I think I have been more tired than I ever realized. I slept 12 hours last night - got up at 10:30 am and at 2:00 pm I crawled back in bed and slept until 5! When I got up this morning, I found out that Robert had been up and taken his medications, checked blood sugar, eaten breakfast and taken his insulin - all by himself! Wonderful! As the day went on, he was more and more tired too...I think the move home took a lot of energy. Hopefully tomorrow I will be rested enough to get busy. Lots of things to sort through and get set up. Robert is to see all 5 of his doctors in the next two weeks, plus get started at SHAPES, where they will monitor his blood because of taking the Coumadin. The doctors he will see include (and I have no idea how to spell them!) a cardiologist, an endocrinologist, a surgeon, a G-I, as well as his primary physician. He also will start physical therapy and go see a Diabetes Educator. Biggest challenge of today was figuring how many carbohydrates were in the food he ate! He takes insulin based on the number of carbs. Please tell me this will get easier as we learn the basics. Right now it feels overwhelming. Not only is he diabetic, but he also needs to eat low fat since the pancreas gets excited when there is too much fat. We don't want any thing to trigger the pancreas too much because an overactive pancreas could become another pancreatitis attack...and I vote for that to never happen.
Robert just went to sleep so I best too...
~Jeanette
Things that should never be...
10 years ago
3 comments:
I will continue to pray. Great to see you at the hospital and will be better to see you at the house soon, if you know what I mean. God bless
Howden
Home Sweet Home!!
Danielians....WE LOVE YOU!!
Once you become so....educated, we'll have to compare notes..:)
I'm glad you'll be getting into the swing of things...I think the best thing that happened, was that Robert was able to come home.
Robby...you'll need to take notes and continue to help your Dad with his routine...Remember what we talked about yesterday....it's all about LOVE..
Jeanette...Good to hear your resting when Robert's resting.
Continuing to pray day and night, when we awake at night, and all through the day. Prayer Warriors is our theme around our home and friends. So many people are asking for updates..so continue to write when you can...
Love to all... Mom and Diane
Hello family,
It is so good to hear that everyone is back at home. It seems like the times when you bring a baby home from the hospital and you have to adjust to life in a new way... sleep when the baby sleeps... be energized for when all the activity starts again. Good news to have Robert home again. We will continue to pray for healing & everyone's support in figuring out the new schedule around the house.
Prayer & Praise without ceasing,
Karen & Mark
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