Carlos had to go through his meds and place them in his pillbox for a week under the watchful eye of Stacy (one of the nurse coordinators) and myself. It's a 30 minute production! You can see the volume of bottles and amount of pills in the pictures. It's pretty amazing!
He's still getting IV antibiotics for 5 days for the cellulitis. The home health nurse came and showed me how to do it. I had to dredge up some old school skills. As a provider I don't do much with IVs anymore. It's like riding a bike though.
Carlos is doing well. He said he had a decent nights sleep for the most part. He woke up a couple times looking at the LVAD equipment. I figure it will take a couple nights to adjust to his own bed and schedule and no LVAD equipment.
I went in the pool today for the first time this year. The water is perfect at 83 degrees. The kids and I had fun playing volleyball. Can't wait until Carlos can join us!
Wow, that looks like quite the production & a lot of work! So happy for you guys, though!
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