Those sound good Marg. And I'm glad you explained it well as I'm not sophisticated in my cooking. I do american country cooking, poor american country cooking at that. I've just modified it for my renal diet. lol So I need it spelled out more than most people. One of the issues I have with the cookbooks is they assume you know things, drives me crazy. I was hunting for shallots for months before a nice lady at the store explained to me that all they are is spring onions. lol
I knew I should've picked up that gallon jug of Olive oil at Sams. darn it. I'll switch him without him realizing it.......a lot with him is a don't tell and he doesn't always notice. I stopped using it due to expense and my cholesterol went way down and it just wasn't necessary for me to use it. I'll have to look for the olive oil margarine and the cpns for it........I don't recall seeing it. hmm
I'll be baking my own bread soon. husband loathes wheat bread unless it's toast. So.....I figure I'll get some whole wheat flour and do a sort of half and half thing with the bread. Not quite as good as completely whole wheat but better than plain white bread. Actually though, I think whole wheat home baked bread is wonderful.....and better than store bought.
He threw a major hissy fit this morning it seems. I happened to sleep in due to the cool weather.........and had 7 missed calls on the cell phone. He's the only one who calls that phone. So I called him and he's in a tizzy. Cardiologist told him there is no way he's coming home today and he doesn't know when he'll be ready. Well, husband has been working hard to come home and well, he didn't take that news well. doctor didn't tell him why, just mumbled a few things such as their changing up medications and mumbled something about an arrhythmia they're watching......and walked out. Well, husband is 63 yrs old and he's pretty much fed up with being treated like a child. Any information he gets is spotty at best and often contradicts. The docs tend to ignore him and they're in and out within just a few mins. At first I thought he might be exaggerating because he was on some heavy duty pain medications and well, they can mess with your perception of things and your memory. But after going to see him.....and being there when one of his docs came in.....well, yeah, I believe him. I don't blame him for getting mad.
So he refused his breathing treatment this morning until the doctor came and actually
talked to him. Ok, not so bright, I admit. But I can't say much as I've fired docs for less. lol I don't put up with crud from docs I don't care how "excellent" they're supposed to be. I'm paying them to treat me, and by darn that includes
talking to me and keeping me informed. So.......the real *ss doctor came in and talked with him, this is the one with the bedside manner of a shoe. He's not going home before tomorrow at the earliest. No way no how. They're adjusting medications. Ok. And I just realized (not sure if husband just left it out or if he doesn't realize the guy still didn't tell him squat) that the guy didn't really tell him anything. You know, like why are they adjusting medications? And he was getting another echocardiogram and had to get off the phone. doctor failed to mention he ordered another one of those. And he's still getting the daily chest xrays. doctor didn't explain why he's getting those either. Nor would the doctor say whether or not husband has an arrhythmia.....or whether they're just watching to see if he develops one. ugh!
Yeah. been there done that myself and I don't blame husband at all. Docs wouldn't even tell him his dxes or the condition the heart attack left his heart in. And they wonder why he's less than cooperative. Really? He's not been on pain medications for more than a day, he's perfectly lucid and they can explain things to him. It's just not that difficult, nor does it take that much time. Wouldn't it make sense to keep your patient informed so that they understand what you're doing and not doing instead of having them in a state of constant agitation? geez!
easy child says this is "normal" that all the docs do it. I told her bullsh*t. If that is the case then the nurses shouldn't put up with having to be the heavy and put it back on the docs. Like I said, I've fired docs who won't keep me informed and take the time to listen and talk to me when I have questions. This isn't a freaking broken leg, this is life or death.
So...........now I'm wondering if while watching him they've seen new things they don't like, such as that arrhythmia. I don't know what his triponin levels are today, I dont' know what they were yesterday. And Nichole asked if maybe they weren't letting him leave because those levels are creeping back up.
I hate being this far away. Nichole was going to try to go visit him today, she's not sure if she can due to the babies.......and going alone is a bit intimidating as the hospital is enormous and the parking confusing as heck.....but her husband would have to watch the kids. easy child is not wanting to visit again, just wanting to go pick him up when he's discharged. She can't take the 2 babies along......and Darrin is in school which limits us time wise. And I'm sitting on empty in the gas tank......and while I could get myself to MVH with no problem (if I had the gas) that trying to park thing......well, I'd get lost.
easy child is not close to her dad in any sense of the word. She tolerates him. This is husband's doing, of course. Autism or not, if you don't make an effort at relationships there isn't going to be relationships. I don't blame easy child for how she feels. 90 percent of the time her dad is a grouch (especially off the trazadone) and another 5 percent sort of off in his own world. But this is also my husband, and me she does care about, and I'd like to know what the heck is going on........and that is next to impossible when you're more than an hour away and trying to do it via phone. I know money is tight for her too, but yeah. I mean relationship or not, this IS her Dad, you'd think she'd show a tad more concern. I understand, I'm just frustrated.
The only thing I know for certain is that I'll be giving him heparin shots when he comes home. Doesn't worry me, I've done it tons of times. Does worry me that he'll be on heparin though. And worries me because we still don't know if he's been accepted by medicaid or not and it's not wise to just stop the heparin because you can't buy it.
So it seems husband's hissy fit didn't get him very far information wise.