Extende Care

Kevin is making leaps and bounds of progress! He walked over 200 feet yesterday. He was able to stand up to brush his teeth, shave, and put in his contacts. He is in good spirits and is even progressing with the Speech Therapist. Keith, Doris and his parents came over on Saturday for a visit. Rich, Heather and the girls came by on Sunday, then my parents. Later in the afternoon Mark came by to visit for a while. The wound appears to be healing very well.
I have been able to get back on the bike, so maybe I can get my blood sugars under control again. The cats have decided that Kevin is now gone for good and have completely taken over both sides of the bed leaving me the middle.
It is time to get moving. I have to stop and get some magazines and a paper or Kevin. Th paper is for his Speech Therapy. He gets to read the cartoons aloud.
Kenny

Kvin on the mend

Kevin moved to the BJC Extended Care in Clayton today. He arrived around 2pm and is in room 239. He is doing much better and has a private room with a balcony. The door to the balcony is locked though. He was tired from the trip, and slept most of the afternoon. The visiting hours are from 10 am until 8 pm. He is in room 239. He has his cel. The Dr. thinks he will only be in for 2 weeks, and the antibiotics will be done. He has agreed to start speech therapy so his communication should improve. If anyone would like to visit him that would be great. I learned from the last stay that I can not be there all of the time. He is far more comfortable this time around. Kevin is looking better than he has in a couple of weeks.
Kenny

Kevin update

Kevin is still in BJC. He is doing really well. An MRI was ran yesterday, we should get the results today. The infection is clearing up and he was able to stop one of the antibotics yesterday. He is starting to move and sitting for short periods causes him no pain. We are unsure when he will com home. Today's Dr. visit should shed some light on that. He had a nurse the last 2 nights that we are very displeased with. Her first knight she refused to call and get an order to change his dressing. This left me to inform the day nurse, May, and the attending yesterday. My displeasure was made clear! He is felling better every day, and this appears to be a small setback.
Kenny

Hospital Update

Kevin had surgery today for gaingrene in the scrotum again. As it turnd out he has celluitas on his bottom and the gaingrene returned. The surgury was far less invasive. The surgon was quick to get him in and the procedure was over within one hour. Kevin is resting comfortbly, with the aid of pharmacuticals, he is probably going to be in for about a week and them he should come not to an extended care facility. I will keep this updated.
Kenny

Kevin is in the hopital

Kevin was admitted to Barns July 1. It appears that the wound has become infected. The Dr. believes it has been caught early. He is actually doing well. He also had another TIA on Sunday night. It was only about 30 seconds, well that he was awake for. It happened between 4 and 5 in the morning and neither of us woke up enough to realize what was happening until it was all over. He is in good spirits and in a privet room.
Kenny

A scarry Thursday morning

I had a slight set back in my recovery Thursday morning. I had just finished my shower and was drying off, luckily sitting down on the shower chair, when I suffered a TIA. This is short for Transient Ischemic Attack, commonly called a mini-stroke. They only last a few minutes with no permanent damage, they are one of the warning signs that a major stroke is on the horizon. While it was happening I could not speak, was having difficulty even shaking my head yes or no, and was confused and I also had a seizure in my arm. After it was over, approximately 3-5 minutes, it seemed longer at the time, it was like a light switch had been turned on and I was back to normal. Since the nurse that does the dressing change twice a week was due out within the hour we didn't call 911, the Oncologist nurse when she called really stressed that I should have called 911. They didn't have me come in since I have an MRI scheduled in August and since these were expected to start at some point and they generally don't cause any permanent damage.

Good news (MRI) and another first since March

The MRI I had ran on Tuesday showed no measurable growth:) The wound from the infection is still healing, but it has progressed enough to allow me up the steroid dosage so my speech is coming back.
The wound has healed enough that I can tolerate tap water on it, so I had my first shower since March. Kenny doesn't have to give sponge bath's which is big help in the morning.