A New Day

Yesterday late afternoon until about 8:00 pm was really rough. Medicine was not being distributed through his body because the IV was wasn't going into the vessel properly. His arm and face started swelling, and they had to completely wrap his arm and hand in warm compresses, covered by plastic and tape to keep him from removing it- although eventually he did. Because he wasn't getting his necessary medicine, he was getting more lethargic, eyes dilated, a little fever, etc. Not good at all. Anyway, once the anesthesiologist came in to put in a new IV (since the nurses couldn't get one in) and he started getting his meds, things started to look up. Thankfully, yesterday is over, and we don't have oxygen, IV, or anything going this morning. But since he still isn't eating or drinking, they're going to put a tube back down his stomach to get his meds down and to get some Ensure in. This also means he'll have to be restrained, but at least we'll know he's getting meds and nutrition. We'll have to continue this until he starts eating/taking meds by mouth. Hopefully, that will come later today and we can go home tomorrow. Things have turned around though, and we're making progress.

Leah