Today started off with a suprise... During Jim's dressing change, he passed out. Didn't bump anything on the way down (got him to sit down when he was feeling faint) and I was able to lower him from where he was sitting to the floor in a slow and graceful way... But definitely gave him a shock... He was only out for a few seconds.... Turns out the doctor and nurses thought he looked a little dehydrated yesterday plus I found out he didn't eat much yesterday as well (scrambled eggs, chicken nuggets, and 2 slices of pizza - not enough for one recovering). So gave him some OJ, protein shake, klondike bar, and gatorage and stayed with him until he felt better... Left him with a house stocked with food (crackers, soup, sandwich materials, PP&J, gatorage, V8, milk, left over pizza) and with orders to drink and eat more, so he should be ok until I get home...
Back to yesterday... He got to St Agnes around 1pm and they took blood and urine for testing and took a CT scan... He also got his Procrit injection... And they removed his staples!!!! : ) This ended around 5pm and he drove back to my house and took a long nap...
He has talked with St Agnes this morning (partly about the faint and partly about the results). He's still worried about the fever (it came back last night ~101, with the sweating again...). They said that the test results were coming back normal and if he had the fever again tonight, then they would probably schedule the CT scan for tomorrow. That's all I know for now...
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
May 3rd
Hello.
We've made it past the weekend and his temperature is still elevated in the evenings (100.7 - 101.8). We called St Agnes yesterday to find out what needed to be done. Waited until 4pm for Jim to talk with Dr Sardi. He was told to see his primary care doctor about the fever and to get a CT scan done to see if he has an abscess inside. That was not a problem since he was to see his primary care doctor anyway because of the Procrit shot and hemoglobin count needed to be done today. Didn't need to hear about a possible abscess (already worried about the temp now an added worry about an abscess)...
After his appointment with his primary care doctor at 10:30 am, Jim is now driving to St Agnes (because his doctor doesn't know the case history and doesn't know what to do for Jim). Plus he didn't get his Procrit shot (which now needs to be done at St Agnes).
I called Robin to gripe about the situation. Turns out Dr Sardi thought Jim was in Enola (not Oxford) and thought it was a shorter distance than going to Baltimore. Understandable, but very worrying for Jim... Also complained about the lack of a contact person for over the weekend. Was told that we were to have called the main hospital number where we would have been connected with the person on-call... Explained that I had called the main hospital number, but had to leave a message with Patient Records (since that was where I was directed). Told Robin that it would be good to put on the release form, who to contact during weekend hours... Jim was really worried over the weekend because of the fever...
That's where we are now... Will update as soon as I know anything more....
We've made it past the weekend and his temperature is still elevated in the evenings (100.7 - 101.8). We called St Agnes yesterday to find out what needed to be done. Waited until 4pm for Jim to talk with Dr Sardi. He was told to see his primary care doctor about the fever and to get a CT scan done to see if he has an abscess inside. That was not a problem since he was to see his primary care doctor anyway because of the Procrit shot and hemoglobin count needed to be done today. Didn't need to hear about a possible abscess (already worried about the temp now an added worry about an abscess)...
After his appointment with his primary care doctor at 10:30 am, Jim is now driving to St Agnes (because his doctor doesn't know the case history and doesn't know what to do for Jim). Plus he didn't get his Procrit shot (which now needs to be done at St Agnes).
I called Robin to gripe about the situation. Turns out Dr Sardi thought Jim was in Enola (not Oxford) and thought it was a shorter distance than going to Baltimore. Understandable, but very worrying for Jim... Also complained about the lack of a contact person for over the weekend. Was told that we were to have called the main hospital number where we would have been connected with the person on-call... Explained that I had called the main hospital number, but had to leave a message with Patient Records (since that was where I was directed). Told Robin that it would be good to put on the release form, who to contact during weekend hours... Jim was really worried over the weekend because of the fever...
That's where we are now... Will update as soon as I know anything more....
Sunday, May 01, 2005
May 1st
Hello...
Things have been going well so far... Jim's sleeping right now... Wore him out by walking a bit too much today (2 miles at Fairhill State Park in MD)...
He has an appointment on Tues with his doctor for a Procrit injection and bood work (to determine his hemoglobin count, when it reaches 11 he stops getting the shots).
Only thing going on now is that his temp is close to normal first thing in the a.m. and then reaches 101 or higher in the evening... Can't tell if this is something to be concerned about or not (we don't feel this constitues an "emergency"). Wasn't given a weekend contact number by St Agnes (an oversight we plan on fixing first thing Monday). Everything else seems ok: no pain to speak of, no inflammation... So Jim will call on Monday and see what we should be doing...
Jim received flowers from his workplace on Saturday. They're very lovely... A good suprise for him... : )
Things have been going well so far... Jim's sleeping right now... Wore him out by walking a bit too much today (2 miles at Fairhill State Park in MD)...
He has an appointment on Tues with his doctor for a Procrit injection and bood work (to determine his hemoglobin count, when it reaches 11 he stops getting the shots).
Only thing going on now is that his temp is close to normal first thing in the a.m. and then reaches 101 or higher in the evening... Can't tell if this is something to be concerned about or not (we don't feel this constitues an "emergency"). Wasn't given a weekend contact number by St Agnes (an oversight we plan on fixing first thing Monday). Everything else seems ok: no pain to speak of, no inflammation... So Jim will call on Monday and see what we should be doing...
Jim received flowers from his workplace on Saturday. They're very lovely... A good suprise for him... : )
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