We are still here at the hospital, with very little reasoning in my mind. The doctor had told me originally that we would be here for monitoring Mattie's pain and to be certain he would not take off the brace on his right arm. He has only been given Tylenol for possible pain in the night, and one d
ose for the wound being unwrapped yesterday. He has been in great spirits, you would not know he had been through surgery as well as the fact that his arm brace has not been touched in the slightest. I guess all the prep work we did at home, talking and practicing keeping the brace on along with the fact that he does not have to wash it has made it a piece of cake.
I became frustrated all afternoon when I found out the weekend doctor had gone home, without seeing us all weekend. He came by this morning at 6 am, while we slept and never came back in. He relayed to the discharge nurse that we would not go home until Wed. when the brace is scheduled to come off. This made me upset and frustrated for a number of reasons:
1. I had been asking if we could go home after talking to the weekend therapist about how well Mattie has been doing. Both the nurse and therapist have implied to me they do not see the need to keep him here except we would be taking a chance that something could happen to his brace.
2. He gets little monitoring, I am the primary monitor with his nurses checking in on him, so really there would not be a difference, concerning the brace being monitored, if we were home.
3. The doctor had all weekend to see us, and did not make it a priority to meet with us and communicated with me, the patient's mother concerning decisions involving his care.
4. It is hard to be in the hospital, knowing we could be at home, only an hour away for recovery.
Just pray for my patience with this situation and that I would get some clear communication with the medical staff tomorrow on how best to care for Mattie as he recovers from the surgery. I adore Mattie's nurses, Pam and Abby who have been with us since we started on Friday and they have been very supportive to both Mattie and I. Thank God he gave us such wonderful nurses! I better go get Mattie into bed tonight as he took a short cat nap today and should be tired now.....
ose for the wound being unwrapped yesterday. He has been in great spirits, you would not know he had been through surgery as well as the fact that his arm brace has not been touched in the slightest. I guess all the prep work we did at home, talking and practicing keeping the brace on along with the fact that he does not have to wash it has made it a piece of cake.I became frustrated all afternoon when I found out the weekend doctor had gone home, without seeing us all weekend. He came by this morning at 6 am, while we slept and never came back in. He relayed to the discharge nurse that we would not go home until Wed. when the brace is scheduled to come off. This made me upset and frustrated for a number of reasons:
1. I had been asking if we could go home after talking to the weekend therapist about how well Mattie has been doing. Both the nurse and therapist have implied to me they do not see the need to keep him here except we would be taking a chance that something could happen to his brace.
2. He gets little monitoring, I am the primary monitor with his nurses checking in on him, so really there would not be a difference, concerning the brace being monitored, if we were home.
3. The doctor had all weekend to see us, and did not make it a priority to meet with us and communicated with me, the patient's mother concerning decisions involving his care.
4. It is hard to be in the hospital, knowing we could be at home, only an hour away for recovery.
Just pray for my patience with this situation and that I would get some clear communication with the medical staff tomorrow on how best to care for Mattie as he recovers from the surgery. I adore Mattie's nurses, Pam and Abby who have been with us since we started on Friday and they have been very supportive to both Mattie and I. Thank God he gave us such wonderful nurses! I better go get Mattie into bed tonight as he took a short cat nap today and should be tired now.....
2 comments:
Praying for better communication and that you are discharged BEFORE Wed. Also praying for patience and strength for you!
We are praying that Mattie remains in high spirits and hat his pain is minimal. Also praying for patience and peace during this time and that the doctors will be more communicative with you. :o) Hang in there friend!
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