Friday, August 28, 2009

The Joy(???) of eating vs IV nourishment!

Joyce ordered scrambled eggs again for breakfast, but got a very small amount, so I went to the cafeteria down stairs and got some more plus french toast and we had breakfast together. We may be sharing meals like this for a while; the food in the cafeterias is quite a step up from the food going to the patients from the kitchen.
Joyce’s hemoglobin has continued to drop, so today turned out to be blood transfusion day. We had done some walking and she had done some other exercises, so she rested during the transfusion.
Her legs continued to be swollen, so they did an ultra sound of them. They were concerned about blood clots, but thankfully none were found! We felt better that it was done, even though that takes a lot of energy out of Joyce.
Exercise in the chair, PT, walking, drinking lots of water. These are our daily routines that will get us back home. Speaking of which, they are estimating going home soon, probably next week. We have heard that before!
Doug

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