Yesterday, (Wednesday 2nd) I found Roger very poorly when I visited. He had been vomiting all night, which obviously hurts & exhausts him.
They thought it might be the antibiotics that were making him sick. He was back on the anti - sickness drug Cyclizine intravenously.
I had a feeling that I might be called in the night, last night, but mercifully that didn't happen. However, I got a call from a nurse on his ward in the morning to say that Roger had been vomiting again and was very, very low. Please would I come in right away, instead of waiting for visiting time.
A doctor who had been attending him, took me into an office and she explained that they suspect he has contracted C -Difficile, and that is what is causing it. They are waiting for the tests to come back & this should be around 6.00pm. She said it can happen when you are on antibiotics for a long time. I sat with him all day today. He's not eating, as a) he's scared he'll start vomiting again and b) he feels too awful to think about eating. They are giving him fluids through a drip.
Once they get the results they can start to treat it. In a way I hope it's what they suspect, as they'll start right away. It's better than not knowing what it is, or how to treat it. He was due to go down to have an x-ray later today, just to make absolutely sure there are no blockages anywhere.
I will go in early tomorrow to be with him again.
Thursday, 3 November 2011
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