Dr Feldner said John can go home.
Home. It's all he wants. It's all I want. He cannot get well in this environment.
The plan is I will work from home in the morning, then I will pick up his scripts on my way to the hospital to get him.
The call comes in saying the scripts are ready and while I am confirming, my phone beeps with another incoming call from John in hysterics. He needs to leave immediately.
I hurry to Dr. Feldner then head over to South Ocean. I walk into mayhem.
John is dressed and sitting in the chair - bleeding. Lauren, the Nursing floor manager, is apologizing six ways to Sunday and I'm frantically packing because John is screaming like a maniac. I have to get him out of here quickly.
On the way out, wheeling the wheelchair down the hall. the nurses are administering his meds as we are leaving the hospital. I never stopped to check what they were giving him. Later I will kick myself for that.
I take all the discharge paperwork and John into the house. I make him comfortable then I contact Ron, our friend to come drop off the scripts for me. I can't leave him alone. He's not right. Something is still not really right.
It's a Friday. I am sleeping in three hour shifts because I have to administer percocet. to John to combat the Leg pain he is still suffering from.
Saturday dawns and I wake up with phenomenal swelling in my entire face. I call a favor in and have Jeanie pick up the antibiotic at Wall-Verde for me. I proceed to sleep for the next two days waking only to feed John food and meds.
It's 10PM on Sunday. I'm finally feeling better, John is on the mend when he yells from the living room,
"Honey, something weird happened to my arm."
His arm? that's new.
"What happened?" I ask as I walk down the hall.
"I don't know but it doesn't feel right and it really hurts. Take me to the hospital". He says
Oh no. we aren't going anywhere NEAR that place.
" Where does it hurt, honey?" I ask
"I don't know, everywhere". he says.
"I'm going to need a little bit more than that, honey" I say
" Don't know - above the elbow. the elbow. near the elbow"
I think back to the results of the bone scan and Dr. Chobani mentioned a cancer lesion on his elbow. So I call Dr. Feldman and when he calls back, I tell him what happened.
Feldman said it was most like the lesion causing unnatural friction which will cause pain. I can double up the pain meds.
So I tell John and decide to ice the area in the event of inflammation or swelling.
The next two days icing and medicating and all I can think of is Tuesday cannot come FAST enough. Something has to give. He can't live like this. it's not fair.
Neither can I.
I want my husband back. Badly. This is not working. This new doctor needs to be as good as all the reviews say he is. I feel like we are hamsters on wheel.
Stop the wheel. We both want to get off.
Dr. ChouChou you need to help us.
Tuesday - you need to come sooner.
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