Day 9

Saturday 9/22

I just returned from the hospital and dressed for bed. I arrived at the hospital later than I wanted to due to a two-hour fog delay at my kid’s school. As soon as I arrived, they told me his CD player had broken and that he missed his music. I didn’t want to leave then during the time I could be in the room so I waited until the 3:00 - 4:30 break. They had also started the dialysis treatment and I sat by his side, talked with him, and held his hand. The day nurse showed me how to do some therapy on him by moving his arms and legs to help relieve the swelling. It seemed to be a good day. No positive changes but there were not any negative changes either. I left at 3:00 to run to Wal-Mart and pick up a new CD player, go to Family Christian Store to pick him up the new Cademon's Call CD for him. I received a voice mail while I was checking out and it was the hospital wanting me to call them. My heart dropped and I called them back. Jeff had pulled his ventilator tube out. His hands are tied down so he cannot reach his tube but he struggled to sit up and pulled the tube out. (He had staples in his stomach, had major stomach surgery, and should not have been able to sit up) He was angry he was there and wanted me. They tried to let him go without the vent tube but he was struggling too hard to breathe. They had to put the tube back in. I feel so bad that I was not here when he wanted me. The nurses wanted me to go home and try to get some sleep in my own bed. It was so hard to leave him tonight. I just want to stay with him 24 hours a day.