Thank God, John is coherent today. He is also feeling better. Not surprising, given the amount of antibiotics, blood, plasma, platelets and albumin he's been getting. Also sodium chloride, Lasix and his current medications. All day today and up to midnight, they are taking his blood pressure every half hour. They need to ensure with all the blood products he's receiving that he's not retaining too much fluid. A delicate dance, you could say. He was able to feed himself today and ate fairly well, so hopefully he'll start getting some strength back.
I almost always bring the dogs with me when I visit John at his place. Since I've been spending a lot of time at the hospital, the dogs are feeling a little separation anxiety. Last night, after we all went to bed, Stella sat at the bottom of the stairs and cried. Off and on, till about 2:40 in the morning. No one got a good night's sleep. She was acting like a new puppy, for goodness sake. I spent more time with them today, and I'm about to go to bed, so I hope she doesn't put in a repeat performance tonight!
Thanks for your prayers. More to come tomorrow.
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