We asked Jason to update the blog today and we would take dictation for him, and his response was "I feel like poop, leave me alone." So I, Marjorie, and Terry will be doing the update today.
One of the reasons Jason is not so chipper today, is that starting at 1 am this morning until 6 am, there was construction taking place and a drop hammer being used. Needless to say, we did not get much sleep! Jason requested earplugs for tonight just in case. The problem is they only gave us one pair. Is it wrong to steal from a cancer patient?
As we mentioned yesterday, Jason was having trouble with low blood pressure. He was on two separate medications all night to control it. Today, they were able to wean him off one, and eventually the other, and currently his blood pressure is back to baseline. The doctor came to visit, and thinks Jason should be able to be moved out of ICU tomorrow, and could be ready to go home this Sunday. The doctor has a pretty good sense of humor. He said most cancer patients come to ICU because they are extremely sick, but "IL2 patients come in healthy and we make them sick."
Marjorie and I successfully completed our nurses training course on care of the central venous catheter. We are now able to do cap changes, heparin flushes, and dressing changes. Yea for us!!! So we would now both like to be addressed as Nurse Jensen.
Terry will be departing for San Diego tomorrow and has an hour and a half layover in Las Vegas. He also has two free drink coupons for on the way there, so he might be in trouble when he gets to those slot machines. Lets hope he wins millions so he can fly everyone out here to visit.
That is the update for today. Jason is looking a lot better, but still feeling exhausted. We know he is improving because his sense of humor is back and so is his orneriness. Its amazing though, he has managed to gain 30 pounds of water weight over 4 days. What is even more amazing is that he should be able to loose it all in 2 days with the help of some diuretics, talk about a dieter's dream!
That's the update for today. We'll get back to you again tomorrow.
Nurse Jensen, Nurse Jensen, and Terry
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Hi both Nurse Jensens. Keep the patient bacterial free! Terry, have a good flight home. Watch that broken arm pulling on the slot machines (use the lighted spin button, instead). Jason, here's hoping for a speedy recovery from that *#$%&@ awful chemical injection flow. Now drain the body of those excess fluids. What an ordeal. Again, you are in our thoughts and prayers... Joe and Kathy.
Yo Jason. Everyone at work asks about you often and hopes that you are doing OK. I'm looking forward to your speedy return to fix TSM. Your monkey continues to suffer for it's insolence...pictures to follow
Thanks for the update everyone.
Jason, I hope you get lots of good rest over the next two weeks when you are out of the ICU. At least you won't have Pita meowing at 5am every morning! Debby thinks it is because you used to wake up for work early and play with her. Thanks a lot! I can even hear her through my earplugs. I am trying to train her to sleep in and it is not working.
Well anyway, you did it! You finished Round 1. I hope those tumors are shrinking away because we all miss you here.
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