April16, 2007

What a week! Ever since they put Greg on the feeding tube we've been telling nurses and the nutritionist that we needed to see an internal med doc for diabetes control. I had been letting Greg keep up with his blood sugars. Bad idea. He had not told me the actual #'s, just that it was high. After the doc's got the report of greg's blood tests for the week that had included glucose levels this time, I got an afternoon call to head to the hosp. because Greg's Sugar count was 499 and his Potassium was 6.1 - both BAD. Well, by 11PM we finally got the blood sugar down to 250 and the potassium under control, so they sent us home. Of course, Friday was an early morning for us. On Friday he has 2 radiation treatments, and this Friday, we also had a ER followup with internal medicine. When we got home @ 3:30, there was no electricity. The electric bill wasn't due until Monday, but the company had taken it upon themselves to turn it off 3 days early! I give up! I'm posting this and adding more about our exciting weekend tomorrow!