Good morning everyone.
Well Monday came with a snowstorm, since I don't watch much TV or listen to the radio much either these days, I'm not sure of the final tally, but I'd say we got 20cm for sure, by the amount I had to remove from my car twice I'd say that's about right......lol
And, Monday was another disappointment too. Since we were expecting the move to happen at 8am, I got to the hospital for 7:30, hauling all the necessary gears for Tony to get dressed for the next few days and his parka, but when I got there I found out that his INR again had not gone up, it was still at 1.7 and they can't let him out when he's still on the Heparin drip, so he had to stay. Needless to say we were both very disappointed, specially that they had already washed Tony and had put on his underwear, socks and pants ready for the move, just waiting to put his shirt on, so I undressed him and settled in for another long day.
Because of the storm of course everyone was either delayed or just didn't come in. The doctor had been called in early to tell her about the new event, but she didn't come in until the afternoon. In the meantime I was also chasing my Hematologist, who was also late coming in due to the storm. But I had left word in the area where he is that I was looking for him and gave them the room number where I was. As luck would have it, when he came, I was downstairs getting a hot chocolate and a croissant. But as I got off the elevator I spotted him talking to a couple of nurses, he was looking for me.
So, I asked him about my own Coumadin and what I should do, then I told him about Tony and asked if he would consult. When our doctor came in I told her that I had seen him about me and that I had mentioned the problems we had with Tony and if she would call him to consult and she did and now he will be looking after Tony's anti-coagulation problem. And not only that, he will continue to look after him once all this is behind us. Tony used to be followed by the anti-coagulation clinic at the Montreal General Hospital, which is in downtown Montreal, a real PIA to get to and to park, so he said there was no reason he should do that, he would take over, I was really happy about that.
He upped the dose again for last night and I hope that it will be better today, but now I'm more confident that it's a specialist in that field that will decide what to do. I also saw the Infectious Disease doctor last night, she was surprised to see we were still here, and I was telling her what happened. She came to the room a short while later and said I know why that's happening - EUREKA!!!! Someone finally clues in. She said that the Rifampin he is taking for the possible infection to the valve is the cause of the Coumadin not working as it should, then she said she would remove the drug from Monday night, and then look over the case carefully that evening and decide if it was worth to continue the drug therapy. I asked her to talk to Dr. Katz, our Hematologist and she did and came back to say that he would be monitoring this and to continue as before. I sure hope it will be controlled quickly as I don't want Tony to lose his spot at the rehab.
The spot Tony would be taking is one of another patient who is coming back to LGH because he reached his maximum potential, so it's a switch, Tony is taking his room and he's taking Tony's room. Not advantageous to the hospital, as they would rather have a bed available for someone coming from the ER, but they are doing their best to get Tony in there, luckily there is nobody else at the moment who needs that spot, of course that could change at any moment, so let's pray that all will be resolved soon.
Well, that's the news so far, stay tuned for more :) and hopefully the next blog will be a happier one.
I got a really inspiring link yesterday of 2 dancers, one without an arm and one without a leg, it's really something to see, merci Huguette pour le lien :) So I am putting it here for you to watch:
moscreations wrote on Dec 5, '07
Thanks Pat, it's a long road ahead and sure is not an easy one, but we'll get through it eventually :) |
bluesie wrote on Dec 5, '07
Wow Mo.....you really are having some problems with this move and everything else...
I do hope by this am things will have been improved... WTG I am praying.... hugs Pat |
moscreations wrote on Dec 4, '07
Thanks
Barbara and Kanda. I try to think positive, but it's in my nature to be
pessimist, and I hate being that way, but I can't help it. but I try :)
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barbarab1313 wrote on Dec 4, '07
Hopefully
things will get better. Way tooo much snow. Keep warm and try to (as
hard as it might seem now) to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
(((HUGS))) and PRAYERS to you both
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