Not in the drunk tank
Dec. 24th, 2025 12:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chaptalTrying hard to maintain here. My son was in hospital last weekend. He was vomiting something resembling coffee grounds that is undigested blood so the staff took him to the ER. He has an issue with part of his bowel not moving the mail so he was admitted.
There was also a snowstorm going on and the roads were not really passable so I did not get there until Sunday morning, when it was zero degrees outside, and the roads were still lousy.
He had his own space in the ER and seemed in a cheerful enough mood, and was in no visible signs of distress.
A room was found for him later in the day. He was there until Tuesday afternoon. He had a endoscopy which revealed a hiatal hernia and an irritated esophagus.
Again, he was in a decent mood the whole time he was there. He only got out of bed on his own, which an IV hookup once, to move a cup of water on the windowsill three feet to the right. He surprised us by eating vanilla Greek yogurt with no hesitation. He shocked us when he ate most of a pureed hospital meal of pork and masked potatoes. He took an spoonful of broccoli and politely drew the line at having any more.
Trying to relay to the staff of the facility that monitoring his diet is very important. Feels like more of a battle than it should be.
We're going to see him later.
Other than that, this weird ass calendar year is coming to its conclusion. Will I retire in six months? Stay tuned.
There was also a snowstorm going on and the roads were not really passable so I did not get there until Sunday morning, when it was zero degrees outside, and the roads were still lousy.
He had his own space in the ER and seemed in a cheerful enough mood, and was in no visible signs of distress.
A room was found for him later in the day. He was there until Tuesday afternoon. He had a endoscopy which revealed a hiatal hernia and an irritated esophagus.
Again, he was in a decent mood the whole time he was there. He only got out of bed on his own, which an IV hookup once, to move a cup of water on the windowsill three feet to the right. He surprised us by eating vanilla Greek yogurt with no hesitation. He shocked us when he ate most of a pureed hospital meal of pork and masked potatoes. He took an spoonful of broccoli and politely drew the line at having any more.
Trying to relay to the staff of the facility that monitoring his diet is very important. Feels like more of a battle than it should be.
We're going to see him later.
Other than that, this weird ass calendar year is coming to its conclusion. Will I retire in six months? Stay tuned.
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Date: 2025-12-24 11:30 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2025-12-25 02:55 am (UTC)All the GI stuff has been so terrible for him.
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Date: 2025-12-25 03:27 am (UTC)His GI tract is probably worse than it is, and he can't tell us.