Nosebleed section is located in Room G1178

I really, really do not like it when blogspot eats my blog before I can save it....
WARNING: This post contains a bit of detail. If the the though of a nosebleed grosses you out, I suggest you pick up on tomorrow's post.

This morning I ordered breakfast off of J's menu because honestly he wasnt going to eat it (this is starting to give me a complex though). When it came I ate and proceeded to watch the door open for Dr. Nieto and team to come. As they are opening the door J sneezes and WHOA NELLY! J's nose starts to bleed. He literally looked like something out of a war zone. The team did their evaluation and and ordered some platelets for J. The nurses packed it with gauze and some thrombin(clotting factor). This did not work. Neither did pinching his nose for 20minutes or applying ice packs. An ENT finally came and saw him and put this straw gauze (like 8 inches of it..apparently the sinus' are cavernous) soaked in numbing medicine in both nostrils. After he was numb they put gel foam on one side and cauterized the bleed on the other side with Silver Nitrate.(that is kind of cool, no fire needed!) It finally slowed down enough after 4 hours of a nose bleed. They did get platelets and transfused those around 2pm. He finally got up and got a shower. They also ordered a chest Xray because he had so much fluid around the heart that they did not want it to progress to congestive heart failure. The nurses (who are the fabulous Debbie and Jody today) drew another CBC because J loss probably a pint and a half of blood. We need to see if he needs any Red blood cells as well as the platelets.
Dr. Nieto came by and said that the chest xray was just fine and that we would talk to pain management about adjusting the morphine pump tomorrow to try to get J in less pain. GO DONATE BLOOD or Blood Products if you are eligible. You never really think of how much they are needed until you or your love one needs it.
Ronan is coming home on Friday. I am very very excited to see the little man. I have to start cleaning and organizing the house for J to come home in the next 2-3 weeks. Now that blogspot ate my blog I hope that I remembered to put everthing back in that was in the original. If not Ill update tomorrow anyways. Here is hoping for an EXTREMELY UNEVENTFUL night. Prayers Welcomed! Kimmy