Per Daddy's night nurse he had a good night. They gave him some Benadryl around 11:00 p.m. to help him sleep and that seemed to work. You'd think with all the pain meds he was on that he wouldn't need anything else. We are still waiting for his Doctors' to see him this morning.
We got to the hospital this morning around 7:15 a.m. We actually got Mom to go home last night! She wasn't happy about it at all, but she had the number to the nurses station to call and check on him. We also told her that if she woke up in the middle of the night and wanted to come back over here to call and one of us would bring her. She was up at 4:30 this morning getting ready to come back over.
Daddy was in rare form yesterday evening. First let me start with telling you that he's NOT supposed to be able to talk with his trachea and he's not supposed to be moving his mouth at all. Well...... the balloon around the trachea has a small leak allowing air to move around it resulting in Daddy being able to talk in a very grumble, bearish growl (only way I can explain the sound). Chris and I were in his room and he pointed to me and said "come here". He said "Bring me a pint of milk". I said, "Daddy, I can't brink you any milk. I'll get in trouble". He motioned for me to come closer and in a lower, quieter voice said "Don't tell them". I said "Daddy, I can't bring you milk". He again with a very mad look on his face, eyebrows scrunched & in a louder voice said "Bring me a pint of milk!" I told him Chris and I were going to the waiting room. A little while later Amanda came to visit him and she hadn't been back there a minute when she sent me a text message saying "Pop-Pop is asking for you". I didn't go back. He then sent Amanda to come get me, because he wanted his milk. I gave it a little while and then Larry and I went back. I guess he forgot about it because he didn't ask for it anymore. He did however want Larry and I to move his bed. We told him that we couldn't move his bed because he had too many tubes and cords running everywhere. In a disgusted grumble voice he said "Just forget it, I'll do it myself later". Of course Larry and I just looked at each other.
So as you can see things are getting interesting when he is awake.
I'll report more medical stuff later on today once we've had a chance to talk with his Doctors'.
2 comments:
Getting ready to leave for church. Tell Roy we will be thinking and praying for him. I know it's not easy to deal with a serious illness, but as I can tell by your blog this morning, there are some light hearted moments that can be laughed about later after Roy is back on his feet. He has always been a tough old bird. Let us know if there is anything we can do. Take care and know that we are thinking of Roy and the whole family. Give your mom a hug for me.
Bruce Long
I'm so glad that you were able to get Aunt Doris to go home last night. I'm sure all of you have told her that she needs to take care of herself in order to help take care of Uncle Roy. They are both lucky to have all of you helping out. With continueing prayers,
Karla Long Setchel
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