Thursday, December 11, 2014

Guess what the side effects of Benadryl are? Very restless legs. So anyone need some Benadryl?=) We have enough for an army. Doug saw Suzanne today, Dr. Sharma's nurse practitioner, and she did not want him to take Percocet or Benadryl to help him sleep because they both have side effects and/or other uses. She prescribed Ambien so hopefully tonight will be full of peaceful slumber. She also said he could be home alone now! a couple days sooner than we'd been told in the hospital. I'm freeeee!hahaha Now I can drive Nick to work and go on a chocolate run when needed.=) Doug will be allowed to drive come December 25th (I don't think we'll be going anywhere that day but we'll see); he should still only lift 5# per arm until January 5th then he can up it to 10#. After Feb. 5th there are no weight# restrictions; he shouldn't go into public until after the first of the year. He still wears out pretty easily so that should be easy to obey. He actually has been very good at listening to his body and resting when he should. The Home Health nurse came by to check his vitals and cumadin levels which need to be monitored often so he's not getting too much or too little. His is at 2.4 which is pretty perfect so we're happy about that. Since his blood pressure has been like 96 over 57 they are lowering the dose of the blood pressure meds to twice a day versus three times so that's also good news. But the best news is he does not need someone with him 24/7 anymore.

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