OASIS - PART DEUX - DAY 3

Sweet Luis is still here - and he doesn't announce the
blood pressure quite as loudly as he did last time. :)

Today was filled with IVs and class.  Valerie had 7 treatments today and attended an hour and a half class.... well most of it.  They pulled her out for one of her treatments, so I took notes while she was gone.

It's funny - we were here 15 days last time and no one ever said anything about making sure she receives her IVs in a certain order.  Well today, she did an IV and a half - we were sitting in class (while one of the IVs ran) - and people started to seem upset.  Her nurse and the guy that does the blood ozone (Tomas) seemed unhappy with us for some reason.  The nurse came in and took the IV out of Valerie's arm whispering loudly at me "I thought you said she was ready."

I should explain ---  This hospital is unlike any other.  They don't wake you at all hours of the night just to make sure your temp, pulse and BP is normal.  They let you sleep a full night and they don't start your IVs the next morning until you tell them you're ready.  So this morning, we got up at about 8:30am, took showers, ate breakfast and I went down to the nurses station at about 10am and said "Valerie's ready."  BOOM!  They start her IVs.... well boom is a little over stated.... what I really mean is, they eventually get around to starting her IVs.  We are in Mexico after all - as Tomas said, "Mexico is freedom."  He was talking about their loose association with time. :)

The nurse who was momentarily upset - the rest of the day was
fine and she left blowing kisses saying she'd see us tomorrow.

So, apparently when I said "Valerie is ready" that meant to the nurse that Valerie had already seen Tomas for the ozone treatment.  Because the ozone treatment is always first.  WHAT?!  We were here for 15 days last time and NO ONE EVER said that.  I'm going to go back and look at my notes - because I write down every treatment Valerie gets and when she gets them - to see if she always got the ozone first.  I'm about 99% sure she did NOT.

Tomas has been gesturing to Valerie through the glass door where our class is and Valerie is gesturing to her IV (she can't do both at one time).  He takes off down the hall to the nurses station - the nurse comes in where the class is and starts taking out the IV while whispering accusingly "I thought you said Valerie was ready!"

Needless to say, we learned a few things today.  :)

The exciting news of the day is that Valerie did all of her treatments and all of her supplements (except the dinner ones).  She hasn't been nauseous but this is the second time that her pulse has increased and she's gotten hot and needed the air on.  So, she ate ravenously but did not take her dinner supplements.

Valerie commented today how odd it is that she can't even feel the IVs going in - because of her new portacath. Before, when it went into her arm, it was a constant issue to make sure it felt okay, it was still working, it wasn't bruising or blowing a vein.  Now it's just hook it up and go.  No worries - no discomfort - nothing but good stuff getting into her body.

More of that tomorrow :)