Linda is doing really well with her mobility - able to roll out of bed and get up quite easily.
Well today is going to be a track down docs and get answers day. Because of the nausea associated with the protein shakes, they stopped giving that injection thru her feeding tube a few days ago and hoped for a marked decrease in nausea, but the nausea has persisted -even with fluids that earlier didn't cause problems and having gone through all my notes, I'm wondering why they keep sticking to the same plan - introduce some clear fluids, then a bit of food, then watch her become extremely nauseated and throw up. Linda is getting a bit disheartened and just wanting to feel better. We're really missing the nurses and docs in ICU who were willing to answer every question we had - the last few days I've been feeling like I'm 'imposing' on these 10th floor people with my questions. Yes - I'm a bit annoyed. More to come.
Oh I know the fun times at the hopital with staff. Be tough and annoying I just had similar experiences with my Mom and lung cancer. The biggest issue was food and nausea.
ReplyDeletemorphine made her sick, battled with gravel how to get food in her. she's a skinny old fart. Then because of no food she had to much acid in her stomach that was making all food come back up. hang in there and stay tough.
You will end up the expert and the keeper of the info because they never seem to look at the whole picture.