I'm bout wore out,,,,,,

   Well,,I just got back home from hospital,,,,as the wife had a setback and dang near lost her  this morning. She had finally agreed to go see a diabetic specialist two  weeks and after some testing, he changed her insulin from the Levemir pens to the 75/25 pens and had been doing Ok til this morning.  When I checked her blood bout 9 Am, she had a 160 which for her is bout average. Like the Dr ordered, I gave her 10 units of the insulin and she ate bout 1/2 of one of those small pies you get at Walmart with some milk. She fell asleep like she always does and I got dressed and went outside to get on with my projects. I usually go check on her a couple of hours later and she was OK. At noon the nurse from Home Health showed up,,and I kinda brow beat her as she was suppossed to be there at 2 PM. I told her wife was still asleep and it would take me bout 30 mins to get her ready,,is why I wanted them to be more punctual,,,,,

 Nurse says since I'm already here I'll just wait,,,and it was a dang good thing she did as the wife had  somehow had a reaction to the insulin and she was foaming at the mouth, incoherrant and very, very pale. We checked her blood and she had a 38,,,,CHIT,,I got her some orange juice while nurse called 911,,,checked her blood after 8 mins and it was now 102. Gave her a bit more orange juice, Waited 8 more mins and it had gone back down to 38!! EMTS finally get there and started giving her a big dose of something and then loaded her up going to ER. CLOSE ONE,,,,!!!! AND,,it was raining like a crazy man and they all got soaking wet from house to Ambulance,,,,,,,

 I just got back home and they finally had got her blood glucose under control and she was sleeping. Dr says she has some fluid in lower part of left lung and a UTI too. They are treating her for pneumonia.

 I'm going to bed, I'm so danged tired,,,,,,

In my opinion anybody that can doctor the family has to be extra talented. We made it some years after the professionals said it was time let somebody else do it. We got real luck and with a doctor specializing in old people that leveled out all the medicine he needed and could understand all the stuff from his heart doctor. With everything working he was happier than I ever thought possible. Became a real social butterfly at the home the short time he was there.

So you will be in my prayers as well as your wife. 

 Well MANY THANKS,,Guys,,,,  It means so much to me,,!  I went up there this mornin and she told me quite clearly ,,,,,,,that she is ready to come home,,,so that means she is doing better,,,, Didn't catch the Dr but her nurse says she slept all night and is doing better. They are watching that UTI as she gets that all the time and has been the start of her infection issues,,AND,,is what started the whole issue that led to her foot amputation, so they are watching that close. Again,,Many Thanks for the prayers,,,!!

Prayers from northern Michigan.

Joe, I hope you can continue to be such a great caregiver.  You may not realize just how important you are to Mrs. Joe, and for that matter, for all your forum friends.  There is nothing wrong with asking for help when you are just near the end of your rope.  Take care of yourself my friend. 

Oh and don't worry too much about Shameless and his poking stick, his bark is worse then his bite (or stick in this case).

 Hey Good Buddy,,,it good to hear from youse,,,,,well,,,the latest may be bad,,,but,,,but,,,it "might" be good too,,,,most of the time I ain't got a good idea where we at,,,,,

 It seems her PCP had been noticing her kidney function had been steadily going up (numericaly) which means the higher the number the worst it is. And she told us the wife should go see a kidney specialist asap. They scheduled an appointment for this past Monday in Roswell and the Renal Specialist told us she is at a 5.4 which is just one small step before requiring Dialasis. It is going to take a huge effort from the wife with her diet from now on,,, to even have a chance in heading this off,,but knowing my wife,,,,,well,,,??

 I took her to the local hospital where they did an ultrasound and results go to the Renal Specialist who will let us know later this week. 

 Sure needin  a magic wand long bout now.