hiya everybody! jeremy is doing very well. they took the line out of his neck yesterday and since then his temperature has been under 99. :) they had to change his catheder today, which was very painful, but needed to be done before a bacteria started. i can barely get him to eat or drink and his proteins aren't doing good because of it. i had him intaking around 150 proteins per day and now i'm lucky to get in 40. :( he is taking all of his medications by mouth (which is a Ton of pills throughout the day) and i think he is getting too filled with them and then has no appetite. physical and occupational therapy started with him today and he did very well. a speach therapist wants to stop by soon and get him to start talking :) the new bed jeremy has doesn't move him side to side to turn him, so he has to be manually turned every hour, which is Horrible pain for his legs and feet, but he Has to do it. they are Very concerned for his bedsores. he has had them for two months now and they are getting worse (and he getting a lot more skin breakdown all over his body). they are afraid that the bed sores started at the bone and worked it's way to the surface and if it did, then there will be a Huge hole there. they are starting a chemical which will debreed the dead skin off a little at a time. the nurse kind of scared me yesterday. he said if it gets infected, jeremy could very well die. so i stress to jeremy Very often how important it is for him to stay on his side. unfortnately no pain meds are helping. anyway, everything else is great. this is a great valentines day:)
love,
robbi
ps: room telephone number is: 614-293-1200