Day 112 – Done With This!

Today Jeff forgot to take his eight morning pills and didn’t realize it until 7:30 p.m.!  Sometimes I set out his pills on the kitchen table when I take his IV bag out of the refrigerator.  This morning, though, I didn’t. 

He met Kim for lunch at Reading Terminal Market and ate a burger with lettuce and tomato.  Fresh vegetables at restaurants are still not allowed because it is impossible to guarantee that they would be washed adequately.  He didn’t even think about that until I asked him what he’d ordered. 

One day this week, I heard Jeff in the shower.  He no sooner got started when I heard him slap the water off and say, "Darn!"  I suspected the problem and asked, “Did you forget your patch?”  He had!  An AquaGuard patch protects his Hickman catheter when he showers.  The bandage and ports are not supposed to get wet!    

After more than one hundred days of pill-taking, IV fluids and fussy food, Jeff would like to be done with all this!