Discharge day can be frustrating with all loose ends to be gathered, but everything is in motion to leave by middle afternoon. Ron had his ECP this morning and is resting now. The medical team has rounded, and the decision for insulin at home has not been made yet. If that happens, I will have some education in taking a glucose reading and dosing the insulin for injection. Ron is not going to have oxygen at home. They have monitored it at rest, walking in the hallway, and during sleep last night, and his oxygen level is good enough.
A visiting nurse will come this evening to re-teach me the process for administering his IV antibiotics at home. He has the IV twice a day, so he has having the first one now. Ron will also have a PT at home. He has lost the weight we worked so hard for him to gain over the summer and fall, but I am grateful there was some to lose. He was up to 165 pounds and was back to 145 this morning. We will return to Ann Arbor next Wednesday, February 13 for a clinic visit and two days of ECP.
I may have a little snow to drive home in, but we are going even if we have to follow a snowplow. (remembering the DeCrane wedding where that actually happened:).
Love to all of you,
MOM/Jan/Aunt Jan/and best of all--Grammy
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Hope that drive home was easy and smooth sailing. With luck by now you are both snug as bugs in that new bed. Rest on and sweet dreams. Another busy week ahead. No boring life for you two !!
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As I tell Ron, you are never a dull moment! That is true of Ron AND you...wasn't sure how my first sentence would be interpreted! We have had so many bumps in the road that we just plow through it after some very anxious moments. Ron is an amazing trooper, never whining about what he is going through, and still cracking a joke or saying something funny to break the tension. Still can make me laugh with an inappropriate comment!
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