Caspian-Division

Update: 08/18/2024

Release DAY!!!!!

In process of getting out of hospital and to new home. It cannot come soon enough.

Last night while asleep I had a room invasion by a nutcase veteran wanting to escape the hospital.

He ran to the storage area where he then began throwing stuff out trying to make a door!

I yelled, he began throwing more stuff. VA Police, Nurses, all were chasing him. Finally corralled him and dragged him out of the room.

This was at 1030 PM. I got up, and picked up stuff that got thrown including my feeding supplies.

Finally went back to sleep an hour later.

I am SO SO happy I am leaving this place!

And one ponders why patients are so tired in a hospital setting.

Had chest x-ray today. I have had specialists swarming the room. Emory Specialist is looking at the elbow closely with the option of doing a minor procedure in room or full surgery in hospital.

I get second round of immunotherapy on Friday.

I start learning on how to use a feeding tube on Wednesday. The hospital nutritionist is ordering take-home supplies. I will get to use a 1-liter bottle of feeding stuff attached to the pump so it is a closed system and will not spoil.

Interestingly Amazon sells flavored stuff but not exactly how that would work. Too expensive in my view since I would not know exactly how the stuff would do.

Have a burp of flavor from something not eaten directly? Don't know about that.

The ulna nerve is damaged, making the right ring finger (right side) and the entire pinky numb. Cannot grip very well.
Numbness goes to the elbow.

Back in the room. I am super loopy. They gave some fentanyl for what ever reason. I see stuff I don't want to see. I will hug the morphine when I see it again.

I will have a second surgery for elbow damage related to the damage from my doggy trying to wake me up.

They have to debris the bone, fix pinky nerve, and do skin stretching to fix things.

Tube is in. Looks weird.