Re: "Here I am"...but now you're not: and added edit
Thanks Water!
I was a little concerned about giving him my mega-juice with the kale, etc. after reading about how vitamin K is an antagonist to the blood thinners. I was nervous about possible complications, since I know him better than anyone, and his unusual 'condition, prior to this fall. The hospital is, sadly, a well-oiled machine, as one male nurse told us, basically telling us not to get in its way. Too easy to fall into. Literally! ugh.
It is only today, a week on, (thank you, thank you, healing "time": we are entering a new cycle) that we have been connected to people who will dialogue with us. Today was much better. Before, it was just emergency-mindedness, one step after another.
We've been doing what we can manage, so far. I'm aware of all the stuff you post, but it's good to reread it. And now he is weaning himself off the heavy meds, and we are going 'to the top', with our story, which the patient relations person today was very concerned over.
Initially, when I would have loved to flood him with the good stuff, he was on no water, no food---for a critical 48 hours: the no water was hard, along with the heavy drugs.
The worst part of all this I think has been that we did not prepare for this. I mean,most patients on the same ward were there for elective surgery. So-called. But this surgery was hospital-caused. All of it has been. It's just bizarre. To put it mildly. But, I'm determined to make the best of it--in every sense.
I'll go through all the links you gave.
thanks again
C