Well we had a full weekend, but not what you think. We weren't out "running the roads" as my friend from New Brunswick would say. Our Saturday consisted of meals and sleep. In the afternoon, all 4 of us had "horizontal hour"(that's a term from Faith Bible Camp in 1969). A time after lunch for quiet time, sometimes you slept, sometimes not. Well we DID sleep. I had intended to get caught up on laundry, get groceries in the house, organize Jeff's meds etc. Well we were all too tired to do any of that.(exhausted actually)
We don't usually go shopping on Sunday, but we had to this week. Seems like that is when EVERYONE else gets their groceries. What a crowd!! While John and I went for groceries etc, Ian took Jeff with him to get his car washed. Jeff sat in the car while Ian washed his car. Not too exciting, but exciting enough for the patient who had open heart surgery 10 days earlier. Sunday evening I organized Jeff's meds into the brand new super cool "med reminder",and got caught up on house cleaning and laundry.
Today, Jeff has a 1130hr discharge appointment back at St Boniface-IH Asper building. They will check his heart and lungs and take blood. Now that he is on Coumadin, he will need regular blood work to check his clotting time. Then we adjust his dosage according to how thin or thick his blood it. I don't know how long the appointment takes, but I phoned home care today to ask the worker to start at 1330 instead of 1300 hr to give us a chance to get back home.
I am also on the phone to make his follow up appointment with his family doctor. He will be the one to monitor Jeff's coumadin and blood work. Luckily, his office has a lab in it. Very convenient.
I have been thinking alot about the size of the aneurysm that Jeff had. It is no coincidence that a cancellation became available and his surgery was scheduled for two days later. The heart surgeon told us that the aneurysm was the size of a tennis ball. It is no coincidence that he was given that date. It is completely a God moment. There is no such thing as coincidences! Praise God that the surgery was done then after waiting 16 months on the waiting list. TTFN, Dorothy
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