Home Again

Kevin came home as expected Friday afternoon. His blood levels were not quite within the range they wanted yet, "supratherapeutic", but released him just the same. He couldn't wait to get out of there. While were we glad he was at UIHC, the hospital rooms are shared: double the beeps, double the nurse intrusions, double the health updates and medical conversations. It was extremely difficult for Kevin to get any rest.

That and the fact that he had to have his blood drawn every 6 hours to check Heparin levels. AND the fact that he is getting hard to draw blood from now; once they had to try four times over 45 minutes to get blood from him. Another time the nurses were sent back from the lab twice for more blood because the draw didn't have enough. The third time they finally got someone from the lab for the draw. Poor Kevin has bruises and little purple dots everywhere.

This blood clot thing has really worried Kevin. He told me he has high anxiety in bed before going to sleep because he's not sure he will wake up. While breathing is easier now, he still remembers the feeling of suffocating. I talked to him a lot about doing things that will distract him, like short visits from friends, taking drives, or anything else he can think of that's not health-oriented. I think it's time for another priesthood blessing.