I just left the hospital from seeing Scott.
He is doing well, but still begging and pleading to go home. The doctor had a heart to heart with Scott and said medically he was not ready to go home. The doctor said that generally patients with similar situations, stay in rehab anywhere from 2-8 weeks (Scott has been there 2 1/2 days now). He said Scott needed to stay at least one week and then they would take it day by day.
Last night the wound care nurse came into see Scott. She "milked" a lot of fluid from Scott's leg which then caused severe pain for Scott. It was a rough night. Luckily today he is much better and told me he did not have any pain.
His potassium is still low, which may just be a "normal" for him. He is also still taking the diuretic (to get the extra fluid off his body) and this could also cause his potassium to be low. Either way he is taking potassium replacements to try and replace what he is lost/losing.
Since Scott came to rehab he has been getting dressed everyday-he has less tubes now and getting dressed is even possible. It is great to see him dressed and not in a hospital gown anymore!
I think this may be the hardest part for Scott. I told him today that he just needed to be patient (I know easy for me to say)...he's going to go home soon and what a great day that will be.
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