Monday, April 19, 2010

Sunday trip to the ER


Dad woke up Sunday morning not feeling very well. His vision was blurry and when he sat up he was very dizzy. He made it to sacarament meeting but couldn't keep his head up so he went home to rest. About 2pm Mom decided to call the home health nurse to see if it should be something to worry about because of his blood clots and the medication he is on. She suggested we take him over to the hospital to have all his levels checked.
We got him checked in and the nurse came to put his IV in. She totally butchered his veins in his left arm so she had to try the right side. Dad was not happy about this at all. He was still very dizzy so they gave him so medication and hooked him up to oxygen. They must have been running novicaine through that oxygen tank because dad was hysterical! He kept making fun of the curtains and the oxygen tank. I'm sure everyone around us was wondering while the people in the corner were laughing so hard. Leave it to Dad to make a crappy situation funny!
I actually got a smile out of him for the picture. He wasn't too thrilled with me taking it. He wanted to put is finger monitor on his middle finger and show the camera! My stomach seriously hurt by the time we left for home.
They said his levels looked good so they gave him some dizzyness medication to take it it keeps happening. He is doing pretty good now. We just need to keep a close watch on him and make sure it doesn't keep happening. That's the latest update for now!

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  1. I'm so sorry! Your family is in our prayers!
    Love your cousin, Angie

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