He is not stable for transfer to the nursing home anytime soon, it appears. I am glad he is here at the hospital.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Update Sunday AM
At the hospital again after dropping off Sophie and Olivia at the movies with a friend of mine. Things are quiet here as Bill is deep in sleep, snoring softly (without any pain or sleep meds, since last night I am told!). The nice nurse tells me that he has been sleeping like this since her shift at 8 am. All his vitals are great and, remarkably even his hands and feet are warm. His doctor saw him twice this morning, attempted to wake him up and talk to him. She found him "lethargic", only able to respond to his name. They ordered a CT scan of his brain, chest X ray, and a course of prophylactic antibiotics. They want to rule out a brain accident, infection and/or pneumonia in his lungs. Hopefully the tests are performed today.
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Kris, When I visited on Thursday he was talking quite clearly although not always making sense. For example, he told me he'd driven to a store late the evening before, just before midnight but it was still open, to buy a certain kind of jelly and was debating whether to try it. He said he tried it, then looked up and declared "Big mistake." It upset his stomach.
ReplyDeleteNancy Scott came in while I was there (dialysis room) and he recognized her immediately, was very happy to see her; he told her how good she looked and how good her complexion looked. So he was alert and 'with it' some of the time, but then not -- he thought the bed rail was a chair and he asked us to move it.
As you said, good thing he wasn't discharged from the hospital. Arlene