I woke up at 9:30 but probably could have slept all day if I let myself. I got up and checked a few emails, and uploaded pictures from the week to my photobucket account to try to make a filmstrip out of them. Didn’t get that all the way done. I also emailed Kim the pictures of she and Jeff from this week like she asked me too. She’s so nice and has been so great to us! And from what Mom says it sounds like she has a little crush on Jeff too, which is cute.
Mom picked me up around 11:00, we stopped at Dunkin Donuts, and Bed Bath and Beyond (for a new bean bag pillow for Jeff) and came right up to see him.
Dad said he had a pretty good night last night. Got a lot of sleep. His sodium is low, so they’re watching that and his heart rate got high but they’ve since brought that back to normal. The doctors said today would be a tough day for him, so to expect that, but so far Jeff hasn’t been complaining about the pain like he was last night. Lucky for him, he’s still asleep about 99% of the time.
I got here and stayed with Jeff until about 3:00 while Mom and Dad stretched their legs and got something to eat. Jeff slept almost the whole time. When they got back I left to grab a snack and make a few phone calls to catch up with Laura and Jessica. Around 5:30 or so Mark came by to say hello and see how Jeff was doing. Shortly after, Rachel, his nurse for today, came in and got him up and into his recliner where he had dinner. A feast of chicken soup, grilled cheese, peanut butter graham crackers and Gatorade. He ate more than he did for lunch and things seem to be settling well. Now at 7:10 he’s still awake but back in bed. Wanting “less talking” from us and from him… but otherwise ok, lying in bed watching a football game. Gram and Bubba are on their way in.
Gram and Bubba came around 7:30, and we had a few other unexpected visitors- Debbie, Jack and Joannie. Patrick also stopped by. He, Jeff and Melissa watched tv for awhile and the rest of us hung out in the waiting room.
Bubba was so relieved just to see Jeff. He kept saying on the way up “I just want to look at him. I just want to see him with my own eyes and I’ll be happy.” And he was. I stayed in the waiting room for most of the evening. Gram brought us Chicken, Broccoli & Ziti from Abington House of Pizza and we all ate dinner. Everyone left early since we couldn’t really spend much time with Jeff who was just sleeping and taking it easy. Finally around 10:00 Mom and Dad went home. Melissa stayed with Jeff and I went to walk Buffy.
That was an adventure. The poor dog was scared to death of me when I got there, running and hiding anywhere she could. I let her lick me and then just sat and watched tv to try to get her more comfortable… finally about 45 minutes later I got the harness on her and we went outside. Of course she wouldn’t pee, though. Finally we came back in and I let her play some more. I text messaged Melissa who said to try once more and stay by the door. That still didn’t work. Around 11:15 I headed back.
I slept on the cot until 3:30 when Melissa woke me up so she could go home. Shortly after I got in here, they made me leave so they could do an EKG because his heart rate was high. I guess that went well, but the nurse, Tina, (whom we had to basically beg to let us stay in the first place) didn’t call me to tell me I could come back in, so I finally called at 4:30 and she let me back in. Jeff slept straight through until 6:00am. He woke up thirsty and asking for pain meds, so we called in the nurse. He got pain meds, decadron and some blood pressure medicine to even him out. She said he’ll likely go for his CT scan today now that his sodium level has been good the last two times its been checked- meaning he can drink the solution he needs before the scan.
Then a few minutes before 7:00am the rounding surgeon came in. His name is James. He gave Jeff some tests and all went well. Said that they’re just keeping an eye on the drain and that they’ll evaluate tomorrow. They’re hoping that while it is open it, the output will decrease and his pressure will stabilize. If it does, the can take it out. I asked for the results of the MRI. He said he’ll check on it today and give us a preliminary answer but that the radiologist won’t be able to read it until tomorrow.
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