On Wednesday the first of October, we had a scheduled appointment with the liver specialist at Scripps. That morning, I had noticed when Dutch went down the stairs that his left foot was dragging ever so slightly. I'm sure he was not aware of it. On the way to the appointment, Dutch was feeling so poorly, that he asked me to stop en route. We stopped at a restaurant so he could use the restroom. Walking back to the car, he stopped and doubled over saying he was just so out of gas!! (energy). I was so thankful that we were already on the way to the hospital. Dutch even agreed to being placed in a wheelchair to get from the car to the doc's office.
Once in front of the doctor, I told the doc about him dragging his foot that morning so the doc did the reflex exams and found the reflex on his left leg to be "hyper". Since there was the possibility that Dutch had suffered a mild stroke (Doc: you really feel crappy, don't you??) and that it is possible that a hole in the heart can contribute to a stroke, the gastro doc conferred with the cardiologist and they decided that Dutch should be admitted to the hospital. Long story, lots of tests later, they found no evidence of a stroke although he may have had a small TIA. His hemoglobin was 8.8 so they decided to give him a blood transfusion. That night he had an explosive dark 
stool (possible evidence of a bleed) and vomited, so the question was once again if he was bleeding.
Long story short, after sitting one night on a chair and the second night with a few winks on a cot (PTL!!) we are home. Had a good shower and a great night's sleep. Dutch's first thoughts this morning with a big smile were that I had better pack the suitcase again, just in case... :-)))
Today he's feeling great and enjoying his Iowa football game. We're again thankful for all of your prayers and your love. We're also again thankful for the great care we received at the hospital. ok, so now I have to read all of the discharge instructions and the change of meds and give him his meds. I have a bunch of over ripe bananas, so I'm thinking some banana bread might be on the horizon. Don't need to be constipated, so I might add some baby food prunes. Never did that before, so we'll see. (Trying hard to make adjustments to our diet to limit sugar, salt and protein and of course, portion sizes)
Whew!!!
stool (possible evidence of a bleed) and vomited, so the question was once again if he was bleeding.Long story short, after sitting one night on a chair and the second night with a few winks on a cot (PTL!!) we are home. Had a good shower and a great night's sleep. Dutch's first thoughts this morning with a big smile were that I had better pack the suitcase again, just in case... :-)))
Today he's feeling great and enjoying his Iowa football game. We're again thankful for all of your prayers and your love. We're also again thankful for the great care we received at the hospital. ok, so now I have to read all of the discharge instructions and the change of meds and give him his meds. I have a bunch of over ripe bananas, so I'm thinking some banana bread might be on the horizon. Don't need to be constipated, so I might add some baby food prunes. Never did that before, so we'll see. (Trying hard to make adjustments to our diet to limit sugar, salt and protein and of course, portion sizes)
Whew!!!
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