He's home now! We got home late this afternoon. Kind of came as a shock. He's been eating a little bit of mashed potatoes and took his rejection pills this morning but was refusing other meds. The doc said he could go home as long as he was eating a little and took a few meds because there was nothing more they could do, but I said I wasn't comfortable with that until he could take all his meds. That was incentive enough and Mark choked them all down. :) He's still a little nauseous but he'll be fine in a couple days. All the nurses were shocked he was going home, and I was too, but it sure is good to be home.His creatinine is good and we'll be checking it again later this week to make sure there aren't any lasting effects on the kidney. His blood pressure is much better. Overall, he's doing good.Thanks again for all the thoughts and prayers! It means so much! God does answer prayers, so thanks!
The poor guy. He just can't win. They had to change his IV because the other one was getting too bad. He's a very hard poke so after trying a couple sites, they had to call in anesthesia. After 9 pokes from the anestheologist....yes 9...they finally got it in. Mark was such a trooper and kept apologizing to the guy for being such a pain.Then, after he left, I could tell Mark was feeling down and I went over to him to give him a hug. I asked him if he was feeling down and he nodded. I asked him if he wanted to talk and all he said was "why me?". I told him because he was strong enough to handle it and no one else could handle it like he could. Obviously that didn't help one bit and somehow I knew my post of Why Not Me?http://twondra.blogspot.com/2008/05/ramblingslongyawn.html wasn't going to help. :( The poor guy.Then, not too long after that, while moving his blankets, his puke bucket fell down off his bed, making a big noise and kind of a mess :(. Then, he said "Sometimes there just aren't enough rocks". All I could do was nodd....I understood.He'll be okay, though. The fact that he's feeling a little depressed is good news that he wants to go home and is tired of being here. It's just hard to see him like this.On a good note, he's eating a little more and he was able to get 3 pills down this evening. He didn't want to try any more because he didn't want to push it.Any ideas on how to help him? I kind of wish he was crabby instead of depressed.....this breaks my heart.
Hi everyone! Thanks again to all of you for your thoughts, prayers, e-mails and calls! It means more than you know, so thanks!
Just a quick update....Mark had a rough night again last night. His blood sugar went down and they couldn't get it back up, especially with him not eating. It happens quite a bit at home but it was kind of nice to have it happen at the hospital where the nurses couldn't even get it up, so I know I'm not doing anything wrong. Mark tried to drink some apple juice but it wasn't bringing it up and after a few hours, they ended up giving him some sugar solution through the IV.
I think his stomach is feeling a little better, although when you ask him he says it doesn't. He's able to sleep which is good and he did take 1 pill this morning and keep it down (1 of 40 he has to take :(), but he only took it because the nurse kind of made him. I can tell he's feeling a little better because he's starting to get a little crabby with me, so that's a good sign. When the nurses have him try to take pills, he will but when I suggest it, you'd think I just asked him to eat a plate of manure or something. But, at least when he starts getting crabby, he's feeling a little better so that's encouraging. It just means I spend a little more time at home with Eddie. :)
We haven't checked his kidney numbers for a couple days and I'll be checking with his doctor to see when we should do that again. He was getting too much fluid and was starting to retain it and we were worried about his heart, so that's been cut back.
Sorry...this ended up being longer than I thought (sorry Eric :)). Thanks again for the thoughts and prayers...it means a lot! I think Mark's finally turning the corner so I'll be sure to let you know when we're back home.
