Hubby Update

 Appointment Wed for post op tests at hospital was LONG. 

 11:20 AM to 2:50PM  LONG! 

We eat at noon sharp and were told we would eat lunch during class.

Covid Variant Happened

Can you say starving? 

The nurses all looked like bottom right.

I went in the door like a cowboy, NOPE! said the little old volunteer lady, you MUST Wear This!

Hospital is shut down, No Visitors Allowed but Caregivers were allowed in the class because of NEED to Know

When Kelly said wait here and asked Bob to come with her, I said if you don't let me go, he can't answer your questions.

You know history of surgeies and doctors names and drugs, etc

She sighed and said I am no supossed to, but five minutes in she said I am glad you came and you are so organized. I had it all written down because I can't remember it either.

During EKG, X-ray, Blood drawn, our fantastic nurse, by name of Kelly said Bob's Pulse Rate was 38, She checked it 3 times in an hour, did another EKG which averaged 60 but kept hopping from 38 to 60 up and down

to 60 up and down

The nurse said check it a few times tomorrow and if it stays low, call the cardiologist, it was 34 and 39, called and spoke to front desk, she wrote down all details and said she would give it to the doctor.

Five minutes later he called, and said cut his BP meds in half, that should fix it. 

Bob had a hissy fit but will say only that.

He is afraid and so am I that 3 weeks of tests will all be a moot point if Fred the Hurricane comes our way, his Pulse is to low and dreaded Variant is HERE.

Nurse said they are the only hospital that is still open to non emergency surgery, the other 3 are closed down.

She said all ER in our county and our 3 sister counties, which is TampaBay area are full and spilling into the hallways.

I got very little sleep last night. Bob slept all night.

I catastrophized myself into a headache.

the three already mentioned started me spinning 

and here we are

Small suit case, find and sanitize

Sanitize house on Sunday, per instructions

Wash clothes and sheets on Sunday per navigator guy.

That Welcome Aboard up top is a booklet with 25 pages of

Rules We Must Follow to keep away infection and how to not do stupid stuff causing the thing to pop out of whatever.

he did the scared straight thing and everyone in the room was terrified except of course Bob because he only heard a tiny bit of what was said. Thus

Thus the reason they allowed me the caregiver in the hospital

I touched on every rule and how to make him follow it

and the started to fret over the last thing he told us.

When we go in for surgery, I will be allowed to go with him to pre operative room while they get him set up.

I must leave and never return until I get a text telling me to be at the top of the Ramp at the Front Lobby, NOT the one we went in, and the group of nurses and therapist will bring him to the car and teach him how to get in and out and explain to me the caregiver how to give care! He said twice IF THE TEXT says 11 it means 11.

I added that to the list of frets. Like how about if the train catches me, What if I can find the ramp, if I go to early where will I wait until the CORRECT TIME! If I am late, will they keep him?

 Because of the low pulse, I did the stroke, brain dead, no oxygen because it is no pumping hard enough, there is more....

I have been awake since 1 AM