Pete woke this morning in a much improved frame of mind. He drank an Ensure and even ate a half of a banana. He took his bicarbonate of soda and potassium and was much more animated than yesterday. We headed into the city and today he felt strong enough to walk to the hospital from the parking garage.
Today's nurse was A2. His weight was down about a pound from yesterday despite having the iv fluids, so it was determined that he'd be sent home with another bag of fluid. A2 lucked out, or maybe I should say Pete was the one who lucked out, because there was an immediate blood return today, so he didn't get stuck. Blood results were still good, but his bicarb level was borderline low, despite the fact that he gets a bicarb drip during the hydration and has faithfully been taking the prescribed 4 tabs 4 times a day, along with the potassium.
After he was settled, I walked over to Chelsea Market and brought us both herbal tea and an oatmeal cookie, which we split. A while later I made a second trip over there and this time came back with 3 bagels and butter. There's something about a New York bagel that makes it unique, both its texture and taste. Theories abound that it's got something to do with the water, the atmosphere, or some special ingredient, but until you've had one, you don't know what you're missing. Anyway, Pete munched on one and almost finished the whole thing.
When his iv finished, A2 flushed the port and tried for a blood return and, true to it's contrary nature, the port refused to give it up. Apparently, once was enough, so she gave up and hooked Pete up to the infusion pump and the iv fluid pump and sent us on our way.
Once back at the hotel, Pete decided he was finally in the mood to tackle the chicken soup I had gotten him the other evening so I heated that up for him along with another bagel with butter.
This evening Bruce and my sister drove up and brought some more Ensure and a sweatshirt for Pete as it turned quite cool today though tomorrow is supposed to be warmer.
All in all, today was a much better day than the past 2 were.
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