Update 1/3/2014 Called during the night (last night). He was restless and jittery. Apparently doctors came to examine him during the night. I got there at noon today and he was dis-oriented and seemed a bit rattled. He know who I was and immediately asked for some milk. His fever was quite high still and the antibiotic didnt seem to be doing much but the doctors were loathe to stoop it. He is one oxygen by mask instead of the little prongs that go up your nose and his feeding tube has some how become dislodged probably from his trashing around and they were working on getting it replaced. While I was waiting for a doctor (never know which one is going t show up) they decided to bathe him, change his hospital gown and bed sheets and also the necessary but horrible tube, much like a catheter, but for the bum .you do not want anymore information than that.. They also took more blood and samples of everything else again. His legs were un-bandaged again. The are having a plastic surgeon come up tomorrow to take a look at his legs. When I finally saw the doctor, she told me that they do not know what is got a hold of him this time. Blood tests and all the rest are not conclusive. The stuff they are giving to him to reduce the salt in his system is causing his blood sugar to go out of control. I asked about giving him insulin and she said that it was a consideration as they had giving it to him in ICU through a graduated drip in an IV line but he is running out of good veins and they might have to do it another way by injecting him in the stomach, which would not be a pleasant thing. . I looked at her and asked if she was aware that he was, prior to losing his weight, a diabetic for 10 years. She looked shock at bit. I told her that the injection would not be a problem as he did it twice a day for those 10 years and if this would stabilise his blood sugar then it best be done. They gave him an injection within the hour and by tea time, his blood sugar had gone done from 19 to 16. Too many doctors not sharing enough information. By the time I got done with the doctor, Steve was a bit calmer, probably due to being messed about for an hour and he was very tired. He seemed a bit cooler and drank milk, tea and water between naps. By the time his daughter and son-in-law came up, he wasnt too bad. He even managed a bit of mushroom soup. After they left the temperature started to rise again and he was thrashing all over and babbling. I asked before I left to get him situated in the bed better and make sure he got his pain meds and stuff for his fever as I wanted to make sure he didnt wait half the night for them to get around to it like it happens on a night. I came home and cooked up some lamb, onions with herbs and vegetable stock and then puréed it .some for tomorrow and the rest for over the next 4-5 days (also have beef to do) and will do pureed carrot and asparagus and some thin mashed potatoes that I know he will eat. The hospital tried to get hinm to eat a brown hocky puck that passed as an omelette this morning and tea was not much better. The guys need James Martin or Jamie Oliver in a big way. If I can get better food in him with organic milk, juices and also water, maybe things will start to turn around. Going to talk to them as to what vitamin supplements they are currently giving him. We will also get some carbs in him in small doses as he get a little stronger. Right now, he needs all the protein he can get and that means good old fashioned meat! We are going to beat this together! Didnt get but a couple hours of sleep last night so heading off to bed now after I call the hospital how he is doing. Good night all!
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