Archive for August 23rd, 2010

Today’s Business: 2010-08-23

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Today’s Activities

  • Shower.  DONE.
  • Cat duty.  Sister Jojo is performing this until I return home.

Log

07:05 AM: I’m up.  

07:30 AM: Unpleasant surprise: No hot water this morning.  So this situation dictated that I take a cold shower.   Grrrrrr.   Well, I hope society knows just how much i go through to present to it an odor-free persona.  Good thing it’s still summer; else that cold water would have been a whole lot colder. 

10:00 AM: Watched KDKA TV’s   Pittsburgh Today Live   variety show.

12:30 PM: Recorded audio journal episode   AJE-2010-08-23-12-20.

01:30 PM: Watched   KDKA TV’s Local News at Noon   as well as   The Young and the Restless.  Now, heading in to visit Mom.  Back later.

04:20 PM: Stopped at Dunkin’ Donuts for a hazelnut-flavored coffee with cream.  $2.09 was the total cost on that. 

05:30 PM: I’m back.  I stopped on the way home and bought a veggie pizza for supper. 

06:00 PM Nap time. 

07:15 PM: I’m up again. 

07:30 PM: Watched    The CBS Evening News. 

09:40 PM: [Emmy's] printer would not print.  I got it working again by deleting the printer in Windows–>Control Panel, and reinstalling. 

10:30 PM: Watched CNN’s   Larry King Live   news talk show and a bit of    AC 360.  But sleep is beating on my door; demanding attention, and I can ignore it no longer.  So I’m off to bed.  More tomorrow.  Good night. 

Tom Hesley

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Mom’s Status: 2010-08-23

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Summary

Another good day seen; although there hasn’t been much improvement over yesterday, except that Mom stayed awake for longer periods.  She continued eating well but hadn’t enough coordination to move herself from her bed to a nearby stretch chair.  The echo heart test we’ve been awaiting was conducted with good results.  So preparations are underway to bring Mom closer to home and family.  Yes!

Pending Objectives

  • Monitor Mom’s overall pain status.  We’re looking to get her pain stopped.  IN PROGRESS.  Her pain has been steadily decreasing over the past week. 
  • Track the dissipation of Mom’s pelvic hematoma.  IN PROGRESS.

 

Completed Objectives

  • 2010-08-16: Find out if that “flapping object” was present in Mom’s heart in her 2008 echo cardiograms.  DONE.  It was not present.  This is a new development since 2008. 
  • 2010-08-16: Get council on results of the 2010-08-13 mid section CT scan and arterial doppler study. DONE.  Mom’s bleeding has lessened.  They plan on doing another CT scan tomorrow to check progress. 
  • 2010-08-17: Establish physical therapy for Mom; per her cardiologist’s recommendation.  DONE.  She should have her first session either today or tomorrow. 
  • 2010-08-18: Seek counsel on results of the 2010-08-17 (yesterday’s) mid section CT scan; once it’s done.  DONE.  This test revealed a hematoma.  See details about this elsewhere in this document. 
  • 2010-08-20:   Find out what the liver doctors think of the spot on Mom’s liver. DONE.  Her liver is okay; no obvious recent deterioration.
  • 2010-08-23: Get results of today’s echo heart pictures test.  DONE.  Results were very good.  So no surgery at this time is required, and Mom will receive antibiotics for the next several weeks to get rid of the rest of the MRSA infection.

Log

08:00 AM: Hospital personnel called to say that they’re taking Mom in for her echo heart test shortly.  I’ll visit after lunch, once her sedation wears off, and get the results of this test. 

01:30 PM: Heading for the hospital now.

  • 01:45 PM: I arrived while Mom received physical therapy.  She experienced difficulty getting from her bed to the chair; even with the physical therapist assisting. 
  • So instead of the chair, they exercised Mom’s legs and arms while she laid in bed.
  • They’ll spend the next few days developing Mom’s coordination and strength to stand up on her own.  Then, they’ll resume working on her getting to the stretch chair on her own. 
  • 01:55 PM: Mom ate a hearty lunch. 
  • 03:15 PM: We’re still awaiting on the results of the echo test.
  • 04:05 PM: The nurse practitioner visited; saying that the doctors saw no changes in Mom’s heart from the last echo over a week ago.  So the doctors are opting for no heart surgery at this time.  This means that Mom can continue her convalescence closer to home; either in Altoona or Tyrone.  In short: Surgery, NO.  Homeward, YES!
  • 04:15 PM: I’m heading back to [Emmy's] now and will return in the morning to learn the details of Mom’s transfer to a closer-to-home long-term care facility. 

Tom Hesley

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Today’s Diet: 2010-08-23

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

I keep this food diary to stay aware of just how many calories I’m eating daily, with the hope that it decreases the likelihood that I’ll overeat.    It seems to work, so here we go with another day…

Today, I consumed the following items:

  • Herbal tea throughout the day. 0 calories.
  • 08:15 AM: 2 bowls of Cheerios cereal with organic skim milk and organic sugar.  800 calories.
  • 12:40 PM: 3 slices of muenster cheese.  240 calories.
  • 04:30 PM: 1 extra large decaffeinated coffee from Dunkin’ Donuts with hazelnut flavoring and half & half.  100 calories. 
  • 05:15 PM: Veggie pizza.  1600 calories.

Total calories: 2740.

Tom Hesley

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