July 18 CLEAR AS A BELL

The Dr. arrived in the morning to see how Travis was doing and to see how he felt about being discharged on Monday. After listening to his lungs he said "They're clear as a bell!" Wow.

He definitely did not have the energy of yesterday (he's thinking it's the caffeine he'd had - a can of diet coke) so had a more restless sleep because of it. As a result he didn't do much exercise. It didn't help when a nurse had forgotten to unlock one of his IV meds at the proper time which resulted in having to be hooked up to his IV buddy a good part of the day (for some reason he did not want to take it anywhere). He did have his first solo shower which of course he was VERY happy about - but he said it does take a fair bit out of him.

The IV Team was called because the nurses have been having trouble administering meds via his picc line - they were wondering if it was partially plugged. End result - his picc line is fine - the nurses just don't know how to properly use it so now it's up to him to instruct them - hopefully they will take it well. He's had about 20 of them over the years and never had an issue with one til now - they use a different brand here unfortunately.

Abour 3/4 hr. before supper he suddenly became very shaky - we suspected his blood sugars. Turned out they were quite high - opposite to what we'd expected but he'd had little exercise. He felt much better soon after getting some insulin.

Hi really misses Daisy (his pug/pom) who's living with Grandma in Ponoka during this time in Edmonton but he's so glad the two of them are such good buddies - he know's she's very well taken care of. He really likes the picture that Vicki took and made into a window hanging for him - Thank you Vicki for all the effort it took to bring that about - it is very special to him.

Cathies friend Donna brought her back up here from Calgary and Grandma for a quick visit tonight - he was VERY glad to see them but it does wear him out quite quickly (he hadn't been able to see Grandma since ICU). We said goodnight at 8:00 and then got some supper after which a terrible storm rolled in - I don't know if that's why I couldn't get the internet to work properly. Anyway, Cathie & I ended up downstairs in the lobby til about 11 pm. (there were numerous other people down there as well cause the building was swaying at the top). It seemed a tornado might be coming through and we figured we might as well be at the bottom of the pile! Or maybe have a chance to run out. We were also nervous about going back in the elevator - THAT we knew we did not want to be stuck in.

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Posted by Auntie Terri