Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Turn of events. Today Dr. Ott came in around 10 am, asked Chris some questions about himself and if the night nurse had done all that he ordered. Both Chris and my dad said that the nurse he had last night was “useless” the doctor also agreed because she had not followed his instructions. So…. he asked Chris if he wanted to go home and be taken care of by a better nurse (ha, ha, he didn’t read my blog from the other day). So by 4:30pm we were on are way home. IHC Home Health delivered are pump, formula and supplies at about 7:00pm (which Chris is suppose to start eating at 6pm). Then the home health nurse came by to set up the pump. The pump ended up being broken. So we had to sit and wait for a new one to come. By the time we all got trained (I had all the kids sit in and learn, they each practiced threading the machine- they all begged to flush the line but that’s my job he, he (unless I’m not home, then they can flush the line and squirt daddy – he loves it:0). It was 9:00pm Chris was 3 hours late on eating. He also checked his insulin (94). He is sleeping on the couch because he has to be at a 30 degree angle or higher. We have set up all the supplies for the next feeding. I don’t know what time that will be. I gave Chris his cell phone so that he can text me and I will come down and help him pour the other three cans of formula into his bag, flush his line, give him his pain medicine, check his insulin and write it down for the doctor, and then possibly he and I will go back to sleep. He is still in a lot of pain. He is only allowed to drink water when he takes his pain pill. And we are to call the doctor Mon, Wed, and Fri. to give him a report of how things are going and also give him insulin numbers. Chris is a tough cookie he’ll get through this. Tomorrow night the home health nurse will come again and make sure that we did everything correctly. The nurse complimented Jacob on threading the tubing through the cassette he said that "Jacob did it the best". That’s my boy!! We are now home and onto are next adventure. May we have patience with each other (he, he). Thanks mom and dad for all your hard work during this time we couldn’t have made it without you guys. We love you tons and tons. Love, Ricki

4 comments:

Danni said...

Ricki- We are glad to hear you are home. If you need help please don't hesitate to call. We are all here for you.

Morgan Family

Hiller Family said...

That's great that both of you came home. Let me know if you need anything!

Anonymous said...

Glad to hear that you are home. It has got to be great to get out of the hospital :)

Let us know if there is anything that we can do.

Ryan & Kathryn Ockey and family

Kristi said...

Hooray that he's home. We all know how much you love hospital stays Ricki... Are you sure you don't want to just go to nursing school? You can even specialize! With all the practice and education you're getting from this experience. Holy cow! lol... Keep up the positive attitudes! And my kids say hello to yours!