Much Better

My sleepover ended around four in the morning. That was around the time that the snoring did me in. I felt fine about going as he was doing much better and I had got the night attending physician to have a look at him. He had to go twice for an x-ray. The first one he had not took in a deep enough breath because he was so groggy so he had to go for a second one which turned out much better. He has the start of pneumonia. They figure that he may have aspirated when he was so groggy. He was put on antibiotics right away. That was all wraped up about 1:00am. I am glad that I stayed and got some of this looked after. I am amazed at how well I am functioning on only four hours of sleep. The Lord must have gave me super sleep because I feel well rested.

I also showed the night attending that one of his legs was swollen. I had only noticed it late in the evening when I was taking off his sock. He will have to have an ultra sound today to make sure there is not a clot in his leg.

When they did the ultra sound of his heart on Tuesday they had found a clot on the end of one of his lines. I only found out about this yesterday afternoon when the nurse was telling me about a new drug they were putting him on. He was already getting heparin but I thought that was only because of the procedure yet I was wondering why he was still on that. Well...that is why. There is really nothing further that they will do if they find a clot on his leg because he is already getting the blood thinners that they would use to treat the clot. If he has one I am hoping that it is below the knee as those clots are less likely to move. Nurse Damon tole me that the clot on the end of the line is small so it should dissolve rather quickly.

I am frustrated about the fact that the doctors rotate every four weeks even here in the hospital. Dr. H. has gone back to the Hutch (the research center) and now we have Dr. I don't know, I did see him but he did not speak to me at all doctor and his last name starts with the letter O. He of coarse has a new game plan and basically chucked Dr. H's plan. This involves giving him masses of anti nausea drugs hoping that John will be able to eat. Dr. H planned to start giving him IV nutrition and had told John not to worry about eating.

I talked to the night attending about all of this and told her I was starting to get very concerned about John's lack of nutrition. When a person is on dialysis, they need more protein because the dialysis leeches it away. If your body does not get enough protein, it will steel it from the muscles. The heart is a muscle. He may have a good reason for changing the plan but I would like to know what it is.

John is doing much better this morning. He was up in his chair for breakfast and managed to eat some of it. Nurse D is holding off the anti nausea meds so that John can stay awake long enough to have a shower.

Through all of this I am staying calm. Thank you for your prayers. I know that God is answering them. He is watching over us.