Jon was taken back to OSU emergency department early Sunday morning with respiratory problems and low blood pressure. With all the antibiotics he's on I have no idea how he could have gotten a light case of pneumonia in his left lung but that is the diagnosis. (For all of you who are wondering "why didn't he get a pneumonia shot?" the answer is "he did." We just didn't know how many different kinds of pneumonia there are floating around!) We've also discovered that the painkiller, dilaudin, lowers Jon's blood pressure considerably so they've refrained from giving it until a nurse "with lots of experience ..I've been doing this for 'umpteen years'" decided to request a change in his pain medication and since it was over the week-end and that staff is not as well acquainted with Jon said okay to dilaudin, he also had a dangerous drop in blood pressure. Meanwhile, Select Specialties has discharged him and he will need to be readmitted when he's well enough to be moved. One of the doctors checking in on him today is again suggesting a muscle transplant and skin graft to solve the bedsore problem and others are still wanting him to reconsider a colostomy. I said I would gladly donate some tummy fat but you know where that got me!
Thanks to Bill and Barb someone was with him for the better part of the day while I finish recovering from a 24 hour case of stomach flu. Barb called and said they were ordering a special bed for him that helps do some of the turning. We have joked that at the rate he's going we should just ask that instead of having a wheelchair or scooter provided for him that we should just get a good bed and take it with him wherever he goes!
It's late--forgot to write this earlier--hope all is well with all of you.
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