Nov 7 Status

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Thank God for caring and loving children.  They have been great.  Someone is with Barb all day and night.  They are even giving me the nights off.  It has been a blessing to get some "meaningful" sleep even with my mind racing.

Barb spent a good portion of today sleeping as she didn't sleep much last night.  More IV pulling and new lines set.  Someone has to keep an eye on her hands pretty much all the time.  The nurses have tried big boxing-style gloves and arm coverings, but she manages to "break the code" and get them off.

Still don't have the results of the spinal tests, but her ammonia levels are normal.  She hasn't eaten much since last Friday and they are giving her medication to increase her appetite.  It must be working since for dinner tonight she ate a small chicken strip, most of her potato wedges, the entire piece of Boston cream pie, and her entire Ensure.  They are now supplementing her meals with Ensure.

They still have her on antibiotics and pain meds, but have taken her off morphine and now is just on percocet.  It appears the morphine just increases her disorientation and all.

No decision yet as to her release.  We are meeting with the Hospice director tomorrow morning to evaluate if she is a candidate for in-patient Hospice care or home Hospice.  Many of you know how she had taken over the dining room table as a "craft" table.  I am now clearing off all that "stuff" so I can take the table down and make room for a hospital bed in case she returns home for care.  I thought I would plan ahead pending her release conditions.

Please continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers and ask the Lord to provide the best solution to her condition as we know He will.

Love,
Ray