Lee was discharged from the hospital today and we arrived at the condo @ 2:00 pm. Dennis had to be in Durham for meetings and was able to finish in time to make the necessary trip to the pharmacy to pick up all the new medications that he now has to take.
As soon as we could, I began to sort out all the meds again, removing those that were now discontinued and adding those that were new. Lee settled into his good old red leather recliner (that came with us ) and reached for the remote. Dennis had brought some watermelon and a loaf of freshly baked bread by Betsy. He was now in "Hog Heaven". He loves watermelon!
It wasn't long until we were bombarded with telephone calls from our nurse coordinator and our home health care nurse. Appointments were made beginning in the morning for physicians, speech therapists testing and for the Center for The Living to begin the rehab. At 3:00 there was a knock at the door and a man from the I.V. station delivered four large boxes that the home health nurse would explain to me when she was scheduled to arrive @ 4:30.
We now have an I.V. pole in the middle of the living room and the home health nurse observed as I connected his I.V. antibiotic to his PICC line in his left arm. I will have to administer the I.V. every 6 hours for the next two weeks. The hours are 11-5, 11-5 each day. Late to bed and early to rise!
Lee was able to eat a HUGE supper compared to the way he had been eating in the hospital. Thanks to Donna who had left a roast for him in individual servings in the freezer. Along with that and brown rice and some of our canned green beans.................he was a satisfied man! So good to see him eat.
Well...............we have much to do .............more medications to give, bath time and hopefully a night's sleep (even with the alarms set for the I.V.s) We have to be at the clinic tomorrow @ 9:00. Wish us Well! It looks like a busy, but better week!
More Later........................................Brenda
So glad Dad's back "home." I hate I won't get a chance to see him tomorrow on our drive home but it is for a great reason.
ReplyDeleteI talked with the contractors about the corner lot and everything is good there. I'll start the look for lawnmower as the one here is not worth fixing.