Speed Bumps

Just when I felt like we were cruising along the road to getting home at a decent pace we hit a speed bump. I’m not exactly sure what everything means or how much it is slowing the recovery down. Yesterday Scott was feeling pretty crappy in the morning. He was vomiting and could hardly stay awake. He has complained about terrible headaches at night for about a week and they kept getting worse. The cardiologist and nephrologists happened to do rounds on Scott at the same time so they consulted and ordered a CT scan. Scott had the scan and an MRI later in the afternoon. He was feeling much better by the evening. He seems to feel much better after sitting up for awhile and moving around.
This morning Scott went to dialysis and he said he slept most of the time and did not feel very well or energetic. The nephrologists gave Scott the news that he has sinusitis(inflammation of the sinuses) and that’s probably what’s causing the headaches. Scott’s blood oxygen saturation(SATs) was also down significantly and they are concerned about fluid build-up around his lungs. He’s had this for awhile now but it seems to be worse today. So Scott is on 2 new antibiotics – one in case he is developing pneumonia in his lungs and one for his sinusitis. When I saw him this evening he was doing a little better and his SATs were much better.
If it isn’t obvious, Scott didn’t come home yesterday or today. His minor surgery to insert the peritoneal dialysis line tomorrow has been put on hold until these other issues are taken care of. So I need to be patient again. I’m getting tired of speed bumps. I just want Scott to be better NOW! Hopefully these new issues don’t slow things down too much. We’ll just have to wait and see.