Day 116 - Monday 22nd August
kp was very tired when I went in today. She had gone to sleep when I left the night before (7.30pm) and not woken up until 7.30am this morning but was still tired.
I had forgot to mention that last night, kp's left arm and hand had swollen up slightly. This morning, they were a bit more swollen. So, we mentioned these things to the Sister who had a good chat with kp. She gave us some exercises to do with kp's left arm. The tiredness may be down to the pain patches/medication, but kp and I had a chat about these and she would rather be tired than risk being in pain and was happier just knowing that there was a cause for the sleepiness.
During the bath, we had an attempt to try and remove kp's rings from her left hand (in case the swelling got even worse), but they wouldn't budge (even with loads of soap), so fingers crossed the swelling only goes down. The doctor came to look at the arm/hand and has asked for a scan just to make sure that she hasn't had any clots, and I think she mentioned upping the anti-embellism injection.
After the bath, it was lunchtime, and kp walloped down some Kate and Sidney Pie (as one of the nurses calls it). Whilst she was waiting for lunch, she was in her big chair, and kept falling asleep while sitting upright. Quite funny to watch.
After lunch, she couldn't get to sleep quick enough and we both had a lovely snooze from 12.30pm till about 3.45pm. Marie arrived at 2.45pm apparently and we were oblivious to her arrival.
No physio as the main man is away today, although kp's old physio popped in for a nice chat and an arm rub.
Physio back on tomorrow. kp has a urogram on Wednesday 2.30pm. They pump die into a vein and do loads of x-rays to ensure that kp's bladder is ok given the damage it sustained in the accident.
That's it for today.
I had forgot to mention that last night, kp's left arm and hand had swollen up slightly. This morning, they were a bit more swollen. So, we mentioned these things to the Sister who had a good chat with kp. She gave us some exercises to do with kp's left arm. The tiredness may be down to the pain patches/medication, but kp and I had a chat about these and she would rather be tired than risk being in pain and was happier just knowing that there was a cause for the sleepiness.
During the bath, we had an attempt to try and remove kp's rings from her left hand (in case the swelling got even worse), but they wouldn't budge (even with loads of soap), so fingers crossed the swelling only goes down. The doctor came to look at the arm/hand and has asked for a scan just to make sure that she hasn't had any clots, and I think she mentioned upping the anti-embellism injection.
After the bath, it was lunchtime, and kp walloped down some Kate and Sidney Pie (as one of the nurses calls it). Whilst she was waiting for lunch, she was in her big chair, and kept falling asleep while sitting upright. Quite funny to watch.
After lunch, she couldn't get to sleep quick enough and we both had a lovely snooze from 12.30pm till about 3.45pm. Marie arrived at 2.45pm apparently and we were oblivious to her arrival.
No physio as the main man is away today, although kp's old physio popped in for a nice chat and an arm rub.
Physio back on tomorrow. kp has a urogram on Wednesday 2.30pm. They pump die into a vein and do loads of x-rays to ensure that kp's bladder is ok given the damage it sustained in the accident.
That's it for today.
posted by David Pollard at Monday, August 22, 2005
1 Comments:
Hello Karen & David, I'ts Carole (aks slasher)I'm a friend of Susan Knight. Just wanted you to know, still read blog every night, and it never ceases to amaze me how much you have come on Karen since those early days.. Keep up the hard work, and thanks David for taking the time to write the blog
Carole
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