More of the same

Everyday just a little better. Or at least that is what I keep telling myself. I’m not sure if I really believe it or not. Highlights for Thursday: 1) More torture by the staff. 2) They are finally adding back some of the medications I normally take. The person who came to take me to my chest x-ray must have thought he was at the wheelchair olympics or something. He was whipping me around everywhere. By the time I got there, I had just about sweat clear thru my beautiful hospital gown. I really was not feeling well. I know I looked terrible. I needed my hair washed. Some ladies in the radiology saw Bryan trying to fan me to cool me off, so they made him a little fan like we used to do when we were in school. You know, fold it up accordian style and then tape one end or it. It worked. I don’t remember the ride back, but I am sure it probably wasn’t much better than the ride down.

I did forget to tell you that in the ICU and on Wednesday and Thursday, they had to give me insulin because my blood sugar got too high. They said it happens a lot after surgery. They also had to give me some shots of Heperin to keep me from getting blood clots.

Bryan says he can’t see where I am having the PVC’s (premature ventricular contractions) anymore, but I can feel them. It feels like my heart stops, then jump starts itself. They are telling me it really is that that the heart fills up w/ too much blood, so then it has to catch up on getting the blood out of the heart so it has to beat double. My heartrate is staying in the 90’s which is pretty high, but they say it’s good for now. If I don’t take my meds, my heart rate is in the 80’s. Kai’s heartrate was staying in the high 90’s too. But since they have started giving me my Toporol in the evenings, at least helps w/ the blood pressure and heart rate to a degree.

I can’t remember if I told you or not, but by the time I got out of my surgery, Kai had been discharged. So, his surgery was on Friday, discharged on Tuesday. Five days total stay including the day of surgery for him. He had the TV on all the time, I haven’t turned it on since I got here. I kind of enjoy the quietness (with the exception of the flushing toilets, the squeeking wheels on carts, the hacking and coughing from other patients, and of course the staff having a ball doing their jobs, amongst various other hospital sounds.)

Maybe Bryan did stay w/ me Wednesday night, because I am writing this on Friday and I know he was not here last night. My days are all messed up along w/ my memory. It is really hard to remember anything. I can’t remember if there was anything really significant or not on Thursday. I have talked to Kai and Linnea everyday I think. Linnea cries everytime she talks to us because she misses us. Kai wants to come home to recouperate. Not for sure if it is really so much to do w/ being w/ us or just wanting to get back to his computer games. He needs to get going on his homework (although, now that I think about it, I don’t think I have received any by email yet. But then again, I am not sure if I have even checked my email since Tuesday.

Well, that’s it for Thursday.