Apr/24/07 You never know how much you're loved until you have stood at the line of death and watched heaven trigger hundreds and hundreds of astonishing intercessory prayers. From all around the world they came- Israel, Australia, Korea, New Zealand, The United States, Canada, Romania, Malaysia, in fact all over the world - standing in the gap for my family [...]
Apr/24/07 Well, Winkie seems to be making progress each day. He is walking now (either with someone's aid or a wheeled-walker). The drainage tube coming from his pleural cavity is still in place, and he's still on some sort of fluid drip, so walking to the bathroom or doing anything out of bed can be a bit of an ordeal, [...]
Apr/23/07 Winkie Update: "More good news! Pastor Hong has paid for Winkie to get a private room in the hospital! He was just moved today, and has his own refrigerator, flat screen TV and bathroom with shower and toilet. Mom is really happy. He's also getting more attention now and thus better care. Pastor Hong visited him last week, and [...]
Apr/22/07 Winkie stood on his own after the earlier post. Dr. Lim said he would visit us tomorrow and update us as to Winkie's condition. The test results, etc. he will inform us of. He also said that Pastor Hong of Harvest Shalom Church was paying to have Winkie transferred to a private room tomorrow. Winkie has probably only been [...]
Apr/20/07 Pratney Family Update: "Things have been crazy. When Winkie was transferred to general ward, no one told us of the Korean Medical system here - where family members are expected to care for patients. To make matters worse, Winkie was found to have a high temperature and they suspected an infection somewhere in his body. Just when things for [...]
Apr/19/07 "Winkie has finally moved to the general ward this afternoon. He still remains on 1 drip and is receiving antibiotics 3x daily through his IV. He's eating solid food now, but his wound (incision) still looks really bad. They are going to depend a lot more on Mom and I from here onwards for Dad's care and monitoring and [...]
Apr/17/07 "Winkie is still in ICU. Apparently, Dr. Han (the doctor directly responsible for him) hasn't given the order yet, for him to be moved. We were told by a different doctor that he would be moved today. So, slight communication error there (or lack of communication), but no big deal. Anyway, we're actually liking the fact that he's got [...]
Apr/16/07 Winkie Update Praise God! "It seems the majority of the battle is finally over! The majority of his infection, it seems has been taken care of, and he has come off of both the dialysis machine and the ventilator. I think he's been taken off a few drips and his pain medication has been lowered. He is talking now [...]
Apr/15/07 Pratney Family Update "Winkie is still on 4 drips, being fed intravenously as well as orally 5 times a day (through a tube). He's still on pain medication, but since they've taken him off the sedative, seems to be coming more and more into consciousness each day. He's still connected to the ventilator, but only receiving CPAP (as mentioned [...]
Apr/14/07 Pratney Family UpdateWinkie continues in his new room adjoined to the rest of the ICU. He has been taken off of dialysis. Previously, his blood was being purified 24 hours a day to remove high levels of impurity in his blood. The nurses continue to care for him, and encouraged us to spend the day with him. Mom and [...]
Apr/13/07 More good news! Winkie is breathing on his own now. He's only on what they call CPAP (he's still connected to the ventilator, but it's only providing some air pressure, NOT breathing for him). The swelling continues to come down, and he's looking more and more like himself. Dr. Lee says that his kidneys are functioning better, and has [...]
