Quick Update

April 24, 2008

Hi all!

As I said last night (or was it earlier today?) my husband had an appt with a

new doc. About an hour before the appt he decided he wanted to go on to the ER

instead, since that is probably where the doc would send him. He was in

tremendous pain.

I cancelled the appt and took him in. We had a VERY LONG drawn out ER visit,

but long story short: he got admitted. They tried three times & could not get an

IV in him. Poor guy, he was crying the IVs were so painful. They have decided

that tomorrow he will get a PIC line. His veins are shot.

I will have to tell you the junk the first ER doc put us through with pain

meds later on, but suffice it to say, he suggested Tylenol if my husband was in

serious pain. I was SO mad. I told him that would not cut it, so he offered

Advil. I wanted to scream and was about to leave. But long story short, the

admitting doc (different one) took a totally different angle and agreed that

Palliative care is important if that is what he wants. So he ordered Morphine

for him, IM (hip). That is until the PIC line is in, then he will get it that

way.

He will probably being have a paracentesis tomorrow, 4-5 liters, more than

that will cause him problems the doc said. He is up over 10 pounds in the last

week, and I KNOW it is not from eating.

If I remember correctly, his INR & Bilirubin were both 1.2. His magnesium is

low, platelets were okay, his ammonia levels were high, but not too high. Normal

is 32 and his was 56. I did not find out about Creatinine. Will try to find out

tomorrow more information.

I am ready to drop, so I will go. I desperately wanted to text you while at

the hospital, but did not have your email addy with me. Then I called my kids at

home to get them to look it up but the Internet was down,m so they could not

look it up.

I will update more probably tomorrow evening.

Congratulations again Bobby! I am SO happy for you both!

in WNC

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