Confusion

 1/4 -Mixed feeling for me today, there is talk that Steve will be home by the end of the week. As much as I want him home, the OT still hasn't been back and nothing has been done here to help Steve when he gets home. What I was concerned about today was that he seemed vacant and not concentrating at all, he also mentioned a cat on the bed, very odd! If he's still the same tomorrow I'll ask someone. 

2/4 - Last night things got worse, garbled messages on WhatsApp and Messenger, repetitive phone calls and odd conversations. He was telling me he didn't know why he was there and that he needed to get a man to Spain. He'd rung his daughter 6 times in 10 mins and had rung his sister telling her he was lost on the corridor and couldn't find his bed. He eventually told me to go away and hung up. I spoke to two nurses and explained the confusion, but they hadn't noticed anything wrong with him. I swear it's too late for April fool so something was not right ... probably the cocktail of mediation! Anyway I'm going in this morning as I need clarification, Steve is perfectly coherent today, but they really need to listen to what went on there yesterday!  

During my visit I spoke to a doctor about last nights calls and confusion, he says there is no infection, and he considered it to be opioid induced confusion, the pain therapist doesn't agree as Steve has been on morphine for so long, but she has no answers either.

I've just had a call from Steve, he has been diagnosed with low sodium levels and is on a drip for12 hrs. Could this have caused the confusion? I don't know! Anyway, his right leg is now also swollen and the doctor wants it raised to see if that will help, if not it'll be Nora Batty's stockings!

Steve Updates

29/3  - Though the surgery was a success, things haven't been going to plan. Steve has been in crippling, unbearable pain which the medical team have not been able to control as he was already on strong painkillers just to get through every day life. He has sadly also developed hospital acquired pneumonia, which has hampered his recovery further, and he's now on IV antibiotics as well as a cocktail of painkillers. I miss him so much and hope every day for better news.

1/4 - Yesterday, finally did bring better news, the pneumonia is under control and the pain had reduced just a fraction. Steve had managed, with assistance, to get to his feet and take about a dozen steps. He is eating a little better, but not drinking enough water which is not healthy for him. 

Orin and Siska are back together, which makes life so much easier. With the stops and starts at the beginning, not knowing where she was at in her season didn't help, I had to go with Orin's experience and his attitude towards me yesterday gave me an idea that I was now the most important bitch in his life again!!! 

Steve had decided that he would "fix" the benches in the yard and give them one more season, but hell they owe us nothing. I haven't told him yet but Fron Goch delivered two new ones last week and Frank assembled them for me. When Steve comes home he'll have to spend sometime in the extension, (bathroom and bedroom) but they lead straight into the yard, so maybe he will be able to spend a little time now sitting out. Here's hoping. We need a chair for the bedroom, the bed may have to be raised ... and he may need a thick cushion for other chairs in the house. I kind of though when he's able to get into the living room and into his chair that I could put a puppy pen around him, sounds daft I know but keeping him safe is paramount. 

Bottom photo - Steve with Mikey on one of the old benches, when it was new in July 2016 - not long before we lost Mikey.