DH is being operated on on Tuesday...UPDATE!!! last page

[speckledhen]

Glad he pulled through it fine, Brenda. Tell him us chicken folk say hello!

 

[maplesky7]

Praying for a speedy recovery.

Love in Christ,
Gretchen

 

[Royicus]

I'm glad the procedure went well. Sometimes folks can be inconsiderate during a time when energies and focus should be directed to a person.

Hopefully he's back up on his feet in no time

 

[arlee453]

Sending well wishes for a completely boring and uneventful recovery!!

Glad to hear things went well

 

[gumpsgirl]

Just checking in on Ernie! How's he doing?

 

[jjthink]

Here's to a smooth recovery - for both of you!!!!

JJ

 

[miss_jayne]

wonderful! wonderful! wonderful!

 

[SpottedCrow]

Thanks again everyone...

We saw Ernie this morning(Wed)...he was much better than yesterday...he was sitting up in a chair and they had taken him off the morphine/dilaudid already. They gave him an Oxycontin, but he's doing okay. While Sandy and I were there, my inlaws came in...they walked by the room and went around...oy...they KNEW the room # because I gave it to them twice yesterday! So they stayed for a little while and left. Of course, Marie had to tell about how much pain she was in. And Larry had to ask if we were coming over on Sunday...ARGH!!! He hasn't even WALKED yet!!!
So my sister and I leave and we're going out the front entrance and there's my MIL sitting on a bench. I was like WTH happened? And she says they can't find the car...and now she can't find Larry either...he's walking around the parking lot looking for the car...Finally he comes back and my sister goes to get HER car so we can drive them around to look for it...We're at the Main Entrance. Not there. We go to the Emergency/South Entrance. Nope. The only thing that they can tell us is that it was in a handicapped spot and you just walked in...not much help there...And supposedly you could see ambulances. We go to the ambulance dock. Nope. Back through the South entrance. Still no...by now my MIL is ready to cry and my FIL's staring out the window...BUT, there's one more place to look where you park and limp in for PT! BINGO!!! It's only taken a half an hour and 4 parking lots...AND he's left the lights on...
So now that they've found the car, they need to know how to get back to the Xway...not that they didn't come up that way, because they did!! So my sister has them follow us since we're heading down that way...We get to the exit and we turn to go back to the house and they're STILL FOLLOWING us...we finally pull over and they figure out what they did wrong...Oh My Everloving God and Goddess!!! It was so sad, but so funny at the same time...because we tell people how they are and I'm sure that noone would believe us.

Then we gathered up Mike and went to Bugaboo Creek for supper. It's nice, but the talking animal heads can be a bit unnerving...we all had really delicious burgers.
After she dropped us off I sat down for a bit and read mail, then Mike and I went up to see Ernie again. He was eating supper, but I fed him some because he wasn't eating...of course I had some too...It was like a turkey noodle thing with mashed potatoes. It's really amazing how far hospital food has come. It used to be almost inedible and you were happy to get home and eat your own food.

We're home now and I'll be going back tomorrow afternoon and probably at night too. I think I'm doing the early beddie bye again tonight...I'm still beat...


I called Ernie this morning(Thursday) and he's being moved to a rehab tomorrow(Friday)...We got the hospital bed this morning...Yeah...Mike's already playing with it LOL
I had errands to run and I went up to see Ernie... I parked and had to walk a mile in the pouring rain...LOL My feet got wet, but that's okay because I had an umbrella...
Poor Ernie didn't feel really that hungry so he didn't eat his French Toast this morning...darn...didn't save it for me either...

Mike made us Ramen soup, so that was nice.

I got there and the PT was having Ernie do his exercises and had him walk all the length of the room, then turn around and come back. After that was the OT who showed him how to use a really neat thing to put your socks on and he got his pants on on the first try.Yeah!

We're having spaghetti and hamburger and after I do the dishes, I'll go back up again.

Ernie got moved today...The insurance paid for the better rehab place.

http://www.braintreerehabhospital.com/

He gets cable, wifi, free local calls...my Goddess, it's like a hotel!!! Except for the PT.

So we called his parents from my cellphone and told them that he was moved...and gave them the room number and the phone number. They called the house and were all in a panic because they thought the hospital was calling because something had gone wrong...Then they called the rehab room and they were talking to him like it was they didn't know who he was and like he was an employee...he finally had to ask them who they thought they were talking to because they were really talking to him!!ARGH!!! They had him all upset...so I called them when I got home and let them have it...I mean he repeated the number twice and said that HE was calling and giving them the number...I mean ARGH!!!!

I'm going up after supper and bringing him his laptop. I also have to call his sister and give her his number.

My Aunt was at this place when she was recovering from her stroke a couple of years ago...I need to call her too: I just haven't haven't had the patience...I'll do that tomorrow because I'm gonna give myself some much needed rest...I'm sitting in the hospital bed with my laptop watching the Sox/Yankees game LOL


I got up around 5 to pee and Mike was on the computer! he said that he wasn't tired, that he hadn't slept...He's certainly sleeping NOW!!! I'll get him up in a few minutes.
I fell asleep during the ball game...I woke up around quarter to 8, which is pretty late even for me these days.
Ernie called and the OT was supposed to be coming around 8:30.
My FIL called and asked what was wrong because he couldn't get through to Ernie with the number that we gave him...He was dialing a 2 instead of the 3...man...We told them the number twice when we called, and told him AGAIN when he talked to us earlier...
My SIL called too and I told her what the heck was going on...she's thinking of moving down here and taking care of them because they're getting really incapable of being alone...


Mike and I went and saw Ernie this afternoon after lunch...The OT had him get up and use the bathroom and put clothes on and shave himself...so he feels better just because of that.

I listened to my Aunt prattle for almost an hour...she kept hinting that she wanted me to come over and do stuff and I was like, I'm too darned tired right now to even think, let alone be anywhere near sociable.

The PT came in and she had him walk all the way down the hall and back and do a couple of stairs and practice getting in and out of bed...there's even a fake car to practice getting in and out of...whodathunkit?

Ernie just called and gave me a list of things that he wants me to bring him...some cheese, crackers, a can of soda...right now I'm watching Naruto with Mike.

 

[chicks rule]

Wow, I am worn out just reading that, lol. Glad to hear that things went well and are going good with Ernie, Hope you get some good rest tonight.

 

[chickfillhay]

I'm glad he's doing better!

Wish him a quick and speedy recovery. But I gotta warn you. If he's ANYTHING like my DH....He'll probably milk it for as long as he can! Well, maybe he earned it!

Ernie just called and gave me a list of things that he wants me to bring him...some cheese, crackers, a can of soda...right now I'm watching Naruto with Mike.

And it begins.

Start running back and forth. Go take care of that man of yours.

BUT DON"T FORGET TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF TOO!!!!!!You won't be any good to him if you're not good to you!!!​