Sunday, September 13, 2009
DH in Hospital
Just a quick post today. Saturday morning at about 1:30 I took my husband to the emergency room. He had been ill for several days and getting weaker and coughing a lot. He resisted going, I had been trying to get him to go to his doctor for 2-3 days, but the last straw was when he started seeing things that weren't there, and being very confused. With some difficulty, I convinced him to go with me to the hospital and they had him in the back room in just a few minutes. His blood pressure was dangerously low, and his oxygen saturation was also. He had a temp of 103.2, and that combined with the low oxygen was what they felt was causing the mental problems. He has what they said is a very large pneumonia in his left lung and his white cell count which is supposed to be around 4500 was around 1000. He has been in a room where everyone had to wear masks to keep from making him sicker, and this morning the nurse gave me some good news, they have gotten his count up to about 4200. No more masks. He didn't want to be admitted, and the doctor had to talk him into staying. He told him that if he went home he would almost certainly die. My daughter had come to the hospital to stay with us, and she was looking very upset, I told him that if he didn't stay he would traumatize his daughter, and that combined with the nurse telling him that if he didn't stay insurance probably wouldn't pay for the visit to that point, he finally relented. It hasn't been easy, he has had 5 IV sites now, 2 in each arm and now one that seems to weave from his arm to his chest. He hates needles and at times I have almost felt guilty for making him stay, he has been so miserable. I am glad of course that I took him, and that he is improving. He has a very nice large private room, and most of the staff are extremely nice and helpful. I will probably be scarce for awhile, but have my netbook here in the hospital, so will check in occasionally. I am pretty much sleep deprived now, as I could probably count the sleep that I have gotten in the past 2 days on one hand and have at least one finger left over, so I apologize for rambling.
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Hi Candace,
So glad to hear your DH is improving. I hope he is well enough to go home soon. Try to get some rest so you don't also end up in the hospital.
That was a very difficult experience for all of you. I am glad he is feeling better. That does sound like a DH. They refuse to go to the doctor unless they are too ill to fight! Take care of yourself so you don't become ill.
Best wishes to you all and God bless!
Hugs - Lurline♥
Oh these guys! Thank goodness YOU had the good sense to get him to the hospital. Sounds like it was the right decision.
One time my DH was so ill but wouldn't even go or even call the Dr., and at one point I said, OK, we go NOW, or I'm calling an ambulance. He finally agreed.
Candice, I am glad to hear hubby is on the improve...men are so stubborn sometimes, mine included, but you just have to make them do it..bribery works well too! Hope you are all ok...thinking of you. Jo xox
Hope your husband is continuing to improve and that you are not wearing yourself out too. Sending you warm thoughts Candace for you and yours,
Warmest regards,
Anna
Oh Candice.. I will be praying for you and you DH and family.
Hugs and Blessings Dawn x x
P.S he is in the best place.
Oh you poor things , I hope your Dh improves very quickly , all the best .
Hello Candace, I've only just picked this up as we've been on holiday. I'm so sorry to hear that your husband has been ill, but hope that the improvement you've written about here has continued.
I have been off blogs for a bit and just checked in again to hear about your husband. I am so sorry to hear that he is ill, but so glad that you took him in. I hope he is on the mend soon. The hospital can be such a miserable place.
Ohmy gosh, that is so scary. I am glad to hear he is getting better. I hope you are able to get some rest now that he is in good hands.
Sickness is hard...trust he is doing better...as for the rambling it is good therapy....strength to you both....prayers are with you...
I'm so sorry to read your Dh has been unwell..
I hope all is well with him now.
Julia ♥
Oh dear! I know this post is MONTHS old, but I am so glad that you stiff-armed your husband into going to the doctor and that you can say to him: "See, I told you so!!!!" That absolutely must have been a stressful couple of days!!!
((Finally catching up on my own past-blog-posts. Can you tell??))
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