Friday, October 28, 2011

" GET OUT OF HERE " !!

THAT'S WHAT MIKE SAID TO ME WHEN I WAS EXPLAINING WHAT A COLONOSCOPY IS.  WHEN I SAID THEY PUT A SMALL CAMERA UP THERE-BEFORE I COULD FINISH MY SENTENCE-HE SAID THE ABOVE.  I'M SURE HE STILL THINKS I WAS PUTTING HIM ON, BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY REALLY DO.  MIKE IS STILL RESTING RIGHT NOW, BUT SEEMED AGITATED DURING THE NIGHT.  I KEPT ASKING HIM IF SOMETHING WAS WRONG, OR IF HE WAS IN ANY PAIN, BUT HE JUST SAID "I DON'T THINK SO".  I AM NOW WONDERING IF PAIN EVEN REGISTERS WITH MIKE OR IF HE IS IN PAIN, MAYBE HE IS JUST NOT ABLE TO EXPRESS IT OR FIGURE OUT WHAT IS HURTING HIM. SINCE WE GOT BACK HOME,  I AM HAVING A REAL PROBLEM WITH HIM AND HIS NIGHT TIME FOLEY BAG.  I THINK HE GOT SPOILED IN THE HOTEL/HOSPITAL WHEN I WAS EMPTYING IT EVERY COUPLE OF HOURS, AND NOW HE NO LONGER WANTS TO WEAR IT.  I GOT HIM TO COME TO BED WITH IT ON, BUT THEN AFTER I FELL ASLEEP, HE GOT UP AND TOOK IT OFF.  ALL I CAN SAY IS-GOOD THING I HAVE PLASTIC ALL OVER MY MATTRESS, AS WELL AS A PLASTIC TOP MATTRESS COVER, AND LASTLY A BLUE BED PROTECTOR WITH A TOWEL ON TOP OF THAT!!  I MAY HAVE TO PUT NEW STOMA BAGS ON MIKE EVERY DAY, AND CHANGE THE SHEETS, BUT AT LEAST MY MATTRESS WILL BE SAFE!! I NEED TO WORK ON MIKE'S WHEEL CHAIR AGAIN TODAY-THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAS APPROVED IT, SO I AM NOT SURE WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF THE DELAY.  MIKE HAS BEEN BURPING ALMOST NON STOP FOR TWO DAYS NOW-IF IT CONTINUES PAST THIS A.M., I WILL HAVE TO TAKE HIM TO HIS PCP TO SEE IF HE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS ALL ABOUT.  I TOLD MIKE THAT IT IS PROBABLY GAS FROM THE COLONOSCOPY, AND JOKED WITH HIM THAT I WAS SURE GLAD IT WAS NOT COMING OUT THE OTHER END.  WELL, IT'S A LITTLE PAST 9:30AM, AND MIKE IS STILL IN BED.  I NEED TO GO CHECK ON HIM AND MAKE SURE HIS STOMA BAG IS NOT OVERFLOWING.  IN MIKE'S CASE, THE STOMA BAG (GLASS) IS ALWAYS HALF FULL!!!  TILL TOMORROW, HOPE ALL YOUR TROUBLES ARE MOLE HILLS-JUST ME

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