Last Thursday

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Good News - I think

This should be the last Thursday I'm here.  The young doctor said he had talked to the older doctor and I am to go home tomorrow "for sure".  I'll be back here in a week or two for tests and/or therapy as an outpatient.

In the meantime I will still be wearing a bile bag but it may be a different style that fits in a pant leg better than this one.  I do wish that they had found a way to get things to drain internally and then I would not take the bag home at all.  However, they don't want to stir things up in there for a while yet as they are afraid that the infection will return.  I will have an antibiotic while at home to help get rid  of whatever is left of the infection.  The idea is that I will be back in 2 weeks as an outpatient and they will rework the stent.  Then two weeks after that I will start getting chemotherapy.  I hope all that goes according to plan.

I am to get home care to check vitals and meds and to change the dressing regularly.  A couple of different people will be in today and tomorrow to help plan things.

Things have been much calmer in the room during the last 24 hours than during the 24 hours before that.

We've had one man moved out for surgery and he never came back.  Presumably he is so bad he is still in ICU or so good he has been sent home.  His replacement was badly mauled by a cat that was attacking his young daughter.  His arm is all chewed and clawed and is now infected.  The guy who made the mess on the floor yesterday has been better although he soaked his bed and needed it remade several times yesterday afternoon.  The fourth man has been very quiet.

I am ready to get out of here and home.

11:00 am

I threw up my breakfast.  Ensure does not taste any better going up than it did going down.

I phoned Anne a while ago and Gord Reid was there trying to repair my Internet.  Fortunately, the cable does not need to be replaced as the coon didn't really chew it and I don't even need to call the Internet company.  The raccoon pulled on the wire enough that it became unplugged in the little junction box that is on the outside of my house near my hydro meter and all it needed was to be plugged in again.  Last I heard Gord was working on the rat's nest of cords behind my TV to try and get it going too.

Company just arrived, gotta go, more later.

I'm back at 1:15 pm

The company was Ray Sharpe.  He taught wood shop at CDHS until he retired about 25 years ago.  I've had a steady stream of company since that, Jonathan and Jacinta, my cousin Wayne Vogan and then Anne arrived brought by Linda Thompson, Barb Kirkham and Brenda Woodley, all retired from CDHS.  I'll send this and visit with Anne and Jonathan and Jacinta while the other 3 friends have gone downtown.

3:00 pm

Jonathan and Jacinta have left.  He received a couple of calls for service so will go back home and continue to earn his living.

I just finished an excellent session with the home care coordinator.  She will arrange for a daily home nursing visit.  She was very reassuring.  One feature I especially like is that I can call their Campbellford office 24/7 for help with nausea, pain or anything.  They will come to my house in the wee hours if I need them and they will help decide if I should go to Campbellford's emergency room or even to Kingston so Anne and I are not stuck wondering what to do if there is a problem.

I feel closer than ever to going home and am happy to be going.

News flash - I go home Saturday - more later

6:00 pm

Dr Nanji was in a little after 3 pm.  They have identified the bacteria that is causing my infection and want to keep me another day to treat it.  That makes Saturday my "for sure" go home day.  He said it was an unusual invection and told us the name of the bacteria but I have forgotten it already.  So I'm stuck here for another day but that's OK.

Brenda, Linda and Barb brought Swiss Chalet for supper.


Cheers

Ron