Ros was admitted to Beverly Hospital this Tuesday for pneumonia and mild kidney failure. He is getting very good care and attention and has a private room across from the nurses station Room 419. He is receiving IV fluids and antibiotics and nebulizer/albuterol.
On Wednesday, perhaps an accumulation of the pneumonia/change in environment, confusion, maybe a UTI infection, Ros became delusional yet was still goodnatured. He seemed to be improving. Sometime in the night as the nurses reported, he became agitated and started trying to get out of his bed. When Ted go there at 8am Thursday morning, Ros had taken out all his tubings and wanted to get out desperately, still delusional but now angry and irritated by everything. By thursday night 11-12 midnight, he was trying to get out of bed every 5 minutes and was unconsolable.
This morning (Friday), he is still trying to get out of bed but for some reason he is happy. He wants to go to visit his grandmother on Ashmont (Buffalo). We just go with whatever his thought is. His white blood cell count is up and so they will not release him to a rehab until his infection is under control.
It was also very great that Kim, Gracia, Bruce and Dave came to see Ros this week. Thank you. Ros enjoyed your company and we were so grateful for the support.
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Ros was moved to Room 601 tonight. He is calmer and comfortable. For his safety he has a 24/7 attendant at his bedside. It is a good thing.
ReplyDeleteSaturday: Ted and Mia visited Ros at 11:30am. He was very placid, eyes half open. He perked up when we came in and worked up a smile when he saw Mia. Ted got 4 spoonfuls of soup into him. He closed his eyes and went to sleep. Its the first real sleep I've seen him have in five days. Kathy visited between 2-3pm, he was awake again, but agitated. He's back on fluids since he's not drinking.
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