Geez, one of those days

It’s just been one of those days; it was great having all of those visitors, Ronnie, Linda, Dave, Fred, Kevin, Greg, Andy, and ken, Vickie and Sam.  However it was just one of those uncomfortable days.  Had some new staff, who were not familiar with putting me in my sling, and getting me correctly positioned in my wheel chair. I got put in my wheel chair at about 10 and I was really uncomfortable about half an hour later. My bum didn’t seem to be in the right position in the chair and the head rest didn’t seem to fit either. Just one of those days. Oh, ya, and now I’ll get graphic, seems every time they put a new diaper on me I would have a B.M., of a pee. At one point, they put me back to bed changed my drawers, put me back in the chair and (Ronald and Julie, always get me positioned correctly) and no sooner was I back in the chair it felt like I had another B.M., go figure! When I finally got back into bed, they told me there was no BM so something must be happening down there that I don’t know about. A yes the good things, as well as the visitors, was I found the TV room, and watched a little bit of Buffalo beat up on Kansas city. And watched the final of the US women’s tennis championship. Rah, Rah, Samantha who beat Serena in straight sets a fantastic  match.  That’s the first TV I have watched since arriving here. 

Oh ya, there are also things that go bump in the night, a couple of nights ago, my chest got very tight all the way around. I talked to the nurse about it and she thought it was my rib intercostals muscles were going into a bit of a spasm. Well last night, at about 9:30 I got some localized chest pain on the left side of my chest,  I started feeling a little strange, so at about 10:15 I called the nurse she immediately got a hold of the Doctor on call took my blood pressure, took my pulse, which was actually 61, and did extensive questing about my chest pain. About 20 minutes later, I had an ECG and by about midnight the chest pain was easing off. So I took my sleeping pills and pain pills and went to la la land for a couple of hours.  In the morning, with 20/20 hind sight I may have created the problem my self at around 8 o’clock I did about 80 crunches, just barely lifting my shoulders of the pillow, which could have cause the pain in my chest. Haven’t heard anything form the medical people about it so I am assuming that was the cause.

I know this blog is a little all over the map, but that is the kind of day it’s been.   I don’t know if my roommate appreciated all the commotion with the nurses and the ECG equipment beeping beside his bed.

Due to my blood clots I need to adjust my blood thinning medication, so I get blood taken every 6 hours. And my arm is starting to feel like a pin cushion hopefully I will get the blood thinners all fixed up and I will be able to get to London next week.  AS mentioned in my roomie blog Gord Sloan my present roommate has just been wonderful through all the commotion that I have been cause note: he just said, I’m not causing any commotion and I should wipe that out. That’s just the kind of guy he is.

Oh yes, Valerie the physio girl gave me some exercises to do 3 times a day 18 range of motion extensions and 4 strength exercises . So I have to do 3 sets of 30 with each arm and leg holding the position for 5 seconds.  So, it is a fairly long work out. I can do most of them on my right side but have some difficulty on my left, so those are my goals for next week from the physio lady.

Talk to you tomorrow

Glen