G update

G was having dialysis this morning in his room. When you are in ICU they
do they dialysis there.

He said he threw up last night, the meatloaf, but otherwise feeling OK.

They will move him back to the floor when there is a room available.
Hopefully this afternoon.

The fistula surgery will be done on monday, so he will be in the hospital
all weekend, on the heparin drip.

His head (actually his neck) looks swollen, guess it could be from the surgery,
but also concerned it's from the blockages. Not only does he have blockages
in the arteries which take blood to the head, he has blockages in the veins which
allow for return of blood from the head.

I guess they will put him back on the heparin this afternoon. I will go back
up around noon, to check on how things are progressing.

One must really check everything. I overheard a long discussion (so much for
patient privacy) between a man and a social worker regarding the man's wife.
He said when she was moved the last time from the hospital to the skilled nursing
facility, they did not start her again on her coumadin, and then she got blood
clots in her legs. He described what they had been through before with getting
the coumadin adjusted, but then, apparently the Dr. or whomever just didn't order
it when she went back to the nursing home. Because of this, she ended back
up in the hospital.

So, note to everyone. Know what meds you or your loved one should be taking,
and make sure they get on the list when you are in the hospital or other care
facility, where you don't control your own meds.