January 11, 2011

Dear Friends,

Sorry, I'm just too tired to wax poetic this evening.  As I write, Dwaine is hopefully sleeping at St. Joseph's Hospital in Room 735.  So if you're planning on visiting on Wednesday, you will need to hold off a bit.  We had a minor setback today, but I'm confident we'll be back on track in a day or so.

We were very busy today on our Intensive.  Dwaine worked hard on Physical Therapy in the morning, followed by Speech/Cognitive and breakfast.  Then we had a break and then Occupational Therapy.  Around 3:00 it was time for PT again, so we "hauled his sorry ass out of bed" (his words, not mine), and went to the gym again.  They were giving him a test on his balance, and he got woozy and broke out into a flop sweat.  They took his pressure and it was very low.  So, they took him back to his room and called University Hospital, just to be safe.  They picked him up and took him to Emergency, where they ran the standard battery of tests and found nothing.  But Kaiser wanted to see him at St Joe's for the night, so he was transferred there.  We're both pretty sure it's just dehydration (he'd hardly drank any water the last few days, and was passing a lot of fluid in long-delayed BMs).  The Doctor at St. Joe's couldn't see anything obviously wrong, but they'll run a few more tests tomorrow just to make sure.  Then we'll be back at Spalding again, picking up where we left off.  Dwaine was already feeling much better after getting a liter of fluid through IV. 

It's almost midnight after all that, and I'm exhausted myself.  I was able to leave when Dwaine was checked over by the Doc and was given a sleeping medicine to make sure he has a good night's sleep.  He looked really comfortable when I left, so I felt OK.  We had help today from Dwaine's nephew Jason who stopped by to visit just as we were being whisked away to University.  He was able to stay with Dwaine while I ran home and rescued the "girls" from the cold.  Chuck Weisbrook also stopped by and left a note on Dwaine's bed at Spalding (thanks Chuck - sorry we missed you!)

Tomorrow, I'll relate my experience waiting in the ER at University.  LOL! 

Good Night and Sweet Dreams everyone, and I hope Dwaine is snoring up a storm.