Doctor Day Tomorrow

Doctor day tomorrow for Sandi and proably not a moment too soon. After the scare we had last night, I also picked up an oxygen sensor at Wal-Mart while I was getting her prescription refills today. If the thing is accurate the news is bad. Her numbers have been really low off air inlcuding a 58 mid afternoon when she took the oxygen off to use the bathroom. Even with the air on her she was sitting in the low 80s so we turned her back up to 5 liters per minute flow rate. She had been down to 3 liters per minute in the hospital, but they said to bump it back if she had issues so we went to 4 and then with little change back up to 5. Getting back to 5 has helped a bit and that is the limit of the machine. We can't go any higher and hopefully won't have a need too.


This evening she is better than she was breathing wise and has her feet propped up to hopefully reduce her swelling in her feet and lower legs. They are pretty bad tonight after she sat up all day with her feet on the floor. The swollen feet thing has happened before so hopefully it is just the same thing once again and not a sign of a new issue.


So, that is where we are at. The appointment is early which means we have rush hour traffic to deal with too. In the morning the boys are going to have to load the car with the oxygen cylinders as I can't lift or carry them. They also have to put her cylinder carrier in there too. Then there is my walker. So, tomorrow as we make our way into the hospital, we shall be quite the striking sight.....