining about the food and the boredom--and is really learning how and when to eat, check his blood glucose level, and insulin dosage. As of yesterday he was at 7 injections per day, but it's been changing regularly. He's lost a lot of weight and is probably the skinniest he's been in years, so we're just ready for him to get stable, healthy, and self-sufficient. Eric's always been a healthy active guy, and once we know what to do I'm sure he'll improve quickly. I'm meeting with the Diabetes Nurse on Monday for her to help me with a diet plan. We still don't know what this means regarding his job in the Army and probably won't get any real answers until he's back home and has a regular system in place--but the outlook doesn't look good.
I'll try to keep everyone posted on his improvement but honestly this is the first chance I've gotten to sit down in awhile. After work each day I've been heading straight to the hospital for a few hours, then back home just in time to eat, sleep and start the day over again. We still haven't really had time to even let this news sink in.
We've appreciated the kind notes and good thoughts.
"In sickness and in health"-we are sure our vows have come back to test us.
Thanks for the updates Bridget, pretty crazy this all happened so fast and out of nowhere. Hope he gets home soon and you guys get things figured out.
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Thanks for posting about this. Praying that you will both get adjusted to this new "normal" in your lives!
ReplyDeleteSorry that has been tough for you. What do you mean it's not looking good for the army?
ReplyDeleteBy "not good" I mean that he'll probably not be able to re-enlist or even stay in as long as we originally thought (2013). The Army gets the last say over it all. It would be a medical-related discharge but we wont know any details for awhile. While it will be nice to be sent back home, we still want some time here to travel and finish school.
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