Hi All
I saw Jerry today and he is doing very well. He is all wired up but looks very good. He is not in pain but is having a few hallucinations from the morphine – which he likes!! He is now in the high dependency unit, which is very, very impressive. Haven't seen anything like it.
However, although there is quite a distance between patients in the ward, Jerry said he did not sleep at all last night because his neighbour was shouting continually. He talked to the nurses and is now in his own room – huge, about 50 sq m. He is like a king in the middle of it. It is really an isolation ward but is his for now. He is wearing the anti-embolism socks and the bed vibrates to prevent bedsores. He has a video player next to his bed and huge monitors display all his vital measurements on a big screen all the time. The staff are very good.
His blood pressure was low so they gave him a drug to increase it and it's ok now. Tomorrow they will get him out of bed. He is currently nil by mouth.
He was very chatty today and enjoyed receiving visitors. He has started to read a book that Clive gave him and is enjoying it very much –about the Celts.
He says he is very happy to be alive and now has a different view of life. He is aware of how precious life is and that you are only living at the moment you are in.
Note for visitors – the High Dependency Unit is Ward 81 and the visiting hours are 2.30 to 7.30 - different to Ward 82.
Bye for now
Anne x x
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it is great getting all these updates, and it all sounds very positive. i did smile at the image of jerry waving his arms around animatedly and pulling off the monitors... Send him my love who over is next in
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Sunshine here finally; it's beginning to look more like a springlike Easter weekend. Hope the sun is shining inside Leed's Hospital and right into your room, Jerry!!!! Sending positive thoughts and vibes--your bed should be shaking like crazy!!!! REST. Let your body heal! Yes, it's important to begin to use your legs and stand upright, but when it's time to rest, do so!!!! XO Sandy & Michael
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ReplyDeleteVida and Rocco visited Jerry. He was is good spirits even though he had not slept for a few nights due to the noise and hallucinations. He is back in the main part of the high dependency ward and he says it's like Grand Central Station at night. He had however managed to sleep during the day on Saturday. Jerry looked extremely well and said he has enjoyed seeing all his visitors.
He managed to sit for 30 minutes in a chair today but needed to return to bed as it lowered his blood pressure too much. Jerry continues to express how pleased he is that the operation is over and wants to live his life to the full.
He was given a nebuliser as a preventative measure as we were leaving. He seemed to be breathing without any difficulty.
Generally it was a very positive visit with Jerry.
PS Note Jerry is in the Bexley wing, not the Lincoln wing. It is the big bluish-green modern highrise and he is in ward 81.