Ray , my wife Connie and I are pulling for you and your wife.
Not much to report tonight. We’re basically waiting for a room to open up at the other facility.
Cris has been in hospitals for other surgeries, etc in the past, and although I’ve always had to keep a close watch on the meds given during her stay to make sure she got everything, I’ve never had one do anything like this before.
Guess that having no new crisis to report counts as good news. We’ll take whatever good news we can! (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Alan Lott said:
Hello Ray,
A dreadful account of what happened to both of you. Be assured prayer and best wishes are winging their way across the pond for you both.
Keep as well as you can Ray, you know you need to for Chris’s sake. May Chris soon be on a road to a good recovery.
Amen.
tac & Famb
Ray, both of you are in my thoughts. When I had my stroke my doctor was out of town and her assistant decided I had the flu and gave me an off work order. Too bad it was a major stroke that was left untreated!
Ray, both of you are in my thoughts. When I had my stroke my doctor was out of town and her assistant decided I had the flu and gave me an off work order. Too bad it was a major stroke that was left untreated!
Hi Ray and Cris! How y’all doing today?
Oh dear, Doug!
We’re still stuck in a holding pattern, waiting for a room to open up at a psychiatric facility where she can receive treatment to develop an updated medication regimen for her. Yesterday I finally got to see her regular psychiatrist, and he agreed that at this point, that’s the most appropriate course of action.
Okay. Appreciate the update. Tell her hello and that there are people out here who care.
Greetings Ray,
I am praying for you and your wife. What you and she has gone through is pretty unfathomable. Prayers for comfort to both of you…
Hopefully she is holding up well during the wait, and that you get this resolved soon.
Chris
Cris came home from the hospital Friday evening. We decided that her condition is currently good enough for her to be at home while we try to get her meds straightened out. It’s not a perfect solution, but it was taking way too long to get her a room at a psychiatric facility. Currently both her mood and mental state are good.
We have an appointment to see her regular psychiatrist tomorrow. Fortunately they were able to fit us in on short notice. We also have a follow-up appointment with her surgeon.
I am somewhat uneasy about this situation. For now I have agreed to give her the same meds and dosages that they were giving her at the hospital, however I know for a fact it’s not going to work for very long. She was only semi-stable when she was on the previous regimen. Now she’s not getting any antidepressant or sleep aid, and is on half the previous dose of her two mood stabilizers. Previously, when she started to have mood swings, I could adjust her antidepressant slightly, either increasing or decreasing the dose as needed to get her back to normal. If I stick to this new regimen I have no way to do that. And if she gets too far out of wack she’ll end up having another psychotic depression, which would be extremely bad.
Her psychiatrist is a good guy and ok for us most of the time but he tends to not be very proactive or decisive when there’s a problem, so I have some concerns there too. I’m hoping he will at least approve putting her back on the antidepressant.
Glad to here this Ray. Progress is important.
I don’t comprehend treatments, Ray, but as a lucky one who’s never spent a day in a hospital I like hearing she’s home. Good luck to both of you.
Ray, glad to hear she is home. I am sure familiar surroundings will aid in her recovery. As for the docs, sometimes you have to be a bit forceful to keep them in line. I know I do with my diabetic doc. He sometimes goes off on a tangent after the pharmaceutical salesman has visited his office.
Best wishes for you and Cris.
Bob C.
Ray, I know this is easy for me to say, and hard for you to do, but having doctors screw up and almost kill my wife and I with incorrect diagnoses or just plain incompetence or inaction, you might start shopping for a more proactive doctor.
I know, again, this is easy for me to say, but I’ve been there, and if I had to show up in the doctor’s office and insist, I have done that.
I wish you and Cris the best, you are in our prayers.
Greg
Sure glad she’s home. I know how that feels! Just make sure that you take care of yourself.
Hang in there you two!
Good to hear Ray, I hope it all works out and gets back to normal, you and Cris will remain in our prayers
BTW, here are a couple shots of a beautiful sunset, seen from Cris’ room at the hospital a couple days after her surgery. During that time, she was in the hospital’s newest building, which had a great view:
Cris is still doing well. We saw her regular shrink today, and tomorrow she’ll be getting the stitches out from the wounds on her face.