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Okay. It's been too quiet here at CN. So, I'm sending out an APB to everyone to check in here with an update. Doesn't have to be long or detailed. But can be as long and as detailed as you desire!
Here's our update:
Jon is rocking his vitals, in good spirits and generally healthy. Still withholding urine and voiding huge amounts, but with no evidence of infection. Bowels are moving daily via colostomy. Anal leakage has subsided for now.
We're still doing therapy twice a day, and using pillows and Poseys. His feet and legs look wonderful; his torso is slowly improving. We haven't met with his PT for several weeks. I text PT, and we discuss whether he needs to visit. At this point, he's agreeing that we keep doing what we are doing until Jon plateaus. Then, we'll change things up a bit.
Moving the TV dilemma remains unresolved.
Our current concern is whether it is safe and advisable to irrigate Jon's catheter every night, before we turn out the lights at bedtime. Usually midnight. If he doesn't void prior to bedding down, then he has a restless night. We irrigated him last night at midnight. He voided 400 cc, and he slept soundly for 12 hours, until a pee woke him up. It must be the urgency and volume, which disturbs him.
That concern centers on two things: 1) irrigation can be a source of infection, although we've done it so many times, and we are so extremely careful with alcohol wipes, sterile syringe and sterile water; 2) the bladder may become trained to only void, when it has an irrigation.
Jon's nurse will visit on Friday for Jon's catheter change, and we will discuss this concern then.
In my mind, I have been going here as often as possible:
Now, it's your turn!
Check in at CN Central!
Love & Light,
Rose
Okay. It's been too quiet here at CN. So, I'm sending out an APB to everyone to check in here with an update. Doesn't have to be long or detailed. But can be as long and as detailed as you desire!
Here's our update:
Jon is rocking his vitals, in good spirits and generally healthy. Still withholding urine and voiding huge amounts, but with no evidence of infection. Bowels are moving daily via colostomy. Anal leakage has subsided for now.
We're still doing therapy twice a day, and using pillows and Poseys. His feet and legs look wonderful; his torso is slowly improving. We haven't met with his PT for several weeks. I text PT, and we discuss whether he needs to visit. At this point, he's agreeing that we keep doing what we are doing until Jon plateaus. Then, we'll change things up a bit.
Moving the TV dilemma remains unresolved.
Our current concern is whether it is safe and advisable to irrigate Jon's catheter every night, before we turn out the lights at bedtime. Usually midnight. If he doesn't void prior to bedding down, then he has a restless night. We irrigated him last night at midnight. He voided 400 cc, and he slept soundly for 12 hours, until a pee woke him up. It must be the urgency and volume, which disturbs him.
That concern centers on two things: 1) irrigation can be a source of infection, although we've done it so many times, and we are so extremely careful with alcohol wipes, sterile syringe and sterile water; 2) the bladder may become trained to only void, when it has an irrigation.
Jon's nurse will visit on Friday for Jon's catheter change, and we will discuss this concern then.
In my mind, I have been going here as often as possible:
Now, it's your turn!
Check in at CN Central!
Love & Light,
Rose
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