John was doing great this morning. Taking off three liters with dialysis can do wonders for a guy. He has stayed stable all day so has left ICU and gone back to his old room. The phone number is 206-598-3902.
This morning he was given a small dose of Ativan for his nausea. He did tolerate Ativan when he first got here but has become very intolerant of it. Basically he has been sleeping all day. It is very difficult to wake him. When he is awake he is very confused and at times agitated, pulling at his lines and cardiac monitors. Sometimes he does not know who I am. Sometimes he is hilarious. His nurse said that he was very cute even stoned. I had to agree. I just don't want him to have to go through this again.
I am staying the night as they figured that it would be very hard to get a sitter for him. We don't want him out of bed on his own. The last thing John needs is a bad fall. It would be double bad seeing as how he is on blood thinners.
The good news is that his nurse has entered in his chart that he is allergic to Ativan. We want to make sure that he never gets this drug again. It does not wear off at all because it does not clear his kidneys so we have to wait for the half life of the drug in order for the drug to no longer affect him. I wonder what the half life of Ativan is.
Seeing as how I am his sitter, I have to ring for the nurse when I have to go to the bathroom and tend to try to hold it so I am not ringing them every half an hour. It is hard when you have old lady bladder syndrome. Opps, too much information. I hope I am not sharing too much!
They tried to take him down for an x-ray today but had to bring him right back because he got so agitated and figured that it was just to dangerous plus upsetting for him. They are going to try later tonight if he becomes cognicient enough. Me thinks that I am in for a very long night.
I doubt that he will remember much of today. I think it will be a lost day.
I did wise up and pack pajamas for myself and a toothbrush. I am so thankful for the computer. I would be bored beyond tears without it. It has been a very long day.
Tomorrow he has dialysis again so he will lose part of that day being stuck in his bed and tired. The dialysis is fatiguing. Sigh.....
I long for him to be stable enough so that he can get back to our apartment and I can cook for him and he gets back to eating and regain his strength and all of that. Sigh...Sigh...Sigh
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Lost Day
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4 comments:
I sure hope taking him off that drug will be a big help. I hope you get some rest and don't get too stir crazy. Poor John, but at least overall it seems as if he's better.
i'm glad to hear that uncle john will be a lot more coherent soon. this is great news! i'm not sure if you guys get the cfl games out there or not, but i'm trying to find out where you can watch the riders play online. you can let him know that we beat the eskimos 23-20 on saturday. hopefully that will help brighten things a little bit for you.
love you both tons and praying that everything works out quickly.
That last comment was from me. sounded dumb with my spelling mistakes.
It was good talking to you last night Chris!
I too am praying that he is back to his old self very soon and that you guys can go "home"!
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