Well, the fun continued on into Sunday evening. Earlier in the day, Dad had tugged the catheter in an attempt to pull it out. And this, after I had explained that they had inflated it with distilled water to hold it in his bladder. The result was not good. There was some bleeding. The catheter became clogged with a blood clot and so the urine ceased to flow to the bag. Again he had to pee and he could not and this time with a catheter in place.
So...about 8:45 PM after some discussion, we returned to the ER at the hospital for irrigation and catheter replacement. We were there for about three hours. It was Halloween weekend. It can be spooky in the ER during this faux holiday. We got through it. The catheter was replaced and the new one has been draining just fine. We both got some sleep and he remembered he was hooked up this morning. After coffee, we drained his cath bag and he is in the process of refilling right now.
The next hurdle is to get him to drink as much water as possible to flush everything out including the infection. With that and the Keflex, he should be good to go by the end of the week. We see Dr. Smith on Friday. Please pray. I do not want to do this again and I know Dad does not...he did not want to do it this time.
Thanks for listening. I know I whine a lot. Off to the shark tank.
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