Early Wednesday morning sister Lin left to go back to the snow in Rochester. Later that afternoon they let us bust out of the hospital - Dave was taken off the Nimitop (aka Namitodine) and his blood pressure was allowed to settle down from the highs they had been keeping it at for the brain perfusion. (BTW - Instead of taking up Spanish I have decided to take up Neuroscience Nursing.) Dave's BP was 145/70 and the walking papers were signed (OK - wheelchair papers - they never let you walk out of a hospital).
Thursday was a sluggish day - brother Al left in the morning and Dave was tired and listless all day. After dropping Al off at the massive Charleston International Airport, we stopped in to see Rick the Barber to see if he could give Dave the rest of the Mohawk haircut - we'll see what he can do next Tuesday. Friday was even more sluggish. Dave would get up at 5 AM and not be able to finish his first coffee or the newspaper until hours later.
We continue the massive salt therapy - 16 tablets a day, along with Fludrocortisone. Yesterday we decided to test Dave's BP, un-packed the blood pressure cuff, and Dave blew by the numbers at 201/98. Me - a calm, normal 126/75. (Yeah right!) Today - Dave's BP was 192/104 and we called the doctors. Both MUSC and Dave's family doctor were consulted. Salt therapy was suggested to be cut in half, and we started blood pressure medicine to get the numbers down.
Hopefully we'll see an improvement after the BP pills have had a chance to work, and after the salt has been cut back. Hopefully - we'll both be able to have a good night's sleep one of these nights soon!
Thursday was a sluggish day - brother Al left in the morning and Dave was tired and listless all day. After dropping Al off at the massive Charleston International Airport, we stopped in to see Rick the Barber to see if he could give Dave the rest of the Mohawk haircut - we'll see what he can do next Tuesday. Friday was even more sluggish. Dave would get up at 5 AM and not be able to finish his first coffee or the newspaper until hours later.
We continue the massive salt therapy - 16 tablets a day, along with Fludrocortisone. Yesterday we decided to test Dave's BP, un-packed the blood pressure cuff, and Dave blew by the numbers at 201/98. Me - a calm, normal 126/75. (Yeah right!) Today - Dave's BP was 192/104 and we called the doctors. Both MUSC and Dave's family doctor were consulted. Salt therapy was suggested to be cut in half, and we started blood pressure medicine to get the numbers down.
Hopefully we'll see an improvement after the BP pills have had a chance to work, and after the salt has been cut back. Hopefully - we'll both be able to have a good night's sleep one of these nights soon!
2 comments:
sounds like a rough couple of days..it will take time but at least he is home...it is 28 degrees we are having a heat wave..i bought everything for thanksgiving with the kids help,i am off wednesday and i will get most of it cooked then and lisa will do the turkey while i am at work...so take care and i will call later...love kathy
Hey Dave
Sorry to hear your homecoming isn't going so great.......you have to admit it is better than the hospital - Home Sweet Home.
We hope you still have the part of your brain that plays cribbage - another 29 hand perhaps????
Love Joan & Ken
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