Tirohia ki runga!!

Mauri ora mai ra ano!!
Rarangi, myself and Tereinamu escorted dad up to Ward 14, room 8 (Fourth floor of the Menzies building) on Sunday at around 1pm - it was great to have some movement!! The amateur video was taken with a wee camera


This video is one of Tereinamu with her koro.







Naaku noa
Hauiti

Kua pakaru te ata, kua marama te ra!!

E nga totara o te wao nui a Tane
huri noa i te motu whanui o Aotearoa, o te Waipounamu
atu ki tawahi hoki!
koutou e manaakitia mai matou
i runga i nga momo whakaaro, whakamoemiti, karakia hoki!!
ko taku tenei e tuku mihi, e tuku aroha, e tuku ngakau hoki
tena ra koutou katoa!!

I have some GREAT NEWS!!!!
Dad is being moved to ward 14 in an hour!! - to the ward NOT to HDU but to the WARD!!

Kaore he korero e tua atu i tenei!!

Naaku noa
Hauiti

:-) :-) :-)

E aku rangatira o te motu
Otira ki a koutou nga whanau, hapu ranei o Tuwharetoa
tena ra koutou katoa!!

Let me bring you up to date with this morning's news.
I went in to see dad just before the doctor's rounds, he was sleeping and looked rather weary.
Anyway, Sandra is looking after dad for the day until changeover.

:-) no drugs
:-) just insulin
:-) still on milkshakes - cant take solids yet
:-) oxygen level down to 45%!! yesterday it was 60%
:-) vitals all looking much the same (blood pressure - normal for him, heart rate - looks good, respiratory 26)
:-) breathing without aid except for the breathing mask

All very good signs of progress!! But he still looks tired....

Apart from that: chloe and her bubba came up for a quick visit with her koro. The kids and i were down at the whanau house - they were cleaning up their mess before heading over to their cousin's place Ebony to stay the night!!

Cousin Hineauri and i went to the library where we signed her up for a gmail account, and gave her access to the BLOG!!

As we speak, Raniera and Rarangi are putting a hangi in the ground at Dad's place - BUT, dont go around there because they are bringing it up here to Hamilton!! Delwyn is making a steam pudding and Tereinamu is going to make us some trifle!!!! Then we are going to descend on Ebony's place!!

Mauri ora ki te whanau
Hauiti

Get your running shoes on!!

E te tini me te mano tena ra koutou katoa!!

11:30am
This morning we received more GOOD NEWS!!

Dad was sitting in a chair with a breathing mask and food tube attached!!
His oxygen levels are around 60% but thats ok - the fact that he is sitting up is very encouraging!!
So, he is virtually doing all the work himself - he still looks weary!

Mauri ora
Hauiti

Mauri tipu!!

Mauri ora e te whanau!!
Morning
Dad was moved to another room (10) so that he could get some much needed sleep. Sandra & on occasionss Matiu was looking after him
anyway:
-- Blood pressure is good - no drugs to help him
-- Oxygen down to 40%
-- Respiratory around 30
-- Blood sugars ok
-- Lungs doing alot of work by themselves

So, he appears to be doing well!!

Tonight we received some encouraging news!!

I meet with the Registrar Lupe who explained that she wanted to take the tube out of Dad's mouth - if he was able to sustain his breathing ----fine, if not - he would require a tracheostomy - this is a medical procedure on the neck to open a direct airway through an incision in the windpipe.

The procedure and risks were explained to me

This was around 2:00pm

When i went to check dad's progress he had a breathing mask on with no hole in the windpipe!!
He is no longer on Noradrenaline (for blood pressure)

Needless to say i was over the moon!!

But he did look very tired - so after a very short visit, and a talk to the nurse i left him for the night

Naaku noa
Hauiti

Mauri ora!!

Mauri ora ki te whanau!
Let me bring you all up to date:

• As you know, all the machines & tubes have been changed
• The PICO - heart machine - is measuring the strength of his heart - facinating to watch the nurses flush 15 ml of water through the tubes and measure how strong his heart is
• he was on 40% oxygen today - so he had to do alot of work!!
• heart rate and blood pressure is what is is - no suprises
• Dialysis - they had him hooked up for 4 hours today
• the oxygen levels in his blood are quite good - but dad has a habit of flicking off the clip they put on his finger nails!
• Debbie took care of him today - she is good, very friendly and open about what she does with dad - most helpful!!
• But last night - i had to help them move dad as he slipped down the bed - he has alot of strength left in him!!
• A couple of Joe Habibs daughters came to visit - nice one!
• Cousin Hineauri just left for home as i write this - cousin Phillipa is on her way up with tea!!
• Cousin Aroha French rang up and left a message for us - i called her back and left the BLOG address for her

Text from Aroha: thanku so much 4 letn us kno..our luv 2 u all, Aroha.!.! <~Big Mamaluv~>

• Tapeka is booked to come home - he just finished ringing me - it will be good to see the cousin and to bring him home!

It looks as if we are in for a very long haul. We have to organise ourselves so that we dont burn out: our priority is to ensure that someone is bedside looking after his wairua, to urge him on, maintain his dignity, to keep a keen watch over him and bring him back!

- So we need a base - somewhere we can dump our bags, cook our food, shower and sleep
- and we need a way to fund the accomodation, food etc
- we need to set up a rotating schedule to ensure someone is bedside
- we need to set up an account to make this all happen without undue burden on those at bedside

So, we as a family are currently looking at our options

Does anyone know of a place we can rent up here in Hamilton for a couple three months?

The kids and I need to head back to Dunners (probably by the end of the week - or whenever we can get the right flights!) - we need to go home and go back to work - so that we can get back up here in a month and do another week-to-10 day stint with Dad

Thankyou all for your prayers, karakia and whakamoemiti - ma te atua koutou e manaaki|

Heoi ano e te whanau - tenei taaku e mihi atu ki nga whanau o konei, o Tainui waka mo to ratou manaaki mai ki a matou o Taupo-nui!!

Naaku noa
Hauiti

ps: enjoy the video

He kai mo te ngakau