15/32014 Update it was a month yesterday that our world was turned upside down. Today. as of this morning. when I got in:
Not on oxygen support, no IV plugged into body anywhere, No feeding tube to the stomach, no drips anywhere. Still has catheter. Weekend doctor came in this morning and said that sodium in blood is dead centre in the normal range so no more blood drawn 2-3 time a day. Liver scan was normal, kidneys still in recovery and producing too much urine but that is showing signs of improvement. His output yesterday was in the minus figures so had to catch up to get it back to level yesterday. That is partially my fault. Long story short .got a shard of glass in my foot and spent 3 hours in A & E yesterday morning with not luck at removing it. Had enough of nurse-practioner digging around with scalpel and tweezers and signed myself out and went up to Steve. Talk to Steves doctor and he told me to hang on. Later in afternoon (about 4:00pm) told to go back to A & E to see actual doctor at St James. They lied to me and made me go to LGI and got there at 4:20pm and doctor there came straight away to work on getting glass out of foot (embedded next to bone in meaty pad under big toe), 4 stitches, big bandage and special shoe and told not to walk on ball of foot, havwe stitches taken out in two weeks, antibiotics for ten days - Im good to go. 4 ¼ hours I wait to get transported back to St James and arrive back the at 9:15am. Steve is fast asleep. I am dead tired and my foot is absolute killing me, so I stay at the hospital on the hard sofa once again after getting chased off the more comfortable sofa on the main floor by the security guard, despite explaining the situation with my foot and Steve. During the day, Steve didnt drink or eat as much as he should have. No more injuries for me. Today - He ate a bit better and drank loads more. Not huge and he is still on the nutritional drinks twice a day. He absolutely hates them but wont refuse to drink them if I tell him not to. Im in charge, so he says. I bet that doesnt last long once he gets fully rational! The rubbish talk is leaving him. He still has his moments. Doctor says that that will clear as he get moving around more and eating properly. Physio is back on Monday for his work out. They want to try to get him in a chair by the end of next week. I hope they hang around to get him back into bed. They are gradually working to getting him to a commode chair. One for the obvious reason and two to be able to wheel him to a shower. He has to be able to get back onto the bed when he is done for either reason. He tries his hardest but gets very wore out at the moment. He did scratch his nose today. Naps are frequent. All in all, the doctors are very pleased with him and the staff, doctors and I are getting along better. They keep me informed and dont just do stuff without telling me why and in turn telling Steve why and I dont raise hell. Its nice and quiet in there and everything gets done. All in all - a good day. A great day will be him sitting up and eating and drinking on his own and doing some walking around! Going to bed now. Have had a busy two days and Ive not had a shower today, but could care less at the moment. _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
