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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 456914" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>It took me about 20 or so mins, but I finally got his nurse. Not that it was much help. She had a patient that was highly agitated yet didn't think it might be a good idea to be there while the doctor talked to him? Oh, brother. I do try to be understanding, she has other patients that need her too......but yeah. She should've been in that room with the doctor to explain in depth so husband could understand. husband is deaf and without his hearing aides. (he didn't want them due to background noise) He's autistic and doesn't do social well at all. </p><p></p><p>So about all I got was he does have an arrhythmia, which is the current concern. They want to make sure it's safe for him to come home. He wasn't getting an echo when he needed to get off the phone, it was an ECG (EKG) the echo will be in the morning with the chest xray. He's on some b/p medication I don't recognize.....but she might be using either a brand name or generic name I'm not familiar with. The heparin won't be continued at home, he'll switch to aspirin. Which is fine by me. </p><p></p><p>So I explained it to him about the arrhythmia and docs don't want to release him until they think it's safe and that he won't be right back with another heart attack. I explained that the chest xrays, while annoying at 5am, are to keep checking on the whited out lower lobes of his lungs to see if the breathing treatments are helping to break it up. The echo is, this time around, to check for valve defects ect. </p><p></p><p>He's having major anxiety issues which are understandable. Cardiologist refuse to script anything for anxiety. He doesn't have a family doctor who could do it. They won't call in a hospitalist (basically a fam doctor that works for the hospital instead of family practice) who can script him something for the anxiety because in their opinion that is not a priority. Hmm.......not sure I like that. I mean having a heart patient with high anxiety to the point where it's keeping him in an agitated state doesn't seem very wise to me. ugh I'm sure not having insurance has a bit to do with that as well.</p><p></p><p>I did tell husband to ask for a pen and paper and to write down questions as he thinks of them. Then when one of the docs come in, pin them down for answers, if he doesn't feel like he understands, don't let them leave until he does. Will he do it? Eh, who knows. If he wants his questions answered and things explained to him he better do it. </p><p></p><p>My Mom is trying to come over. Her heart is in the right place and she's being sweet. But she's the LAST thing I need right now, good intentions or not. I don't need "company" while dealing with this. Know what I mean?? And while she's my mom, she's still company, still will want to visit while she's here.....she still has not seen Connor or Oliver......and well that alone is stressful trying to organize for one of her visits I don't need it on top of this with husband. So I told her that I'm fine and she doesn't need to come over, that we can find a way to get her here later. Will she listen and not come? Who knows. She is a difficult child afterall. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/sigh.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sigh:" title="sigh :sigh:" data-shortname=":sigh:" /></p><p></p><p>I'll call husband's nurse again tonight and early in the morning. By then they ought to know something more solid. If not, I may be having a discussion with the head nurse or the director of nursing. Or find a way to talk to this doctor myself, which would probably be difficult at best.</p><p></p><p>I did inform the nurse that husband is deaf. I'm not sure anyone bothered to tell them. I know I didn't think of it, and I don't know if husband thought to tell them. He never wears his hearing aides. I also informed his nurse that he is autistic and has some issues socially and interacting with people. And I confirmed that his anxiety is through the roof, especially when trying to go to sleep. Will it make a difference? Dunno. But it might, I hope.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to grab my recipe cards and start jotting these recipes / ideas down before I forget to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 456914, member: 84"] It took me about 20 or so mins, but I finally got his nurse. Not that it was much help. She had a patient that was highly agitated yet didn't think it might be a good idea to be there while the doctor talked to him? Oh, brother. I do try to be understanding, she has other patients that need her too......but yeah. She should've been in that room with the doctor to explain in depth so husband could understand. husband is deaf and without his hearing aides. (he didn't want them due to background noise) He's autistic and doesn't do social well at all. So about all I got was he does have an arrhythmia, which is the current concern. They want to make sure it's safe for him to come home. He wasn't getting an echo when he needed to get off the phone, it was an ECG (EKG) the echo will be in the morning with the chest xray. He's on some b/p medication I don't recognize.....but she might be using either a brand name or generic name I'm not familiar with. The heparin won't be continued at home, he'll switch to aspirin. Which is fine by me. So I explained it to him about the arrhythmia and docs don't want to release him until they think it's safe and that he won't be right back with another heart attack. I explained that the chest xrays, while annoying at 5am, are to keep checking on the whited out lower lobes of his lungs to see if the breathing treatments are helping to break it up. The echo is, this time around, to check for valve defects ect. He's having major anxiety issues which are understandable. Cardiologist refuse to script anything for anxiety. He doesn't have a family doctor who could do it. They won't call in a hospitalist (basically a fam doctor that works for the hospital instead of family practice) who can script him something for the anxiety because in their opinion that is not a priority. Hmm.......not sure I like that. I mean having a heart patient with high anxiety to the point where it's keeping him in an agitated state doesn't seem very wise to me. ugh I'm sure not having insurance has a bit to do with that as well. I did tell husband to ask for a pen and paper and to write down questions as he thinks of them. Then when one of the docs come in, pin them down for answers, if he doesn't feel like he understands, don't let them leave until he does. Will he do it? Eh, who knows. If he wants his questions answered and things explained to him he better do it. My Mom is trying to come over. Her heart is in the right place and she's being sweet. But she's the LAST thing I need right now, good intentions or not. I don't need "company" while dealing with this. Know what I mean?? And while she's my mom, she's still company, still will want to visit while she's here.....she still has not seen Connor or Oliver......and well that alone is stressful trying to organize for one of her visits I don't need it on top of this with husband. So I told her that I'm fine and she doesn't need to come over, that we can find a way to get her here later. Will she listen and not come? Who knows. She is a difficult child afterall. :sigh: I'll call husband's nurse again tonight and early in the morning. By then they ought to know something more solid. If not, I may be having a discussion with the head nurse or the director of nursing. Or find a way to talk to this doctor myself, which would probably be difficult at best. I did inform the nurse that husband is deaf. I'm not sure anyone bothered to tell them. I know I didn't think of it, and I don't know if husband thought to tell them. He never wears his hearing aides. I also informed his nurse that he is autistic and has some issues socially and interacting with people. And I confirmed that his anxiety is through the roof, especially when trying to go to sleep. Will it make a difference? Dunno. But it might, I hope. I'm going to grab my recipe cards and start jotting these recipes / ideas down before I forget to. [/QUOTE]
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