2008-12-08 11:50 p.m.
Not Much of an Update. Terry has now had an electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, sonogram, cat scan, and a few x-rays tossed in. He is receiving warfarin shots in his belly to thin his blood, prednisone, antibiotics, and various other sundry (neener) meds.
The tests are not all back, so I am still in the dark as to what they are going to do to make him better. Generally, they give him meds and breathing treatments and by the second day, they are talking about when he will be home. They aren�t doing that this time.
It is a double edged sword. On one side his breathing is still labored when he gets off his bed onto the commode or onto the chair and when he has to get himself back into bed. They haven�t figured out why the prednisone and the rest of the meds haven�t helped. On the other side, when we talk, his voice is strong. He isn�t in any discomfort and he isn�t in any pain or groggy.
Our doctor told him this morning that he is calling in a specialist. It was after she came in that they started all the tests. Hopefully, tomorrow something will show and they can start treating with something that works.
I finally got to the bottom of one thing he had told me. I thought it was strange that all of a sudden he would be allergic to his inhaler. He isn�t. He had told the nurse he was allergic to the powder forms of inhalers. What he should have told her is that he can�t use the powdered ones like Spiriva and Advair because as much as he rinses, he still develops thrush. Yes, that is right. See why I have the doctor call me? He loses something in his translations.
His nurse kind of got on my pissy side on Saturday. I called Terry around 7:00 pm Saturday night when I was sure he was in his room and all settled in for the night. Afterward, I call the nurse on his floor to find out what they had found. After telling me that he had pneumonia but that was all they knew so far, she made the statement, �Well, you�ll be here tomorrow, right?� I explained that with winter temps on Sunday going down to the 20�s and with wind it could hit single digits, my doctor advised me not to go outside. I tried to explain that I am on oxygen and she cut me off with a curt, �Yes, I know. Your husband told me.� I then explained that since I have to have my tank on 5 to walk, stand, etc. that I would have to bring my tank plus an extra to come visit and the Terry hates it when I visit because we sit and stare at each other. We don�t visit each other. We just call each other 15 times a day. She said she understood, but I get the feeling that she thinks I�m a cold hearted bitch that doesn�t care. It�s not that she is anything to me, but I hate that someone, anyone would think that. I told Terry and he said he would straighten her out. I just told him I felt bad.
So anyway, I wanted to thank you all for your many, many well wishes. I will update again when I know something. I�m just wandering around aimlessly (figuratively). Talking 15 times a day just doesn�t cut it. I feel myself missing my other half. I want answers. I want good answers.
Later,
Cosmic
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