Friday, Mar 13th, 2020……
This morning we got up and going and had our coffee. Penny came
over with the Quince and walked and fed her and then left her here to go home
and shower. We headed over to the hospital after breakfast. Today is dialysis
day so we don’t plan to stay long on these days. They have her in the chair
this time. The dialysis room is normally set up with three areas for the
patient’s beds to be wheeled in to. They normally do not use a chair and they wanted
to try it today. Problem was they had her scheduled for an afternoon exchange
and the morning spaces were full and they didn’t want to bring in the chair so
it will wait until next week. Maryanne thought she looked tired. We thought she
looked ok but found out she had had an upset stomach early this morning. She left
her and later she went into dialysis, this session was only 3-3 ½ hours long
instead of four. She said she felt better and was ready for the Friday night tv
shows!
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2020…… Today was more nausea in the morning and then better
in the afternoon/evening. She hasn’t been eating normal hours but manages to
get the food in as she needs to. They have her on a renal diet to help keep the
salt down which helps in dialysis. The doctors are in and out and the last one
told us she is medically cleared to leave the hospital now. What is keeping her
here is a couple of things: she needs to be able to walk a bit and get from the
bed to a chair/wheelchair, and they do not yet have a nursing facility for her.
She has physical therapy every day now and is slowly getting stronger. But
remember, she hasn’t walked much since she had her foot issue and not at all
since before chemo. So the muscles need time to get stronger.
Sunday, Mar 15th, 2020……
Again, more nausea this morning. No dialysis on the weekends so, except
for our two visits each day, she has it pretty quiet and watches tv and sleeps.
She says she’s not interested in knitting or reading or much else right now and
we don’t push. I took Maryanne in this morning and after a nice visit, she said
her goodbyes and then we headed off to the Eugene airport so she could catch
her flight home. Cherrelyn is here but
came down with something and was sick so we all agreed that it would be better
if she stayed with her son this weekend and skipped her visit to see Lydia.
While we were in there with her, the nurse told us they are instituting a new
policy tomorrow with only the same two visitors allowed. That isn’t going to
work for large families so we don’t expect it to be followed but we have to
wait and see. More tomorrow…..
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