in the ER again

Last night was difficult for Kev. He couldn’t seem to find a comfortable position – too hot, too cold, wanted to lay on the right side, then the left, everything agitated him. He had taken three anti-anxiety pills and still couldn’t calm down. At about 2am I gave him a sleeping pill which worked great; he fell promptly asleep, but it may have created a “perfect storm” of relaxing meds - he slept all day (& is still sleeping!). His home-health nurse came by today to take his blood and didn’t like his cough, thought his blood pressure was borderline low, heart rate borderline high and had signs of dehydration. So she thought it best for us to go in get an evaluation from MD Anderson. The Drs & I debated whether to admit him or not, but in the end decided it was probably best. They started him on fluids, antibiotics and a breathing treatment to help with the loose cough. Blood work shows lots of off-nominal highs & lows; chest x-rays are still awaiting readings. The hospital is totally full so we are waiting in the ER for a room to become available…