It Begins Day +2

I have been giving Stevan some extra attention today. He's not felt good today and was very needy today. I haven't had a lot of time to write since I was either rubbing his back, scratching his head or just being close to him at his bedside most of the day. We finally took a short nap this afternoon, when I had a headache that wouldn't go away.

Jen, Stevan's redheaded nurse. She
was a bit shy hiding behind her mask.

Yesterday afternoon Stevan began to complain about his right upper ribs were hurting. They believe this is from the Neulasta he was given yesterday. During his 4am vitals, his red head nurse, Jen, was a bit concerned with his oxygen level hanging around 88%. She ended up getting him talking and it came up. But then during his 8am and noon vital readings his oxygen continued to be a bit low.

The waves of nauseous began today. Stevan got up this morning not feeling good, but ate a decent breakfast and lunch. Shortly after lunch he got to feeling sick and very groggy, couldn't hold his eyes open. He got to sweating even though the room was cool (68). About that time his nurse Jordon came in and I let her know what was going on. She then put him on oxygen and began to monitor him. Soon after that came the chest x-ray and then more lasix. They are concerned that he still has fluid in his body, possibly in his lungs and/or pressing on his heart that is causing the low oxygen levels. They consider his level to be at risk and they are taking precautions.

Lovenox, a blood thinner was administered this evening in the belly. Stevan was not happy about that. Debby, the daytime supervisor, told him that it was ordered daily to be injected into his stomach... OH how he hates these! They burn! She went slow to try and keep it from burning so much.

Dinner was not successful tonight for Stevan. After he took a shower, he became very nauseous. He ate a few bites of chicken noodle soup and drank some Sprite. He was done. I couldn't even entice him with a plain burrito this evening after going to Taco Bell.

Tomorrow I'm going to catch up with a former colleague for lunch and get our laundry done for another week. So yes I'm going to take some time out for myself and get out of the hospital for a while.