Wednesday, 7/18/12: Larry is able to return home. He is very drained from not being able to sleep for 2 weeks. Hoping he gets to bed early and sleeps long.
5pm: Nurse arrives to teach me how to handle the antibiotic for his port. She stays 2 hours. The instructions are 2 pages long. Wasn't expecting so many steps. I am not nervous but Larry is. He keeps telling me not to forget to put my glasses on. Saline flush(why does it keep squirting on the ceiling?), alcohol wipes, Rocephin antibiotic injected for 10 minutes, Saline flush, Heparin injection. Tricky part are those air bubbles!
9:30pm: Electricity goes out. Yep, he has to get the generator out with Larry Kyo's help and show us how to plug in the fridge, freezer and a line in the family room for some fans. Very hot, muggy and again no sleep.
Thursday, 7/19/12: We awake and still no electricity. Wondering if we will need to check into a hotel.
Larry finds that his feet and legs are painful. Check and see that he is very swollen. Call the Dr to find out what to do. His nurse returns my phone call in 10 minutes. Back to the hospital to have a doppler test to make sure he does not have any blood clots. No clots, thankfully.
Electricity comes back on and the day starts to look better. Then he notices that his computer will not turn on. Didn't the surge protector work? We had this happen once before during a lightning strike. He needs access to his computer to keep in touch with his students.
After a late lunch I notice that Larry is breathing very shallow and through his mouth. He gets mad at me for noticing every "little" thing. I don't believe it is little and call the Dr's office again. She wants him to first take his anti-anxiety med and calls in a script for sleeping. Tells me to call Friday around 1pm to see if his breathing is better. Anxiety can cause shallow breathing which I know too well. Yet I worry about this blood infection he has. Note to everyone, he does not have strep throat and is not contagious. His infection is a different strain of streptoccoccus.
We hope for a better nights sleep and an uneventful Friday.
