I had my follow up eye appointment on thursday morning and got a good report. Then I went to the grocery store and took the dog to the groomers. Spent the rest of the day at the rehab hospital.
Got to bring Cowboy home yesterday. I nearly overslept but got there a little after eight. He had not yet had breakfast or bathed so I suggested we get those things accomplished and I packed things up. The wound vac was supposed to be delivered at 10 but it was delayed so we left without it and went on to the Dr. appointment with the surgeon. The wound vac folks caught up with us there and demonstrated how everything worked. The Dr. said the wound looks great.
The home health people will be coming on Mon.,Wed., and Fridays to clean and dress the wound and reapply the wound vac. They came Friday afternoon and got us all set up. The unit sits right in the basket of his walker and he can go wherever he wants, just have to plug it in and charge it when he is sitting for a spell.
Today I got to start fixing big breakfasts again. I just am going to have to eat less I guess. He isn't gaining weight, I am !
The alarm went off on the wound vac about 9AM so we called them out. It was determined that the tube had come out of assembly so she taped it back on. It wasn't two hours until it happened again. I am thinking at some point Cowboy pulled on it, stepped on it or something. She gave me instructions over the phone on sealing it onto his leg and hopefully it will hold til they come on Monday. Every time the alarm went off Cowboy would start fiddling with the device and punching buttons and such which is a no no. Telling him not to isn't working too well. Hope we have no more problems.
Cowboy is cranky and uncooperative today. I think having to deal with all of this has taken a toll on him.
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