Not sure how to rate today. Let's start with the positive.
Scott's color looks excellent today, better than I've ever seen.
He was able to eat some dinner-he had some noodles, some gravy, and some carrots.
Scott sat in the chair for about 90 minutes today. When he got up he actually "hopped" a little backwards to move him where he needed to go.
The blister on his back did pop but has not gotten any bigger and is not red.
He has slept most of the day...good and bad.
Now things we would like to see improve....
Scott is quite confused tonight. He is pleasantly confused...making some funny off the wall comments, but he hasn't been confused like this before, and it does worry me. They are unsure if this is a lingering effect of his anesthesia this morning. They don't think it is related to any of his current medications because none of them are "new" today...he's had them all before and never been confused before.
His Right leg and foot is pretty swollen. This may also be attributed to the length of time he was sitting up in the chair and his right foot was hanging down. We are watching this closely.
His blood pressure remains elevated- 160s/80s. The nurse said she did talk to the doctor about this and he wasn't concerned at this point, and did not want to start any new medications right now.
Scott had a lot of drainage out of his wound today. They attributed this to how long he was up in the chair today-that this must have increased the drainage output.
He is having pain in his left leg now and we are unsure if it is pain from the surgery today or "phantom limb pain" He keeps wanting his left leg rearranged with pillows and blankets and it seems like we just can't get it comfortable. He just asked for some pain medications, so hopefully this will help.
Things are okay, Scott is stable. He looks healthier than I have seen him in a long time. He said some pretty funny lines and gave us all some smiles and laughs.
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