Sunday, December 6, 2009

Home and Back to PCMC

Saturday started with a blood draw. It took four times to get it. What an awful thing to wake up to. Then Andrew had a shower. Randall and Ariel took Andrew to get a Big Mac and then to pick up a shirt at Kohls. Later we found out that his sodium levels were very low. Not good! They told us some things to do and to watch out for. He was fine until bedtime. He passed out on us and we were not sure if it was a result of the low sodium. So we had to call 911. Ariel took his vitals while we waited. He came to, but looked very pale. They took him back to PCMC. We felt so bad for him. It was hard. Our good neighbor, Rick, came over and helped Randall give him a blessing. Ariel rode with him in the ambulance and Randall went with the sheriff. I stayed with the kids. They were pretty upset so we all slept in my bedroom. Today, I talked to Randall. He said that they believe one of the meds is causing the sodium to drop. They have adjusted some things. We will have a stronger sodium saline to give him. They also redid his NJ tube because it was clogged. One of the meds is quite cakey so I think that I will have him swallow that one rather than pushing it down the tube. So we hope he will be home in a couple of hours. Very low sodium can be very dangerous so we will have to stay on this problem. This will be the new fun, making sure that he is doing well. We will also have to take it easy on the trips out.

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