Last night the changed my dads medication to Hydromorphone/Dilaudid. She seemed to think changing this medication would help with the delirium my dad is having. Since my dads kidneys are not able to process out toxins, and all the previous medication before the switch went through the kidneys the metabolites are staying in his body and are pretty much causing a slight overdose. The new medication will still be processed through the kidneys but will also have the liver to help. So more to come on how changing his medication helps his state of mind.
Dialysis came in today and tried to complete dialysis but she said something was wrong with the implant. She called the doc and they said they are going to come in and put another one in and do dialysis tomorrow.
It seems if it's not one thing it's five. The first implant hurt him like hell and I hate to see him go through it again. The reason behind this is my dad yesterday tried to pull it out. Even though it was sutured to his leg, he pulled the sutures out and had started to pull the implanted catheter out. He is just so out of it he has no idea what he is doing. He has even tried to pull out his feeding tube and his urinary catheter.
The one thing that seemed to be different was he was trying to sit up on the side of the bed every so often. I was able to give him a rag bath and put some powder and lotion on his body. His skin just looks terrible.
So that's the report for today, more to come after my visit with him tomorrow.
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