http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/ John Murphy's Lung Transplant Tue, 05 Apr 2005 15:30:20 GMT ryannuden http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/38 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/38 Memorials may be sent in care of the John Murphy family to 142 Ash Street, Crawford, NE 69339 and will be used to honor him at the International Peace Garden Sat, 02 Apr 2005 19:36:30 GMT ryannuden http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/37 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/37 My sincerest apologizes to those who receive this sad news for the first time through this email. My Dad passed away yesterday after what we all know has been Fri, 01 Apr 2005 03:33:29 GMT ryannuden http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/36 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/36 Hello everyone, Well, while we still don't know exactly what has caused Dad his recent complications, he seems to be doing a little better than he was a couple Mon, 28 Mar 2005 04:38:48 GMT ryannuden http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/35 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/35 Well, Dad was moved back into the ICU at the University of Colorado Hospital today because of all the infections, breathing problems, and other complications Fri, 25 Mar 2005 04:04:36 GMT Stacy D. Uden http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/34 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/34 Hello all, John's forward progress has hit a small speed bump. This week he came down with another blood infection. The hospital is running cultures to Sun, 20 Mar 2005 18:43:00 GMT ryannuden http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/33 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/33 Hello everyone! Well, as Stacy and I are in Chicago, we've been receiving information from my Uncle Jim in Denver and talking to Dad himself to keep up with Wed, 09 Mar 2005 22:39:04 GMT ryannuden http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/32 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/32 Hello all! Good news from Denver! Yesterday, Dad was moved into Kindred Rehab Hospital (in Denver) for the next part of his recovery process! Wahoo! Thu, 17 Feb 2005 05:25:58 GMT ryannuden http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/31 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/31 Eek. We hadn't realized how long it had been since we sent a message! Well, things have continued to progress here in Denver! Since the last message, Dad has Sun, 06 Feb 2005 21:59:10 GMT Stacy D. Uden http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/30 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/30 Hello all. John continues to make good improvements in recovery. Knock on wood, John has not had a really bad day nor major complications in about 3 weeks! Fri, 28 Jan 2005 07:33:41 GMT Stacy D. Uden http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/29 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/29 Hello all. John has had a number of good days in a row and no significant setbacks! It was very exciting to see him start walking again. Progress is slow but Thu, 20 Jan 2005 06:28:53 GMT ryannuden http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/28 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/28 The last few days have been relatively uneventful for us, and that is such a good thing. He's been doing some exercises and taking a few steps. The last two Sun, 16 Jan 2005 03:45:29 GMT ryannuden http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/27 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/27 Good news, everyone! Dad was moved out of the ICU today! Yahoo!!! They also downsized his trach again and so now he is back to a size that he can talk around Fri, 14 Jan 2005 07:14:20 GMT stacy_d_uden http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/26 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/26 Hello everyone. In an effort to provide clarification on some questions, I have created a "frequently asked questions" webpage regarding John. It only has a Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:36:33 GMT ryannuden http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/25 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/25 The last few days have been going well for Dad, in my opinion. He seems to be getting stronger and able to do more exercises each day. He has been able to get Sun, 09 Jan 2005 00:54:42 GMT ryannuden http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/24 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/JohnBMurphy/message/24 Yesterday was quite the day for Dad. After many lengthy deliberations, the doctors decided to go ahead and place a stint into Dad's airway, at the connection