Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019 – More Trail Marking and Hospital Day Three

Had a decent night sleep, but my cold/flu relapse is still keeping me from sleeping through the night. Took some Dayquil this morning, which helped, and got out on the trail to do some more trail marking on the orange trail, but then I ran out of clothespins before I reached the end of orange, so it’s going to be another day out to finish the job. By mid-afternoon I was back at the hospital, where I learned they we so desperate to dialyze Hubby, they put in a temporary catheter in his neck and got him up to dialysis. I found him on a machine, realizing he was almost done with a session that was trying to take off almost twice as much fluid as we typically do, which I feared was going to be big trouble later, which turned out to be true. He was so weak by the time he got back to his room and later that evening, he could barely make it to the bathroom (which was across the hall!), and needed help to be back to bed from there. I don’t understand how this hospital can just ignore all of the information we give them! They know I do home dialysis, but never discussed his prescription with me, so they willy-nilly into what is “normal” without checking first. Anyway, it was a bad evening at the hospital, and we’re getting rather disgusted with the place. We’ve been to many hospitals all over the country, and this one has to be the worst. No communication, terribly inefficient “transport,” the room is horrible, no windows, no dedicated bathroom, it’s like being in a cave. Anyway, it was not a great day, except for the part when I was out riding in the woods on my horse. That’s always the highest note of any day!