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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 461747" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Thank you, Esther!</p><p>I will tell her.</p><p></p><p>Turns out she was not asleep. She stayed in the room and was awakened every hr along with-him. She finally told the nurses to back off and quit monitoring him because he was so agitated. He didn't know what was going on, wrapped the blood IV cord around his neck by accident, blah blah blah and it took forever to get him calmed down. Apparently the nurses I spoke with had just come on shift and everything was calm by then. </p><p></p><p>She said she was too burned out to make any decisions about moving Dad, so today he is back at the assisted living place. And I hope my sister got some sleep last night.</p><p>She was certain he was dead when the assist lvng nurse called her in. They shook him and called to him and he was ashen. But he's like a cat. Hasn't used up his nine lives yet!</p><p>He got two pints (blood, not whiskey, although I'm sure he would have preferred the alcohol!) and a regular IV for dehydration and although he is very very thin, he's almost as good as new.</p><p>This should last a month or two or three. I'm thinking this should happen again, oh, about Christmastime.</p><p>I'm thinking about flying up on the 28th so my sister can take a trip to give a presentation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 461747, member: 3419"] Thank you, Esther! I will tell her. Turns out she was not asleep. She stayed in the room and was awakened every hr along with-him. She finally told the nurses to back off and quit monitoring him because he was so agitated. He didn't know what was going on, wrapped the blood IV cord around his neck by accident, blah blah blah and it took forever to get him calmed down. Apparently the nurses I spoke with had just come on shift and everything was calm by then. She said she was too burned out to make any decisions about moving Dad, so today he is back at the assisted living place. And I hope my sister got some sleep last night. She was certain he was dead when the assist lvng nurse called her in. They shook him and called to him and he was ashen. But he's like a cat. Hasn't used up his nine lives yet! He got two pints (blood, not whiskey, although I'm sure he would have preferred the alcohol!) and a regular IV for dehydration and although he is very very thin, he's almost as good as new. This should last a month or two or three. I'm thinking this should happen again, oh, about Christmastime. I'm thinking about flying up on the 28th so my sister can take a trip to give a presentation. [/QUOTE]
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