My 2nd blog! Unfortunately, not great news.
Ian is now in the Clinical Decision Unit in Morriston Hospital. This is a holding ward between A&E and a "proper ward" but he is getting good care. He is still incredibly weak but they are pumping him full of insulin to address the diabetes. I am meeting the Diabetes nurse tomorrow to learn how to inject Ian twice daily. I don't think I'll have a problem in "needling" him :-)
His fluid intake is strictly limited to address the very low salt levels and now, following the CT scan, they don't believe that he has a blood clot on his left lung but it is definitely not operating effectively. The Lung Cancer team are meeting Monday and will review all the X-rays/scans/medical notes to agree on next steps. Inevitably, the chemo will not commence next week as they need Ian to be stronger and for his diabetes to be under control.
Both Ian's hearing and vision have deteriorated with the steroids (and his glasses were twisted and scratched in the fall) so he struggles with reading or communicating to anyone whilst in the ward. He is drowsy anyway and in both visits today he dozed off whilst I was rabbiting.....I know some of you will think a lot of people have done this to me but this is the first time Ian has been brave enough to do so!!
The Cancer Case lead, who I also met today, is going to talk to the Palliative team to see what help they can provide for when comes home, for example, around sleeping downstairs etc. I suspect though that Ian will be in hospital for a few more days yet.
Ian is now sporting two back eyes from the fall and with a nasty cut and bloody large plaster on his forehead he looks like he suffered a couple of rounds in a boxing ring. I won't load a photo on this blog....I'm not that mean!
Thanks again for the good wishes and calls. I will probably send my 3rd blog on Tuesday night when I, hopefully, will have received feedback from the Lung Cancer team at the hospital.
Sian x
Ian is now in the Clinical Decision Unit in Morriston Hospital. This is a holding ward between A&E and a "proper ward" but he is getting good care. He is still incredibly weak but they are pumping him full of insulin to address the diabetes. I am meeting the Diabetes nurse tomorrow to learn how to inject Ian twice daily. I don't think I'll have a problem in "needling" him :-)
His fluid intake is strictly limited to address the very low salt levels and now, following the CT scan, they don't believe that he has a blood clot on his left lung but it is definitely not operating effectively. The Lung Cancer team are meeting Monday and will review all the X-rays/scans/medical notes to agree on next steps. Inevitably, the chemo will not commence next week as they need Ian to be stronger and for his diabetes to be under control.
Both Ian's hearing and vision have deteriorated with the steroids (and his glasses were twisted and scratched in the fall) so he struggles with reading or communicating to anyone whilst in the ward. He is drowsy anyway and in both visits today he dozed off whilst I was rabbiting.....I know some of you will think a lot of people have done this to me but this is the first time Ian has been brave enough to do so!!
The Cancer Case lead, who I also met today, is going to talk to the Palliative team to see what help they can provide for when comes home, for example, around sleeping downstairs etc. I suspect though that Ian will be in hospital for a few more days yet.
Ian is now sporting two back eyes from the fall and with a nasty cut and bloody large plaster on his forehead he looks like he suffered a couple of rounds in a boxing ring. I won't load a photo on this blog....I'm not that mean!
Thanks again for the good wishes and calls. I will probably send my 3rd blog on Tuesday night when I, hopefully, will have received feedback from the Lung Cancer team at the hospital.
Sian x
So sorry to hear the news of Ian's fall and hopefully he will be stabilised soon so his chemo treatment can start.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sian, for battling with the technology to keep us informed! Much love to all three of you from Lucy and me.
So sad to hear of this latest news. It shouldnt be happening to someone as nice as Ian.. even though I have never met him. He has been a great contact on Flickr to both of us and on FB too. Please give him our love and we hope he is soon feeling better. It will take a while for the meds to kick in and then fingers crossed. Many thanks for the updates.
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