What a weekend! (long post)

[frankswife]

Well, here I am in Frank's hospital room watching him sleep and thanking God he is still with me. Early Friday morning, I found him unconcious (hypoglycemic) and tried to bring him back with Glucagon. It didn't work so I called EMS and they gave him IV glucose which also didnt work. This has never happened before, they always were able to get him back to where he was walking and talking and lucid. This time he was combative, making guttural sounds and not responding to anything, I was terrified. When I got to the hospital he was in a medically induced coma on a ventilator. I thought my life was over right there. Long story short, over several days they gave him dialysis, brought him out of the sedation, took out the breathing tube, and moved him out of the ICU to a regular floor. Nobody can really say what exactly happened or if he will have any type of permanent brain damage such as memory loss or something from the severe hypoglycemia. The one thing they do know is it had nothing to do with his kidney failure or dialysis! He seems fairly ok now, if a bit slow and groggy. The docs are working to get his insulin regimen under control and we're hoping we can maybe maybe go home tomorrow.

[Rerun]

Oh, man, scary.  Hang in there.

       

[jbeany]

 

Hope he gets back to himself quickly!

[amanda100wilson]

Best wishes for a full recovery.

[boswife]

What a horrable sinking feeling   I've been there and fear it again.. I sure hope they get it all together for you guys and life goes on as best it can..  sending hugs and prayers 

[Jean]

WOW, sure hope they can get it straightened out soon.

[CebuShan]

     Here's hoping things get better for you both.

[lmunchkin]

Yes, FW, it can be very frightening stuff.  I would much rather John have a Hi BS than a low one.  He gave me a real scare a couple years ago.  He was on the Loo and I went to check on him and he was none responsive.  I freaked out but maintained my cool believe it or not.  Immediately checked his BS and confirmed my suspicions.  I gave him glucagon shot and he started convulsing. Eventually he came around, unaware that anything had happened.

He had it one time before in the Hosp.  They supposedly calibrate their machines daily. They took his BS before sleep time and it showed it to be normal.  Of course sleeping in Hosp are difficult to say the least but I stayed every night with him.  Fortunately, I woke up to his moaning.  I went to his bed, he was sweating profusely and the bed was soaked.  I shook him and he had hazy eyes.  I took his BS with my monitor and he was like 23. 
I rung the nurse and told them his BS was 23.  No sooner did I get number out of my mouth, the room was filled with all kind of nurses. They did not leave the room till he came to!
Like you, I thought I lost my husband too.  There have been several near death episodes with John, not just BS either.  That particular time in hosp. the doctor said to go by my monitor at all times, but to do theirs to see if very far off.

Now that we do home hemo, I always check his BS before he goes to sleep.  I don't want to find him comatose or possibly dead on my watch.
 

The one thing they do know is it had nothing to do with his kidney failure or dialysis!

Absolutely FW.  Low BS had nothing to do with his Dialysis.  One thing that John's Neph said, is if he were to die, it would not be from lack of dialysis.  With his Vasc. system as damaged as it is, it would probably be something to do with circulation, heart attack, massive stroke ect....

I know it is very tough for you FW.  Know that Im sending prayers out to you and Frank.  Hopefully, youll be back home soon, if not already!

God Bless,
lmunchkin

[frankswife]

We are home now. I wish Frank would have agreed to stay one more day but I knew he was at the end of his tolerance for being in there. He has a great fear of hospitals and very few coping skills and his fear manifests itself as aggressiveness and combativeness toward medical personnel. He is very slow and groggy still, but they did give him enough sedatives to knock out a rhino. The ER docs were incredulous at the amount of drugs it took to put him under and keep him under for a guy who isn't that big. I'm hoping maybe dialysis tomorrow will clear some more of that residual sedative from his system. I also have to face the possibility that this time there may have been some damage. It took him SO long to come out of the hypoglycemia this time. Only time will tell. I want my hubby back the way he was. But I'm also grateful he's here and I'll take him any way I can get him.

[boswife]

Oh Frankswife, Ya know, i've also been there where i wish mine would stay just one more day (even though its hard on me too) because im so worrysome that something will happen that i cant handle.  My 'frank"    (though his name to me  is Bo,,,,hence 'bos'wife) just hates it in there and is always in a rush to get home too.  I hope that tonight will bring you some 'catch up' sleep and tomorrow brings some good results.  I sat with hubby tonight and rubbed his back just wishing i could make all this just go away.  We just gotta soak up all the time we have.... but its so  hard on our hearts 
Sending more prayers and 

[Jean]