There was a fall breeze yesterday. The trees are losing their leaves and piling up in corners. The signs of fall are increasing and the mornings are cooler.
I thank God every morning for the country mornings, space to breathe, and friends who are willing to help. We have no family here, just we three, but sometimes friends are closer than family.
Peace
Monday...........Cardiologist 45 minute drive! This was for rash. He did not check incision.
Tuesday...........Home care for leg wound/physical therapy. (She checked Jack incision.)
Primary care physican for follow on procedure, he checked incision.
Wednesday.......Home care RN who also checked the incision.
Thursday.........Home care wound care/physical therapist checked incision.
Friday am...........considerable bleeding in the night, we are at the primary care doctor's office at 8:15, he called cardiologist and together they decided to removed a stitch that did not absorb and was holding the incision open. Hope blood stops now!
They really put a scare into me about excessive bleeding and rushing him to emergency, etc, etc, etc, etc, and I didn't know if this bleeding was the start of something more serious!
Oh well, just another day! LOL
No one said they had seen a reaction to Plavix, of course Jack has to have one! Doctor said you can't stop taking Plavix soooooooooooo take Benadryl!
I had a feeling that this would be the reaction I would get in an emergency room! We have sick people here, take Benadryl!
So we see primary care doctor tomorrow and see what he says, right now he is taking the 6 day methylprednisolone unit.........and still scratching!
Still trying to get Mother on more health care and more days. She didn't dress today, or comb her hair. I wasn't here and she didn't do it on her own. The lady we hired to stay with her didn't suggest to her to dress and look nice, so she didn't! This isn't like my dressy mother.
When can I leave on my vacation?
Jack was a little uneasy the first few days home. Because of sliding to the floor in the hospital twice and having to use a lift to get him into a chair, he was afraid this would happen at home.
The nurses had already confronted me with what will you do if this happens at home and I had an answer ready for them........the facility one block from me has big men, the fire department has been men, I can get help. BUT BOTH SITUATIONS could have been avoided if the nurses had listened to Jack and myself. He asked for a chair incase he needed to sit between the bed and the place he was headed, I got the chair and they moved it saying oh you are doing fine...... The other was the case of a slippery robe that gave him no seat on the chair.
Anyway, we were very cautious and didn't do the first bathroom and shower trips till Wednesday or Thursday. The hospital didn't warn us about the dye he was given, the cement effects it could cause and the rash reaction.
So of course on Friday evening he developed a rash that kept him from sleeping and by Saturday was alarming me......I had reached the panic stage. My daughter in California was giving me good advice but I was a bit handicapped with lack of knowledge, help, and support here at home.
One of those neighbors who checked on Mother came by and gave me the hospital emergency hot line with a nurse on the other end........her advice, go to the emergency room. I called the hospital where Jack had been and they paged a pharmacy who gave me little or no assistance except see a doctor. So I called the hospital back and they paged a cardiologist on duty.....Wow, he was so nice and supportive and gave me a prescription for the rash and said be at the cardiologist's office at 8 oclock on Monday morning!
I gave him the number of the only pharmacy that I knew would be open on Saturday afternoon in this country. I decided to make the 35 mile run, it would take well over an hour and Jack and Mother would be alone. So I got to the car, the previous neighbor came back to check on what was happening and said his dad was at that pharmacy picking up a prescription today...........he called and the friend said he would bring the prescription and did I need anything else?
The friend brought the prescription and dinner from the hot deli of that store (Walmart) and I breathed a sigh of relief.
Well, it is almost 7 on Monday and we are on our way to Lawton, at least 45 minutes away to see if we can catch the cardiologist.... according to the one I talked to on Saturday.....be there before 8 and catch him...so be it!
Peace
That last entry met with a bit of strange finger work or foot work by the cat.........who can say
Jack came home Monday, his home health nurse and therapist were pretty experienced in how he should be reacting and how the incision should look, so I feel pretty confident I can handle this too!
Anyway please disregard the last entry !
Peace at Marigold Country Home!
Got to bring Jack home and we were here by noon.
A friend came and stayed with Mom until we came.
The friend's husband brought us Pizza at 4 this afternoon.
I have tried to stay close because Jack is naurally weak and he doesn't get around very well. He was on the floor twice at the hospital and a 300 pound man is not someone you give a hand to and he hops right up. The asked what I would do if the ended on the floor at home and I said I would call for some big security guards at the juvie facility a block away, and/ or the city guys who are fairly big bruts, and another choice would be the fire department and tell them we had a big guy on the floor. I have done this before and know how to get him right up.
They had so much trouble at the hospital the first time he was on the floor, I said lets call the fire department and they said WE DON'T CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT!..Guess that would really scare people ! LOL They had a great lift and all the staff got OJT twice around.
Jack glad to be home, and so am I maybe I will sleep a little better tonight. Peace!
