Talked to him this morning and he had a bad night. Not from anything that’s been going on, but he was in pain with his shoulder. He’s had problems with it before and was told it’s his rotator cuff, but he just lived with it. Probably from being in bed for so long, it decided to freeze on him and he said it was excruciatingly painful. They gave him pain meds that helped and he…
So far, no more bleeding but they did want to give him one more unit of blood. His count was still low, so trying to boast it up with another pint. They finally gave him a tray of real food and he ate every bit of it. Once his blood count is stable and they get the coumadin levels stable, he will be able to come home. Talked to a doctor this morning and she…
It was another long day. but this time we have answers. He needed another two units of blood and after the first unit, they took him for another colonoscopy. This time they were able to find the two areas that were bleeding and cauterized them. The lesions are called Dieulafoy’s lesion and the nurse said she never heard of that before….. no surprise! He’s feeling better and hoping to get some food soon, so I…
Long day with very few answers. They couldn’t get a good read with the colonoscopy because of the blood, but they did a CT scan to rule out any active bleeding. There was no active bleeding so they didn’t feel they needed to go back in. I know Dr. Zweig will continue to investigate until he finds out what is going on. Just when we think Ed has had everything listed in the medical journal,…
For months, Ed has been dealing with a lot of different issues even though his knee replacement surgeries went well. He was so excited about not feeling any pain, but things started to change and he was sliding backwards in his recovery. We joined Silver Sneakers in hopes it would motivate him to keep moving and doing better physically, but nothing seemed to help. Tuesday (Dec 3) we saw Dr. Zweig and he was very…
Ed made it home today, and what a difference. He was able to get in and out of the car without any help at all. Once home, his challenge was that crazy recliner, but he maneuvered it with ease. It’s amazing the progress in just 9 days of physical therapy. He’ll still have PT at home and a nurse checking on him once a week, but that will probably be it before going to see…
Ed will be on his way home Thursday and he’s doing really well. Still not sure how he’ll handle getting in/out of the recliner, but his legs are much stronger and he’s gained some strength in his arms. I know he’ll work hard to make sure he doesn’t have to go back to rehab. Home care will continue, but they mostly work on walking, getting up/down and doing a few stairs. We hope he’ll be…
What a difference a week of rehab makes! He’s getting in and out of bed easier and not having as much pain as before, but the test is seeing if he can get out of a chair. They’re not only working on strengthening his leg, but getting those arms stronger, too. They will only release him once he proves he can do things on his own, just like they did before.
After 2 attempts at finding a vein, the third time was sucessful and he was on his way. Thank goodness he was only getting one unit, so from start to finish it was a four hour process – not bad. Tim picked him up in the Jeep since it was easier for him to get in and out of and it saved us the expense of him traveling to the hospital in an ambulance. Tim…
Ed finally made it to rehab on Tuesday evening and many of the nurses recognized him and made him feel at home. The doctor saw him and felt his leg was too swollen, but we told her that happened with his last surgery. She increased his lasix, so that kept him up a lot during the night. Saw him this morning and he looked ok, just tired. He went for PT and did a good…