Good morning, everyone. Scott and I had a pretty rough night last night. First of all, he couldn’t sleep at all. Secondly, around 4 am his heart paused briefly. The Dr explained to me this morning that this is pretty normal due to the injury Scott sustained. He reminded me that Scotts parasympathetic nervous system wants to take over which causes his heart to brady down pretty low. So while I’m flipping out the nurses are basically yawning because this is so common.
His culture this morning showed a new type of pneumonia starting but this one is treated with the same meds he is already on so there is no change in his course of treatment for that.
They had paused his tube feedings for a while because he was having a lot of GI issues. They have restarted them again, however, they are now feeding him into the lower intestine to help prevent some of the problems he was having.
The Dr is going to be calling Metro today to find out when they will have a bed available. Metro’s policy is that Scott has to be admitted into their ICU before they will take him into rehab. This is good though because I feel that at least his treatment will be more streamlined. The case manager told me that it looks like we’ll get in before this weekend which means we may be heading back home today or tomorrow:) Yay!!! Clean clothes!!!
Scott is very down. When I talk to him, in true Scott fashion, he tries to uplift me. He tells me that “We’re going to get through this and when we do it will be great.” With that said, it is very apparent to me that this is lip service. Scott is so worried about everyone else being sad that he is trying to put on a very fake happy face. Scott is fully entitled to be sad, angry, frustrated, and depressed. I try to tell him that he can talk to me about it if he’d like but he prefers not to. I really can’t blame him because I am so terrible at reading lips so he has to say even the most simple sentences about 3 times before I figure it out. I keep reminding him that the more he lips to me the better I’ll get. I’m happy we’ll be back in Cleveland soon so we can get him into some counseling.
In summary, I think that Scotts mood and his pneumonia are the most pressing issues for your prayers. Thank you all so very much for your continued prayers and support. I also want to thank you all for spreading the prayer chain. It touches my heart everyday when I read a post from someone who doesn’t even know Scott or I. I am amazed by how many people are touched by his story and just want to do something to help.