It is 8PM and I am home. I got up this morning and went to the hospital. Was about 9AM. I learned that the Dr. had already been by but would return between 3:30 and 7 this afternoon. While I was there the occupational therapist and the physical therapist worked with Cowboy. He managed to walk from the bed to the chair with a walker. He was able to answer some of their questions. He cheats though. When they asked him the date, he just looked up at the board in his room and told them what it said. Maybe because we keep the board at home?
His blood sugar has stayed high, was up to 338 today. He is getting insulin injections. His blood pressure has been very low so they hooked him back up to an IV to give him fluid. He ate his breakfast and he ate some of his lunch but when dinner came all he ate was the jello. I tried to encourage him to eat more but he just refused Said he wasn't hungry and he didn't want it. I can't say I blame him a lot. It consisted of a very dry piece of grilled chicken on a stale bun and some lukewarm vegatable soup.
I had come home once during the day to pick up his razor and his skin cream.
We think he will be moved tomorrow from the hospital to rehab. When they did the change of his dressing this afternoon I was told it looked really good and they went ahead and dressed it with something called a "wound vac". Neat technology. They cleaned the wound and then put a piece of foam in the wound (a gash about 6 inches long) and sealed it and then attached a device that keeps a small amount of suction on the wound that encourages it to seal and heal. He will have to carry around the unit for several weeks which may turn out to be a challenge.
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