When I got to the hospital, John seemed sleepy and a little disoriented. Shortly thereafter, the doctor came in. He said that the dilaudid seemed to be controlling the pain now and would I like to take John home. I asked how I would manage the pain (because he currently gets shots inravenously) and he said he could write a prescription for pills to do the same thing. I said OK I would like one more day to see how he did and I could bring him home on Tuesday.
However, John began to show signs of great anxiety, hallucinations, etc. and they got worse as the day wore on. His speech was completely unintelligable so I do not know if what he was saying made any sense. But he was reaching for things in the air and pointing at things on the ceiling and being startled and trying to sit up with arms out looking very frightened. He was grabbing at his oxygen tube, the sheets, his gown etc. and even trying to get our of bed. This went on all day and evening.
When the nurse came to arrange for the ambulance to bring him home I told them I was not bringing him home tomorrow - that these problems need to be solved.
I thought it was the effect of the narcotics but the nurses were not so sure. He is not on that high a dosage. They thought he may have a bladder infection or something else that is triggering this.
The only good thing was that he had very little trouble with the muscle spasms and cramps and sweating he only soaked one hospital gown.
Because of the condition he was in, I was afraid to leave his bedside at all until they got him to sleep at 9pm. So I called Margie and she brought me supper over from Gateway. I had taken some crackers and cheese for lunch but had planned to go to the cafeteria for supper.
I will need great wisdom in the next few days to know when or if John should come home again.
Please pray for both of us. It is getting very difficult.
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