It was so late when Jen and I (Denise) returned from the hospital last night we didn't post anything. Rob was still in a lot of pain from the chest tube, trache and his back from the time of the collapsed lung (referred pain.) He's had morphine and toradol but it doesn't seem to help much. The poor guy didn't sleep at all through the night they told me when I called this am.
They did remove the feeding tube last night so nothing is in his throat. He was so thrilled--he said it was like being choked constantly. He had had a swallow test earlier yesterday and passed it with flying colors but it took a while for them to finally remove the tube--Denise had to really bug the dr. about it.
He has been given a sodium chloride drip through an IV and another 2 units of blood. His hemoglobin had come back low again and the nurse was afraid he was getting dehydrated. She said it is not uncommon to become anemic when a person is off regular food for so long. They give him different nutrients through the IV but it's not the same as getting the nurtients when eating normally.
Hopefully they will find out why he is in so much pain and be able to help him--he so needs to sleep. The pain is causing his heart rate to be fast and the morphine causes his blood pressure to be slow. It is so hard to see him going through all this. Please keep your prayers going for Rob--it is such a help and comfort to him and us.
BEST WISHES TO JON AND MICHELLE ON YOUR WEDDING DAY!!!!
WE ARE THERE WITH YOU IN SPIRIT-WE HOPE YOU ARE VIDEO TAPING A LOT OF IT SO IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE CAN BE A PART OF THE HAPPY EVENT.
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