Tuesday, October 16, 2007
House Guest
Gram left the hospital yesterday and went home. She will be there until the end of this week and then she is coming to stay at my house so that I can take care of her. I refuse to let her go back to a nursing home. I promised her in a conversation that we had way before all this started that I would never let her live in a nursing home if I could help it. And as long as I am still breathing I intend to keep that promise.
I have quite a bit of rearranging to do today. Jordan is going to be moving into my office so that gram can have his room. My office will be temporarily scattered between my bedroom and my livingroom. I am hoping that when I move the computer that I am able to hook it back up the right way. If you don't hear from me for a while that means I have had to call the cable company to come fix it and they can take up to 2 weeks to get to you. Cross your fingers!!!
It will be nice to have gram here. If I'm not at home I am with her. It will be a welcome change because for the last 3 weeks I have been driving all over creation. I have had to take my sister to school in the morning and then pick her up in the afternoon. There's been dr appts and hospital visits. And then there is just the everyday trips to the store or wherever I need to go. So it will be nice to just stay put for a while. And I know the kids are going to love having her here.
Hopefully she won't have anymore problems and she will just get better. Drs said that they think her kidney failure was caused by a med that she was taking for the neuropathy in her legs and feet. No more of that stuff! They also put her on a mix of Metamucil and Immodium to regulate the output of her bag. Seems to be working so far. I guess the only other issue she had was finding out that her incision wasn't as healed as we thought. A piece of skin had grown over part of the opening. They had to burn the skin off and then pack the open area. A day before she left the hospital another part of the incision popped open because she was being hauled around so much. It bled some but she seems to be doing ok. And lastly she still has a bed sore on the tip of her tailbone. It makes sitting very painful. The dressing fell off at one point during the nite and yesterday when we were getting ready to leave they finally covered it. But the damage was already done. Part of it was open and bleeding again. Now tell me,hospitals are supposed to help you not hurt you right?
She will be in good hands once she gets here. I will take care of her and get her better. No more screwing around....Labels: family
