Friday, October 9th 2009
I can't believe that a whole week has flown by. And, oh what a difference those 7 days make. Andrew began eating again yesterday. He had a small cup of chicken broth and then later he had a very small portion of cream of wheat. His body seemed to cope well .. we do have to do a fair bit of walking the halls in order to activate the digestive system but the main thing is that it's working. He also had the IV removed so no saline solution bloating the body and no magic pain button. He's taking the odd pain killer orally mainly at night to ensure a good night's sleep.
This morning he had one kidney stent removed and this evening another one. He still has a drain from the interstitial tissue and the catheter, the latter remaining for probably 2 more weeks. He's also learnt how to irrigate himself and the irrigation itself has become alot easier and painless. The doctor has said that he can go 'home' on Sunday - amazing really that the body can go through all that and recover so quickly!
His face has broken out in sores - something that always happens when his body is stressed - like not getting enough sleep - I had bought Zovirax with me but Doctor prescribed him the systemic version which is far more powerful and should clear it up pretty fast.
Well, as for myself, from Sunday on I am being promoted from Assistant Carer's Chief Assistant to Nurse in Charge - the shelves are stocked with chicken noodle soup and I can hardly wait to get my new man 'home'.
Keep you posted...
love
T x
ps Snow is forecast for tomorrow!
