Thursday, January 26, 2012
Two weeks today, and will not be making it home before the weekend. Last night before bed the doctor came in and said that Carl is looking blue. She gave orders to the night nurse to keep him off of his IV's as long as possible so he can enjoy himself a little more. Carl and I went out to the waiting room area on the 4th floor and played battleship for a while. It was nice to get up and leave the room for a bit.
This morning we woke up early to try to catch the sunrise, (Dr Liepman told us about a nice spot that has a great view) however it was a little foggy this morning that we stayed in the room.
Can has officially been diagnosed with steroid induced diabetes... He said its actually a good diet... because you have to be poked if you want to eat... and no one wants to be poked.... HAHAHA!
Yesterday we had a visit from someone to teach us what he should be eating and how to count carbs. Then today we received a hour and a half lesson about how to manage diabetes. Carl received a meter today and we both got to practice drawing insulin up and injecting it into a square pad thing that is made to look like skin.
Today is not a big day for Carl as tests were moved back to at least Monday. Main goal today will be to distract him as much as possible and forget that we are still in a Hospital.
We can not wait until tomorrow nights staff are back, its the group of RN's we like the most!
Wohooooo! Great news (especially about that awesome staff)!! Hang in there Carl! You as well Kelley.
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ReplyDeleteid like to come up there after work someday soon
MyFitnessPal.com is online and has a smartphone app that makes it simple to determine nutrition values in the food you eat. You can even use a phone to just scan in the UPC label. You can enter a foodit and then remove it if you don't like what it does to your daily intake numbers.
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