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Ok, a little update. We are in the Surgical ICU; DH has a large retroperitoneal hematoma and came into the hospital septic this AM.

Infection markers are trending in the tight direction. Waiting to talk to the surgical team. He has had 3 units of blood and is on 2 antibiotics.
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Oh . Geez Barb . Hope he recovers quickly .
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Hang in there Barb. I am so sorry this is going on, but so thankful you got into the hospital when you did.
I waited around for your update and will sign out until tomorrow. Know you will be in my heart.
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Barb,

Hoping all goes well for your husband and that both of you are able to relax soon.
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Alva, I'm so touched! Thank you all so much for you good thoughts!
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Barb, continued prayers for you and your dear hubby.
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I'm so sorry, Barb. What a rough time. He's in the right place, thank goodness. I hope things get fixed and hubs stabilizes. 🙏
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Oh Barb, so sorry. Hope DH is doing much better. Prayers are going up.
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Barb, I'm so sorry to hear this. I pray for a successful outcome for your DH.

You've been having such a rough time lately. Hang in there!
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Barb: Hoping that your DH is better soon. Hugs.
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Barb
Thanks for the update. Hope you rest well tonight and all the meds are doing their job for DH.
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Thanks for the update, Barb . Yikes. No wonder dh was not feeling well. Prayers that the antibiotics continue to do their job.🙏🙏🙏 Be sure to get some rest, You must be exhausted!
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Hoping for a checkin from our Barb soon to see how things are going today.
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Okay. Thanks for all your concern!

DH has had 5 units of blood. Hemoglobin still isn't stable. Still haven't ruled out an active bleed.

He has a robot watching him! It shouts at him when he tries to get out of bed. Excellent use of tech!
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Barb,

That certainly is an interesting use of tech. Does he shout back at it? I bet some people do!
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My new profile picture is of the robot!

My daughter tells me that restaurants Korea use robots as waiters.
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Barb,

I have seen the automated robots in restaurants on television shows. So, I am assuming that Koreans don’t tip the robots! Hahahaha 😝.

I fell in love with robots when I was a child watching The Jetsons cartoons. I wanted a Rosie to clean my room!

I hope your hubby will start to feel better soon and can return home. Have you been able to get any rest?
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Barb, thanks for update. So are you saying scans are done and they cannot see an active bleed? What is their next step, do you know.
I am flummoxed by the robot and want one to yell at N. just for the fun of it.
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Alva, they did a regular CT and visualized the bleed yesterday. Apparently, to see if it's still active, they would need contrast. They don't want to use contrast because his kidney are not yet up to snuff from the sepsis and shock. So they are inferring from the fact that they've gotten a reading of 9 for Hemoglobin twice today that the bleed has stopped.
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He is still in ICU, at least for tonight. They will reevaluate tomorrow about sending him to a stepdown unit.

And then we will talk about rehab.
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Barb,

So glad that you got your husband to the hospital for help. Prayers sent for a full recovery.

Hugs for you!
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Barb: Thank you for the update and also your cool new avatar.
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Lol, they got DH out of bed today to sit in the comfy chair. The poor guy is so uncomfortable and antsy. Still has 5 IVs running, a pulse ox taped to one finger and those annoying inflatable things on his legs. He keeps moving around in the chair and the robot keeps shrieking at him.

"I'm Just TRYING TO GET COMFORTABLE HERE!!!"

You can't make this stuff up.
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Oh d@mn, DH's hemoglobin dropped again. They are giving him another unit of blood. #6.

At his request, I haven't told his daughter (almost 40, 2 littles kids, just married this summer). She knew about the original procedure. She lives a plane trip away. Do I call/email her? I asked yesterday if he wanted to talk to her and he said no.
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Oh no! So sorry to hear it!

Tough call. Her demeanour? Big emotional response type or "Thank you for keeping me in the loop." type? I think I'd tell her if she is the latter, letting her know that he wasn't ready to tell her/worry her, whatever. Maybe tell her he'll call when he feels like discussing the details.

Hugs to you.
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Barb I'm sorry. Poor guy. He is going through a bad time. Don't know what to s=say about his dd. ((((((hugs)))) Look after yourself.
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Hospitals.. sigh. Machines that constantly beep, lines to twist & pull, always someone ready to draw more blood out. The bordom of beige furniture.

The Beeps! I dread the next stage of health'care' when the robots will learn to talk.

Maybe for variety & for nostalgia for human staff, a new voice will activate per shift. A sweet friendly kind one, a curt professional one that can spit out facts & list all side effects. Maybe a gruff one.. like a Dr Who Dalek: 'Occluding! Occluding! Straighten your arm. Straighten your leg.

But if he needs to be there, well be there he will.

Thinking of you Barb. Thank goodness sepsis did not take hold.

A hard one indeed re the daughter.
Maybe check in with DH in a quieter moment & ask if a simple text update would be ok. Eg This happened, getting some treatment at X hospital. Expecting to be home (date). I usually go VERY short with Serious, Stable or Doing Well.
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Barb,

Sorry to hear DH is struggling . Not sure what to say about daughter . You don’t want to upset DH , maybe hold off a bit longer and when he’s getting better you can get him to give you permission to tell her that he had a complication but is on the mend. 🤷‍♀️.
Take care of yourself too.
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Thinking of you, Barb.
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Morning, all.

First, I'm so glad for all I've learned from all of you over the years.

DH got another unit of blood overnight. CT with contrast will be done today to localize whee the bleed is. Hoping that the dye won't damage his kidneys, which are not up to snuff yet, but improving. Still in ICU.

Just talked to the Nurse Manager who came in to discuss discharge. Only because of all of you do I know that THE MINUTE you are admitted to the hospital, Discharge Planning is involved in "next steps."

I know some folks get outraged by this; my DH is still in ICU and you're talking discharge?!?! But it's in CMS regs and that's how it's done. They will refer him to our preferred Acute Rehab facility and we'll see what the Physiatrist says.
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