Good morning world and all who inhabit it! Yes, that is in
fact, a Spongebob quote. But hey, if the shoe fits. We are continuing to
slooooooowly get back to normal around here. Colby is staying on his extra medications
- Xopenex inhalant, hypertonic saline, Tobramycin inhalant and Bactrim through
Sunday. We're still doing respiratory treatments every 4 hours during the day
and every 6 hours through the night (so we can get some freakin' rest). Then
maybe, just maybe, on Monday we can do our normal routine around here. We've been
building up an arsenal of medications to use in case either of us starts to get
sick again. The pulmonologist prescribed 2 doses of Tamiflu. I'm also going to
start taking Emergen-C. We have Colby's leftover Cipro drops should we need
them. We'll also have leftover doses of the hypertonic saline and Tobramycin
inhalant should Colby start to show "sicky" symptoms. But that's not
going to happen, right? Neither of us is getting sick again this fall/winter,
right? Great googly moogly, I certainly hope not. It's just been downright
shitty around here since mid-September. But we're both better now and ready to
get on with whatever it is we need to get on with.
A good indicator of how Colby is feeling is his ability to
sit up in his wheelchair. Yesterday was the first time since September 26 that
Colby sat up. I would have been pleased with 20 minutes or so. But Colby, being
the rock star stud that he is, sat up for 52 minutes, no problem! Then his
heart rate started to get a little wonky, so we laid him back down. Yep, Colby
is definitely on the mend.
I have spent my days playing catch-up around here. Thursday
I made around a dozen phone calls. No exaggeration. Still have three to make on
Monday. Been trying to get caught up on some sleep. Yesterday I actually got a
45-minute nap while the day nurse was here. I zonked out! My bedroom is right
across from the kitchen, so I had set the stove timer for 45 minutes. It went
off and I was sleeping right through it. The nurse had to knock on my door and
say, uh Amy, your stove is beeping. Went
through all the mail last night. With the help of the Hosparus nurse, got
Colby's home/hospital papers going. Today I'm going to work on a grocery list.
A good, COMPLETE grocery list where I won't be running down to Kroger every day
because I forgot this or that.
Colby's nurse will be here at noon, and we're giving Mr.
ColbyRuss HippiePants a much-needed hair cut and bath. He's about two weeks
overdue for a cut, and his hair is looking nasty! I also need to run to the
mall and pick up a couple b-day presents. Maybe try and sit Colby up again. Depends
on how much time we have. Hoping for the same or better than yesterday. Also
need to have a very serious discussion with Colby about Halloween costumes! We've
been looking online for the last couple of weeks, but it's time to finalize the
decision. What will it be this year? Frankenstein? Teenage mutant ninja turtle?
Skeleton? Don't know. If he feels like it on Monday, the nurse and I may just
have to run him out to Party
City so we can get some
ideas. As you know, we take our Halloweening very seriously around here.
Bye for now. Need to make my bed, unpack the dishwasher and
make Colby's food for the day. Oh yeah, I probably ought to bathe today also.
By then the nurse will be here and we'll get started on Colby's hair cut and
bath. Love getting this stuff caught up and done! More soon, from my own
computer in my own home, as I watch CMT on my own TV. What a wonderful thing
that is, being HOME, even if it is this dumpy old apartment. Beats hanging out
in that hospital room on the TCC any day, for sure!
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