Settling In
It’s good to be home! We got here Thursday evening but there was no rest for the weary on Friday. I had 2 closings, showed 3 houses and took Matt to a doctor appointment to catch his general practitioner up on his hospital stay. Dad stayed to be here when the kids got home and help Matt with his oxygen delivery while I was gone. I got it all done so I could enjoy a lazy weekend. Dad stayed Saturday to watch the LSU game and because (even though he’d been here 3 weeks) he hadn’t had a chance to visit with me and Matt.
And then he stayed home and got some time alone for the first time while the girls and I met Cara and Josie at the park.
I know it’s frustrating to him that there is nothing he can do to speed up this process.
The doc says exercise will increase his endurance but nothing but time can speed up not needing oxygen. We haven’t been able to figure this out. Some times he can walk for 10 minutes without his O2 level dropping below 95. Other times he goes to the bathroom and it’s 88. And just last night it got as low as 82 in his sleep. I guess we have to accept that it’s not like healing from surgery and that we won’t know what to expect because each day can be different, but he is getting better. Slowly but surely I can see him doing more. Yesterday we made it 3 houses down, today we’ll shoot for 4. And he’s eating everything in sight! I told him I felt like I was feeding a teenager. 😂 That’s always a good sign!
Sunday we got out for a golf cart ride just because Matt needed to get outside.
And then he stayed home and got some time alone for the first time while the girls and I met Cara and Josie at the park.
I know it’s frustrating to him that there is nothing he can do to speed up this process.
The doc says exercise will increase his endurance but nothing but time can speed up not needing oxygen. We haven’t been able to figure this out. Some times he can walk for 10 minutes without his O2 level dropping below 95. Other times he goes to the bathroom and it’s 88. And just last night it got as low as 82 in his sleep. I guess we have to accept that it’s not like healing from surgery and that we won’t know what to expect because each day can be different, but he is getting better. Slowly but surely I can see him doing more. Yesterday we made it 3 houses down, today we’ll shoot for 4. And he’s eating everything in sight! I told him I felt like I was feeding a teenager. 😂 That’s always a good sign!
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