Last night was so much better! Praise the Lord! First I didn't leave until I met the night nurse and as the Lord would have it, his night nurse was Sonny. She was his nurse Monday night when he got to the TPACU. She was so apologetic that he had such a horrible experience the previous night.
He had a better day yesterday than Tuesday which was awesome! We had expected some setbacks. But instead he ended up doing 6 walks of 8 total laps. A lap is 150 ft. So 1200 ft yesterday. He also asked if he could not have the blood pressure cuff at night. Dr. F agreed his vitals had been fabulously stable! So they downgraded his monitoring to that of a regular floor patient! Which meant if a room became available on a regular floor, he could be moved! Sonny promised me if he was moved she would ensure the new night nurse would take good care of him. And he did get moved!
The other advantage to being on regular monitoring, he got his arterial line, heart monitor, blood pressure cuff and pulse ox removed. 4 less cords to contend with every time he moves! Plus a 3rd IV line was taken out earlier in the day! So now instead 3 IV lines, there's only 1! And instead of 13 different lines coming out of his body, he's down to 8! We are hoping 1 or 2 more go today!
So goals for today:
- 3 to 5 walks
- 3 to 5 sitting in a chair
- A shower!!!
- Continued Pain Management
- Continued increase in alertness
- Good day and night nurses! Day have been fabulous. Last night's nurse didn't know what one of his tubes even was!
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