All and all it was a good day. The fog continues to lift from Roger's brain and more of his hilarious, albeit obnoxious personality slowly returns. He is getting stronger...though he still has a long long way to go. Since entering the hospital he has lost approximately 20 pounds ~ so much of that muscle strength.
One of Roger's two chest tubes was removed today. We hope that the second tube will be removed on Monday....and if all goes well, that Roger will be released and we will go HOME on Tuesday!!!!
Dr. Freeman has been enthusiastic about Roger's recovery. He has removed any food restrictions - so if Roger is up for it, he can try to eat anything. Problem is that he doesn't want to eat anything. The liquid food administered via his feeding tube has a foul smell to it that lingers around him and, he claims he can taste. So any food makes Roger gag. He has been able to drink liquids with no difficulty. We're going to try stopping the feeding tube feedings during the day in hopes of stimulating Roger's appetite and then turn the feeding tube back on at night. Tomorrow will be the first day. The goal is to get him eating and drinking before leaving the hospital with the feeding tube as a back up....just in case.
It has been a long long difficult journey for Roger...for us. He has had moments of depression and emotion. He is sooo happy to be alive. His happiness is naturally mixed with some fear of another "episode" happening so he is reluctant to push any of his physical and respiratory therapy. Having said that, he IS doing his exercises just not pushing it.
So, I'm keeping the post short tonight (and didn't post last night) because Roger has been given a sleeping pill (and was last night). We both got 3 almost 4 hours straight of sleep. Tonight I am hoping for the same or more....he has just drifted to sleep which means I need to sleep now or possibly miss the window of opportunity.
More to share with you tomorrow. The road to recovery is a long one filled with lots of turns and twists that we never would have expected.
~a
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment