Don was up at 7 - I wasn't such an early riser. I was closer to 8:30. Neither of us slept too well - the beds are definately not "our bed" - and yes I did say beds - we have "twin beds" - somebody goofed *L*. Although when we came a few weeks ago they said we could push them together - no energy to do that last night, maybe tonight!!
Got to Johns Hopkins (which is across the street btw) - Blalock 5 for catheter placement. Took Don back 10:30ish to prep him. Had to hook up IV for medication - just enough to keep him in a comfort zone so he wouldn't be in pain for the placement. I was instructed to come back by 12. I just went to get coffee - text my kids - and just get more familiar with my surroundings so I knew where I was and didn't get lost trying to get back to Don.
Returned by noon with coffee and bagel for Don - when I went into recovery he looked great - said he felt fine just a little groggy which was to be expected. His vitals were being monitored constantly - everthing was fine so they let us go from there. Over to the other building we went. Got more coffee and just waited for our 2:00 appointment in IPOP which stands for In Patient Out Patient.
While at IPOP I had to put clean dressing over the catheter and do a flushing of the lines. I was nervous as heck - the tape they put on was stuck on Don's skin and I just didn't want to hurt him taking it off - he kept saying "I'm fine I'm fine" but I wasn't so sure. Being my first time I was just a bit worried about hurting him and making sure I was doing all the steps correctly - it will definately get easier the more I do it.
Back to our place by 3 - had lunch and now just relaxing. Don is on his computer and I'm blogging and have bills to pay in a bit - OH BOY!!
Hope we both sleep a bit better tonight - it's going to be a long day tomorrow.
Don and are both doing okay - just a bit tired and just preparing ourselves for the days ahead.
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