Diabetes Symptoms Weblog

We have been home for about 30 minutes. You are
not going to<br
home. She is not any better but she is<br
infectious disease doctors decided that she would be
better<br
Hospital are known for<br
infections. The infection sources in hospitals<br
survived all sorts of cleaning and disinfecting attempts.
We are all<br
our home than we are to super<br
infections in hospitals. This is the doctors talking not
Jodi<br
feedings through a tube,<br
dressing changes 3 times a day. All to be<br
by home health. Home health showed up that

evening<br
floor and announced that<br
Beth how to self administer her meds that her<br
insurance will not pay to have them administered by home
health. Beth<br
coordination to administer them. You have<br
IV bags (3) which almotst takes more strenth than
Jodi has.<br
tubing and punch all the buttons on<br
determine how much of each of the drugs she is to
receive<br
doped up that she would<br
was pushing. Then you have to mix up 10<br
of her liquid food and oral meds and put them in
huge plastice<br
slowly into the tube that goes into her<br
intestine. When this is done you have to clean all of her
tube sites<br
new dressings on them. (4 sites)<br
takes 4 hours if everything goes off without a hitch.
This has to<br
3.00AM. Becky lives with Beth<br
(Beth’s husband) were trying to keep up with this
when<br
Jodi kept up with it until<br
“WHOA” there is a limit to what this women can do.<br
Everybody in the family has been in touch with the doctors
trying to tell<br
work. We have a cabin reserved and<br
week Suday night through Wedneday night. It is to late
to<br
there. I looked at Jodi on the<br
realized that she is worn to a nubbin and sure<br
some rest. All of our other kids are trying to tell us
to go ahead and<br
see to Beth. I agree that Jodi sure needs it but<br
don’t know if I can convice her that Beth will get
along without her.<br
when the whole family looks to you to be its<br
leader and as a tired 63 year old man with one leg, less
than half a heart,<br
the circulation in his extremities it is
difficult<br
of like when Kevin at age 4<br
lifeless body of his kitten which had been killed by a<br
neighbor dog and with all the faith in the world that
“Daddy” could do<br
don’t know what we are going to do or<br
do. Thanks for letting me unload on you guys.<br
Herb (Bear) and Jodi

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