Good morning! Richard came home last night from HUP! He's feeling okay...he has slight nausea if he doesn't take meds for it. Other than that, he's just very, very worn out. His body is very weak, but what do we expect? They just pumped toxic chemicals into his body! I would be tired and weak too! He's very happy to be home! He's resting today.
The visiting nurse came over to his house last night to show him how to hook up his antibiotics with his port. She accessed his port so he has a needle with a tube on the end. Every 8 hours he hooks up a pressurized ball of antibiotics to his port. He will have to do this until Saturday. The pressurized ball only allows the antibiotic to flow in at 175 mL per hour. He has 335 mL total. He learned how to flush his port with a syringe of saline before and after antibiotics as well. It's not hard for him - he's watched the nurses do it often enough, plus he's a plumber! Tubing, connections, and valves are nothing new!
We're so happy to have him home again! Thanks again for everything you all do for him! Love, Daphne
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Welcome Home!!!
I bet you are glad to be home. There is no place like home!! Soon though, you will be in your own home. Glad to see you are willing to do a lot of things, like flushing your port and all, for yourself. Keep up the great attitude and never lose that smile. Can't wait to hear from you when you are feeling up to it. Take care and rest, rest, rest.
Jody
Hi Richard,
Can you believe your blog is being used as an example in a Business Communications class @ Carlow University! Glad to hear you are home again. Take care!
Laura Smagala
So glad to hear you are doing better!!! With such a upbeat attude you will beat this. You have learned so much that you can be a doctor or nurse yourself!!! You and your family are always in our prayers!!
Kathy, John, Amy, Carolyn, Hailey
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