Nana's finally being discharged today. This time for real. Laura made the 60 mile drive yet again today up to the hospital. Traffic on the freeways was miserable, and it took her close to 90 minutes to get to the hospital. Aunt M and Uncld A were visit with Nana. I think Aunt D was there as well. Nana's little hospital room was pretty close to a full house that day.
I called the Oxygen Supply company to get things squared away. At first they couldn't find the information for me. The gentleman on the phone said he would call me back in about half an hour. He called back as promised in the time frame promised. He said that he found the paperwork, and everything was in order. He said he would be by in another 30 minutes to drop everything off, and wanted to know how many oxygen tanks we wanted. Amazing...once things were figured out, they really did a nice job.
About half an hour later, he showed up and delivered three oxygen tanks and a 5 liter oxygen concentrator. He also provided about 60 feet of tubing and several cannulas to go in Nana's nose Having 60 feet of tubing gives Nana free reign--she can get into just about any room she desires.
Laura and Nana arrived home around 7pm, and we had a difficult time trying to get Nana into the house. When she was rounding the bend by the rose bush in front of our house, the air hose popped off the oxygen tank. Her strength just drained away. We got it re-connected, and my wife turned it up so she was getting quite a bit of oxygen. One of the boys brought out a chair, and the other brought out this other walker we have that rolls and has an integrated seat. Nana sat down for a few minutes, then transferred to the rolling walker and I wheeled her into the house. It was good to have her home, but it was a difficult night as she needed quite a bit of help.
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Catheter Ablation Procedure
Laura and I arrived at the hospital in the early afternoon, and Aunt D was there visiting with her again. We're so thankful that she was there to spend time with Nana.
Nana had a catheter ablation procedure performed on the upper right part of her heart to hopefully control her heart rhythm. She has an a-fib (atrial fibrillation) heartbeat, and hopefully this will help change her heart beat rhythm to a normal one. Her procedure was supposed to begin at 3pm, but it was closer to 4:30pm when they finally began.
Laura, Aunt D, Cousin D and I spent a couple of hours in one of the waiting rooms being afflicted by the wonders that are afternoon TV. I can now say I've been subjected to Judge Judy and Dr. Phil, and I really don't care to endure that again. Around 6pm, Laura and I decided to go get some dinner (and to ponder the Oxygen Fiasco).
We got back from dinner around 7pm, and immediately went to the waiting room to see if Aunt D and Cousin D were still there. Nope--they had left. I said "Let's go check out Nana's room," and as soon as we got off the elevator on her floor, we saw some orderlies (is that what they're still called?) wheeling a gurney with Nana towards her room. Praise God for good timing!.
This was another difficult day, as Nana had to lay flat on her back for about 4 hours. As she was recovering, she kept asking Laura when the spaghetti was going to hatch, and what it does. I'm not sure if she was just talking in her sleep, or if this was an after effect of the anesthesia, but it was pretty amusing. What happened is that the hospital staff either washed her hair, or got it wet, and that became the "spaghetti" and the "hatching" was her hair drying. It's amazing how the human brain connects words together, and if something interferes slightly, the lookup table can be a bit off. Sometimes humorously.
Dinner for Nana tonight consisted of meatballs, plain white rice and green beans. Since Nana has a hiatal hernia, swallowing things can be tricky...especially rice. Again, Laura asked the nursing staff for something else, and they brought orange sherbet and chocolate pudding. They also brought some green jell-o, which Nana decided to not eat because green jell-o is something to be wary of (this is an inside joke that I really don't want to explain right now).
We managed to get home from the hospital close to 11:30 pm after a long and tiring day.
Nana had a catheter ablation procedure performed on the upper right part of her heart to hopefully control her heart rhythm. She has an a-fib (atrial fibrillation) heartbeat, and hopefully this will help change her heart beat rhythm to a normal one. Her procedure was supposed to begin at 3pm, but it was closer to 4:30pm when they finally began.
Laura, Aunt D, Cousin D and I spent a couple of hours in one of the waiting rooms being afflicted by the wonders that are afternoon TV. I can now say I've been subjected to Judge Judy and Dr. Phil, and I really don't care to endure that again. Around 6pm, Laura and I decided to go get some dinner (and to ponder the Oxygen Fiasco).
We got back from dinner around 7pm, and immediately went to the waiting room to see if Aunt D and Cousin D were still there. Nope--they had left. I said "Let's go check out Nana's room," and as soon as we got off the elevator on her floor, we saw some orderlies (is that what they're still called?) wheeling a gurney with Nana towards her room. Praise God for good timing!.
This was another difficult day, as Nana had to lay flat on her back for about 4 hours. As she was recovering, she kept asking Laura when the spaghetti was going to hatch, and what it does. I'm not sure if she was just talking in her sleep, or if this was an after effect of the anesthesia, but it was pretty amusing. What happened is that the hospital staff either washed her hair, or got it wet, and that became the "spaghetti" and the "hatching" was her hair drying. It's amazing how the human brain connects words together, and if something interferes slightly, the lookup table can be a bit off. Sometimes humorously.
Dinner for Nana tonight consisted of meatballs, plain white rice and green beans. Since Nana has a hiatal hernia, swallowing things can be tricky...especially rice. Again, Laura asked the nursing staff for something else, and they brought orange sherbet and chocolate pudding. They also brought some green jell-o, which Nana decided to not eat because green jell-o is something to be wary of (this is an inside joke that I really don't want to explain right now).
We managed to get home from the hospital close to 11:30 pm after a long and tiring day.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Coming home---NOT!
Nana's supposed to come home today! She was cruising around in the halls at the hospital, and doing just fine.
Laura made the 60 mile drive up to Orange County to get her today, and started getting all the discharge stuff in order. Nana was getting dressed, when she started to feel tired. A nurse took her vitals, and her oxygen level was way down, and her heart rate was way up. Laura said that she will be re-evaluated for home oxygen tomorrow and have to spend one more night in the hospital.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Nana discharged
Nana was discharged from the hospital today after a nearly a week. She had numerous exams and lost a lot of the fluid weight. Her red leg had returned to a normal color as well, in spite of testing negative for staph.
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