Ok, today has been a major roller-coaster. We are in Hospital Puebla. It all started yesterday afternoon, when Doug's cough became a little more pronounced and he was very tired. He had a fall in the middle of the night. He was pretty weak. Then today he woke up at the normal time at 6:30, but he was very tired by 9:00 and kept falling asleep. Even though I knew he wanted to watch the Macy's Day parade and football he could not keep his eyes open. We were not having a typical Thanksgiving even though we were trying.
Then by afternoon he was dozing most of the time and coughing frequently. I had asked the doctor in the morning when he came to visit about the cough, but Doug was not coughing much then and his vitals and temperature were all good. And so he said just to monitor him and Friday he would see him in the clinic. After dinner Doug seemed to just wilt. He hardly ate any Thanksgiving dinner and he was talking very little. Then he had his first fall when walking with his walker to the couch. I could not get him up and so I went upstairs and got Oddne from Norway. He is the 20 year old son of another patient. He helped me get Doug into the chair.
Not long after that when Doug needed to go to the bathroom, he fell again when he started to stand. I got Oddne to help me again. By this time he was coughing a lot and was not talking much and was having difficulty processing what I was saying. I decided to call the doctor. I had taken his temperature and it was still normal. The doctor decided that he should come over and take a look at him. Then trying to get Doug into the bed from the wheel chair he kinda melted to the floor. I had to go get Oddne again.
Dr Prisca checked all of Doug's vitals and they were still all normal. However the cough, because it was so continuous did not make sense to him. He decided he needed more tests. He called an ambulance and not long after that we had 4 men, checking his heart, blood sugar, oxygen levels, and vitals. All the tests were normal. However he was so weak he could not sit-up by himself and had lots of coughing.
I rode with Doug by ambulance to Hospital Puebla. The doctor followed behind us. Once arriving at the hospital they started an IV, monitored his vitals and and took an x-ray and drew blood work. The x-ray came back clear. They decided to keep him overnight to monitor him, give him respiratory therapy and some medication to suppress the cough. They have made up a bed for me in his room and he is now sound to sleep. He was so tired earlier and so he must be completely exhausted now.
No pictures to add to the blog today, I too am very tired and am going to try to get some sleep. You know how that goes in the hospital.
Gracious Lord, watch over us as we sleep this night. Heal Doug's body. Give him strenghth to face tomorrow with all the challenges of healing. We give you thanks and praise for all who are caring for Doug. Help them to find the best treatment for him. Amen
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