Great Care, Great Drugs!

We spent dinnertime and last evening at the hospital with Steve.  His mouth was really hurting, he was somewhat hungry, and had not asked for pain relief.  That changed when I got there!  Northwestern has handled his care SO well throughout this ordeal.  After he ate some food, he asked his nurse what type of meds had been written for the mouth pain.  Dilaudid....now THAT does the trick!  He is on a very low dosage, and can take it every two hours.

He ate some mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, and mac n cheese.  Slept exceptionally well last night (ya think?!  Add an Ativan chaser, and BAM) and was in great form this morning.  

He took a unit of red blood yesterday, so his hemoglobin is in the 7's...WBCs at .2, absolute neutrophils TLTC, and platelets at 8, so they gave him a bag this morning.

I can't say enough good things about the nurses on that floor.  This is his 7th inpatient stay, and the first time he has had male nurses, then three different men in a row.  Hmmmmmm.  HA.


Have a great weekend!