Sunday January 29, 2012
Day 12.. Carl wants to make sure you all know its Day 12 of Chemo... NOT day 12 of being here... it is Day 17 of being here.
Okay... I took a few days off from blogging so I know this one will be a longer one... but I will catch you all up to speed by the end of today's blog.
Medically nothing too exciting has happened with Carl since Thursday. He did receive some blood and platelets on Friday but other than that.. not much.
Friday and Saturday night we had one of our favorite RN's who unhooked Carl from IV's at night, and made sure that no one bothered Carl after 12:30 when the last of his medication was completed until 6am when they have to start drawing blood for tests. This was super nice, Friday night Carl says he had the best night of sleep, and Saturday night was a good night too! (The same RN is back tonight so he is already looking forward to another good night of sleep).
Thursday (After the blog was posted) We had a visit from Dean, who is from Carl's work, And Grandma P and Marlene came up for the majority of the Day. Big Carl and Pam were here as well and spent the night Thursday night.
Friday we had so many visitors come through here that Carl and I both thought that it felt like Saturday. Grandma and Grandpa W came up and brought Aunt Karen and Uncle Dave with them. They were able to stay for a good part of the Afternoon on Friday. Aunt Cheryl, Aunt Kris, Hayden, Brandon, and Braelyn all came up in the afternoon and then Uncle Kevin and Kaleb came up later in the evening. That crew stayed the night into Saturday.
Saturday Morning I asked the doctor if she could write 2 orders for me. The first being that Carl could be unhooked from the IV's unless he was getting antibiotics and the second that he could make a trip to the parking garage to see the dogs. Kaleb, Hayden, and myself drove up to Allegan and picked up Duke and Bella from the Kennel. The dogs were SO excited to see us they knocked me over in the waiting room. We then went to our house and packed up stuff for the dogs and drove back to the hospital. Carl was able to go out to an enclosed section of the parking garage and see Duke and Bella. The three of them were VERY excited to see each other.
From there Duke and Bella went home with Uncle Kevin, Aunt Cheryl, Kaleb and Hayden. They are dog sitting for us while Carl is working on feeling better.
It is now Sunday Morning. The doctor came in this morning and told Carl that we will be adjusting the insulin that he is getting because his blood sugar levels are low in the morning. She also confirmed that the tests that Carl needs done will not be happening on Monday for sure.
Carl has already ate his ham and cheese omelet and a pancake and hash browns (and a pudding cup) and is out of the shower. He really has his routines down to a science now. We are suppose to be having a crowd of visitors again today, but it started to snow last night. We will see who all comes out today.
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