Micah and I went up to the hospital to be with daddy. Upon arriving we found him looking so peaceful. They had him on his side and he was sleeping so soundly. It was so nice to see him like that. Shortly after being there we were told that they would be moving him to a room upstairs on the 4th floor.
We were happy to be out of the way in the ICU. The people were great but not much privacy and we were taking up a spot for another person that might need to be there too. The nurse told us which floor and room to meet her in.
Micah and I walked into the room and oddly enough we were happy--happy with what we saw. It had a nice view, was big and plenty of comfy seating. We sat and waited, waited and waited. We had gotten there early around 8:00 and we were waiting in the room until 1:00 when they finally brought him up.
I was not happy after they rolled him in. He was not peaceful any longer. He was agitated, moaning and groaning. It was so hard to watch and listen to the sounds that came from his throat. I was so thankful that Micah was there with me. I was getting frustrated with how restless he was. After being there for Jan and her mom I knew about the medicines and all that needs to be going on to help comfort the person. I was on top of it as soon as a nurse came in. There was no way I was leaving until I could get him more relaxed. Well being in a hospital here is always so much waiting that goes on along with doing anything in there.
A nurse came in and we spoke. Come to find out that daddy should have been given medicines every two hours and his last dose was at 6:00 am and its about 1:30 almost 2:00!
He wasn't resting still. Discussion of not enough was brought up. then had to get a doctor to give permission for more and to be given in a drip so it could be better given.
After all day he still wasn't as peaceful as he had been earlier in the morning before moving him but there wasn't much else to do. I was thankful for the nurses that came to care for him while I was there. It was so hard to leave to go back to mom's but we had been there all day and things were just what they were so we left early evening to catch up and update each other with the activities and decisions and things of the day.
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