home again, momentarily; and some food
Jun. 21st, 2011 10:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kirkcudbrightDad had an uneventful night (my brother the ER nurse says we don't say "quiet" night, because that's a jinx), and they dialed back some of the meds a little bit. But he's extremely sensitive to the vasopressor levels, and they can't move very fast on them. Only two units of blood today (at least, while I was there), vs four yesterday. Dr says baby steps, and we're SO not out of the woods yet.
Left the hospital around noon to try to beat rush hour traffic, but of course we needed to get lunch. A small silver lining: Local has seriously good burgers. OTOH, the fried pickles were way too salty, and far too many of them. OTOOH, the hand-cut fries rocked, but we should have gotten a small order for the table instead of a large.
This (leaving early, not burgers) meant we missed the arrival of #3 son from Wisconsin. He's an analytical chemist with the state Dept of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs (ie. a cheese tester for the Dept of Cheese), so not going to add any medical clues to the stack. But Mom is glad to have him there.
Picked up the dog, took about a 3 mile walk in the woods with her and Kylie, to clear the head or something.
Dinner of grilled bangus, which seems to be the Filipino national fish. I got this frozen "institutional" package from HMart, and defrosted the whole thing, not realising it was 3 trout-size fish stacked together, rather than one big fish. Can't re-freeze, but fortunately they all fit on the grill (just barely). Survey says "yum"; I haven't had a bad recipe yet from that site.
Back to reality, nurse brother reports that today's lab tests show elevated liver levels, which could be a side effect of everything else that's going, or could indicate they're starting to shut down. We don't know. There's just so much we don't know, and so many ways this could go wrong.
Left the hospital around noon to try to beat rush hour traffic, but of course we needed to get lunch. A small silver lining: Local has seriously good burgers. OTOH, the fried pickles were way too salty, and far too many of them. OTOOH, the hand-cut fries rocked, but we should have gotten a small order for the table instead of a large.
This (leaving early, not burgers) meant we missed the arrival of #3 son from Wisconsin. He's an analytical chemist with the state Dept of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs (ie. a cheese tester for the Dept of Cheese), so not going to add any medical clues to the stack. But Mom is glad to have him there.
Picked up the dog, took about a 3 mile walk in the woods with her and Kylie, to clear the head or something.
Dinner of grilled bangus, which seems to be the Filipino national fish. I got this frozen "institutional" package from HMart, and defrosted the whole thing, not realising it was 3 trout-size fish stacked together, rather than one big fish. Can't re-freeze, but fortunately they all fit on the grill (just barely). Survey says "yum"; I haven't had a bad recipe yet from that site.
Back to reality, nurse brother reports that today's lab tests show elevated liver levels, which could be a side effect of everything else that's going, or could indicate they're starting to shut down. We don't know. There's just so much we don't know, and so many ways this could go wrong.
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Date: 2011-06-22 02:50 am (UTC)hugs and love to all.
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Date: 2011-06-22 03:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-22 03:17 am (UTC)Let me know if there's anything I can do to help out.
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Date: 2011-06-22 02:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-22 04:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-22 04:42 am (UTC)keeping all of you in our thoughts and hoping for the best
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Date: 2011-06-22 11:02 am (UTC)*loves*
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Date: 2011-06-22 11:41 am (UTC)Just reading this now. Many good thoughts for your dad and your family.
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Date: 2011-06-24 04:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-24 04:48 am (UTC)::stands quietly nearby in spirit if not in geography::
Don't worry about replying or even posting; do what you gotta. We'll be here when you can take a breather.