It has been a busy couple of days. They decided to send Doug home from the hospital on Sunday night because he was responding to the new antibiotic. That meant that they needed to put in the PICC line so that I could do the IV at home. To do that though I had to bring back into Boise by 9:15 Monday morning to get an infusion and to develop a plan for the IV. When we got to the office the person in charge of the antibiotic infusions really wanted us to continue coming to Boise daily. I really did not want to do this. I was insistant that we find a place in Nampa or I do the IV. Apparently there is no place you can go in Nampa to get this done. She agreed to look around to find an infusion center who would be willing to provide the medication. By late Monday morning she found a company for us to work with. They would deliver the medication by 10:00 p.m. on Monday. And so they did. It arrived at 10:10 p.m. We were able to arrange to have the same Home Health company monitor Doug's care and restart his PT. They came Monday afternoon for an evaluation and then started today.
Doug has not been feeling well. He woke with abdominal pain this morning and some nausea. He is not really eating much and it is very difficult to get him to drink fluid. He still has the stone. We are waiting for it to come out. I am looking forward to that happening. I am sure he will feel better when it is out of his system. Hopefully it won't be to terribly painful with the stent, when it decids to pass.
The days are busy making all his appoitments. He has follow-ups with all the doctors in the next 2 weeks. The unfortunate outcome of being in the hospital is that you have to spend so much time with doctors once you are out.
We are both feeling weary of hospitals and going to the doctors. Maybe me even more than Doug. I am ready to be done with this phase of our lives. I pray this stone passess soon, Doug return to health and we move on.
And so we pray:
God of Mercy, be with Doug as he continues to recover. We pray that this stone passess soon, the infection clears up, and he feels better. We ask for his strength to return. Give us hope when we are discouraged and fill us with peace for the time that it takes for him to heal. Mercifully, heal his body. In your name we ask it. Amen
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