Genelle Colvard

Well, we've survived another episode in the "get Buddy well" saga. The last two days
have been terrible for him. His vertigo started acting up on Saturday and he spent the entire
day lying flat in bed. Even his private essentials had to be lying flat. I was worried about
his lungs because Dr. Swartout had been concerned about his oxygen level and had told him he
wanted him up a good part of the day. Finally we called his service and got Dr. Chen, his
associate this morning. She said this could be as a result of a lot of things and told me to get
him a motion-sickness medicine called Bonine. He took the pill and Steve and Pam helped
him sit up and we put about 6 pillows behind his head putting him in a sitting-up position.
He is doing better. His appetite has been good and he sleeps well. He is concerned about his
appointment with his surgeon to get the staples out. Dr. Chen reminded us that his visiting
nurse can do that for him also. The physical therapist comes tomorrow and hopefully he
will be feeling better. Steve looked up "vertigo" on wikapedia and found out a lot of things
about it-far more than I realized. I, personally think (after hearing Steve read from Wiki-
pedia) it's his oxygen level. It was low in the hospital and Dr. Swartout was concerned
about that. Buddy is a very shallow breather and does not breath deeply. Boy at the things
you can find out that you never had the slightest knowledge about!!!!!
Please keep us in your prayers. He was doing so well before this vertigo attacked him. I
hope tomorrow will be much better for him. Genelle