Randy had a busy night last night. In leaving last night, Randy's mom and I felt a little uneasy about the night nurse. She had never worked with Randy before. When she walked into his room last night, she said hi to Randy. He opened his eyes to look at her and lifted his head a little. So she sat his bed up so he was sitting almost straight up. The bed isn't cushioned enough for him to slide down in, so he really shouldn't be sat up that straight at this point. As soon as she walked out of the room, I put his bed back down.
When we voiced our concern over how Randy had not used the thing they put in place of the catheter, she asked Randy if he needed to pee. He didn't respond to she had me ask him. I didn't see or hear a response from him, but she said that he said no. I tried to explain to her that his responses aren't always to be trusted, but she argued and said that he seemed to respond appropriately. So when it came to the point of me being almost too tired to drive, we reluctantly left him in her care.
When we came in this morning, we found out that she had not restrained him properly in the night (when no one is there with him, he has to wear a padded glove on his hand to stop him from pulling tubes out). He pulled his feeding tube all the way out.
We are not too happy with her and don't want her to come near him again at this point. We plan to make a complaint to the head nurse. The nurse he has today (which is thankfully one of our two favorites on this floor) has already complained to the head nurse about the lack of care, so our complaint will really reinforce it.
Other than that, Randy is doing well. He has been resting nicely this morning.
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Rachel - Randy is SO blessed to have you as his guardian angel :)
Great job of trusting your instincts and insisting on the right care!!! God gave you such a gift of intellect, instinct, passion, faithfulness - you are a role model and an inspiration for women of faith.
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