the days fly by and before i know it its been 10 days since i last posted to my blog! crazy.....
boyfriend is hanging in there. i give him his daily iv antibiotic, check his blood sugars, weight, vitals, and give him insulin, pills, and breathing treatments, and foley catheter care............and then i reinforce his wound vac dressing when it is leaking..................a nurse visits 3 times a week and PT visits 3 times a week. my living room looks more like a hosp. room than a living room............and i'm kind of getting used to strangers in my house............................all of them like my cat Woody......they giggle/ewe and awe when they first see his little face. lol
getting to our doctor visits is the most difficult part.....carrying a portable oxygen tank, and a wound vac while wearing a surgical boot and using a walker to get from the house to the car sometimes feels like a major task.............once we get to our location we transfer from the car to a w/c which is much easier because the walker is left behind and all the equipment can sit in the w/c with boyfriend.
boyfriend thinks all of this is permanent.
he gets very depressed and anxious.
i try to be his rock.
i reassure, and encourage.
i'm not always sure myself how all of this
will play out.
it's stressful some of the time.
some of the time we fight/argue mostly because he is bull headed, lol.....but we don't do that very often!
i always try to be patient and kind, and he is almost always grateful.
i tell him that we will get through this.......
boyfriend is hanging in there. i give him his daily iv antibiotic, check his blood sugars, weight, vitals, and give him insulin, pills, and breathing treatments, and foley catheter care............and then i reinforce his wound vac dressing when it is leaking..................a nurse visits 3 times a week and PT visits 3 times a week. my living room looks more like a hosp. room than a living room............and i'm kind of getting used to strangers in my house............................all of them like my cat Woody......they giggle/ewe and awe when they first see his little face. lol
getting to our doctor visits is the most difficult part.....carrying a portable oxygen tank, and a wound vac while wearing a surgical boot and using a walker to get from the house to the car sometimes feels like a major task.............once we get to our location we transfer from the car to a w/c which is much easier because the walker is left behind and all the equipment can sit in the w/c with boyfriend.
boyfriend thinks all of this is permanent.
he gets very depressed and anxious.
i try to be his rock.
i reassure, and encourage.
i'm not always sure myself how all of this
will play out.
it's stressful some of the time.
some of the time we fight/argue mostly because he is bull headed, lol.....but we don't do that very often!
i always try to be patient and kind, and he is almost always grateful.
i tell him that we will get through this.......
