Mama said there'd be days like this...
Our favorite patient had a busy morning on Monday. In addition to the normal AM ritual of getting a bath, changing the sheets, etc. Phil was the lucky recipient of two additional Barbarino's (see Day 9 - 6am post) and a couple more cleanings because he kept pulling the feeding tube out in his sleep. So....he's back in the shackles (wrist restraints) again.
With all that excitement, he slept through most of the 1pm visitation. He did breathe completely on his own for a couple hours - a first. Rhonda took mercy on him during the 5pm visitation and untied one of the restraints so that he could "talk" better. Apparently, he's also been negotiating for ice cubes, but settled for a little sponge on the end of a candy stick dipped in water since he's not allowed to have ice yet. He was thankful to moisten his mouth for the first time in nine days and would suck the water out of it about as fast as Rhonda would refill and hand it to him.
The cardiologist stopped by and is pleased with the progress. He had been out of town for a couple of days, so it was the first time that Phil has been coherent enough to shake his hand. The doc recommended that they wait to do the stent repair until Phil is up and around, so it sounds like that will be a follow-up visit a month or so after his release.
When it was time to leave, it was back to the shackles. Poor guy.
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