Michael is doing well and resting comfortably after an up and down day with his energy levels. As I mentioned this morning, the doctors overcorrected with a medication that ended up lowering his blood pressure more than was healthy for him. They gave him a little of this and a little of that to bring it back up and it stayed just fine the rest of the day, so that little health detour is behind him.
However, another equally solvable issue cropped up as a result of that medication. Michael ended up very dehydrated and is now back on a cocktail of IV fluids to get that resolved. This wasn’t carelessness by his doctors, but rather it came about because Michael has two things working against him: a new GI system and that frustrating drain.
Michael can’t eat or drink too much all at once until his system is done re-learning how to behave, so he can’t guzzle water as needed like the rest of us to stay on top of his hydration needs. Meanwhile, the drain is pulling fluids as intended but that means Michael has to do a delicate dance between not drinking so much that his system get irritated but drinking enough to offset what the drain collects. That was going well until the one-time medication came along and upset the apple cart. But, like I said, this is solvable through IV hydration which is much easier for the doctors to fine tune as they go.
So that’s where we are now. All his labs and vitals still look good, he has an appetite, and is up walking around regularly. Unfortunately, this has added some time to his stay so we may now be looking at not going home until closer to the end of the week. That’s definitely not what we wanted to hear but we’re focused on the fact(s) that he’s not in danger, his overall recovery timeline is right where it needs to be, and he’s not in any kind of pain (there’s mild discomfort as his system rebuilds, but not enough to even need painkillers).
As far as setbacks go — and I hesitate to even call it that — this is very minor and in no way life-threatening. Let’s call it a nuisance.
Tomorrow will involve sitting around watching him rehydrate and sleep. It sounds boring but I’m grateful for it because no other alternative would do.
I’ll be back with another update in the morning after the doctors come by. ❤️
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Wow, guess to is best to just take it easy and not push it. The longer he stays the body is healing and the doctors can monitor him. You want to be a recovered as he possibly can be before driving home. If there s a glitch they will be there to figure it out and rectify the situation.. I know it must be hard but he has done so well and don’t want any set backs.
Love to you both hope you have a book or can work from your computer while you are there. While he is sleeping you need some time for you too..