Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Just A Tad Too Much Ativan

John has been having trouble with nausea. This morning he asked for a double dose of his Ativan. By the time I got here, umm, he was pretty stoned so, he is telling me some pretty strange things this morning. His nurse is hooking him up to the dialysis machine so she said that she can get him un-stoned faster than if it was going to wear off by itself. Maybe he will just go to sleep and stay out of trouble. So far he has been telling me about robbers and something or other that he hid in the bathroom and no longer can find. He is being a bit of a handful. The doctors are going to try a different regime to try to control the nausea, one that won't leave him so out of it. The doctors gave him IV yesterday after the heart procedure and all that fluid stayed in his body so he is puffy and having more trouble breathing. The dialysis will take care of that. Good news: His heart is staying in a nice normal rhythm.

3 comments:

The Invisible Mo said...

Poor John. I laughed when I read this, but I know it's probably not as funny to you. So many ups and downs. Hang in there Chris. Want to get together tomorrow night?
Talk to you later.

Christine said...

No, it was funny to me especially the part about last night when he saw a big bunny in the corner and he threw his TV remote at it and that is why there is no cover on the back of the remote. I don't think that happened. I think it was just something he was dreaming up. I looked high and low for the cover for the remote and it is not any where. LOL

Christine said...

Oh and sure I would like to get together. :)