Nancy\u2019s follow-up to a week of intensive care . . .<\/p>\n
Hello folks, I\u2019m back.\u00a0 We stayed till 9:30 at the potluck and jam session.\u00a0 Each day at 3 P.M. I get infusions.\u00a0 Rocephin. \u00a0Drip. Drip. Gentamycin. Drip. Drip.<\/p>\n
Saturday and Sunday the procedure differs because out-patient services are not open on the weekend.\u00a0 So I go to the regular Medical Surgical nurse station (MedSurg in hospital-speak) and check in.\u00a0 They treated me like a million dollars too\u2026 and all went well.\u00a0 John brings a book and I sleep.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m a thousand percent better, if that is possible mathematically, from last Tuesday a week ago when I entered ER in Ellensburg.\u00a0 They still did not really find a source of internal bleeding, so I\u2019m blaming it on the bacteria and hopeful the antibiotics will vanquish them forever and the blood loss. (Maybe it could be suppressed production and not a loss?\u00a0 Just a thought.\u00a0 Either way, maybe it will vanish.\u00a0 JFH<\/em>) \u00a0Only 5 \u00bd weeks to go.\u00a0 Drip. Drip.\u00a0 The Gentamycin was added because of my pig valve in my heart.\u00a0 Previously, June\/July \u201809, I was on straight Rocephin.<\/p>\n I think the one day I had the CT Scan, Endoscopy, Colonoscopy, and a ton of Barium X-rays of the whole track, upper and lower intestines, from 2:45 till 10:00 P.M., and about 5 blood draws, that I deserved the an award for the most procedures one patient was subjected to in one day.\u00a0 I might have had the TEE that morning too.\u00a0 That also included a rude awakening early morning by the nurse who had seen a succession of atrial fibrillations and thought there was a V-tac going on.\u00a0 It was not.\u00a0 She was obviously upset and wanted to know if I had any chest pain; well no, only the continuing pain from the two clots in my spleen.\u00a0 I also said I was having a night mare (probably caused by the antibiotics, she said).\u00a0 So I was ready to go back to sleep and await the morning blood draw at 5:15 a.m.<\/p>\n Rest in the hospital has to come in pieces. One morning (night?) they woke me at 3:30 to weigh me.\u00a0 Hello!\u00a0 I\u2019m supposed to rest. I got pretty good at it.\u00a0 The last few days there I was moved to a MUCH quieter room on the 4th floor in ACU (Acute Care Unit).\u00a0 That is one step down from ICU (intensive care) but honestly in my case I was still on telemetry and oxygen and still very monitored.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll return to Sunday postings now.\u00a0 I trust the next reports will continue with my feeling better and improving.\u00a0 Don\u2019t quite have the stamina back yet after a week of bed rest, but I\u2019m getting there.<\/p>\n ~ ~ ~ ~It seems when Nancy has issues the house colludes with her.\u00a0 Our water system \u2013 well, house, barn, yard \u2013 seems to be leaking.\u00a0 We have a 30 gallon pressurized tank.\u00a0 The pump is supposed to keep water in it and another gizmo inflates an internal bubble and presto we have water when and where we want it. Currently the pump and gizmo do their stuff and then the water drains back out via some unknown leak. Then the pump \u2013 pumps again, and it drains out again.\u00a0 Drip. Drip.<\/p>\n Nice folks came this morning and carried away the penultimate puppy \u2013 I turned the pump on and got enough warm water so we could send her off without the dirt.\u00a0 We still have the male but need to wait a few more weeks until he develops immunity to parvovirus because of the known incidence of it somewhere visited by the family that got the little guy that died (and the virus is now in their own house and yard).\u00a0 We stopped and got him an extra vial of prevention today.\u00a0 So he gets a shot tonight. Ouch! \u00a0— but hopefully no drip, drip.<\/p>\n We have a report back on the little puppy who left today.\u00a0 She slept the entire 3.5 hour trip home.\u00a0 They have introduced her to their securely fenced backyard, and their older dogs in the house.\u00a0 She has explored the house.\u00a0 She also found out about a water sprinkler and enjoyed getting her head wet, staying a happy puppy.\u00a0 We are grateful for yet another fantastic home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nancy\u2019s follow-up to a week of intensive care . . . Hello folks, I\u2019m back.\u00a0 We stayed till 9:30 at the potluck and jam session.\u00a0 Each day at 3 P.M. I get infusions.\u00a0 Rocephin. \u00a0Drip. Drip. Gentamycin. Drip. Drip. Saturday and Sunday the procedure differs because out-patient services are not open on the weekend.\u00a0 So … Continue reading “SUNDAY — Drip. 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