FHS & Row Reg

Well Thursday I went to FHS and I hate to say it again I was BORED!!!! The employees there were great but got to see only 4 patients and they only received immunizations. I will say that the 1 nurse I followed never put on gloves while she gave the shots. Oh well.

Friday at Row Reg went great. My patient was a 58 yo old male. He was in with osteomyelitis. He was a paraplegic and bilateral above the knee amputee. He also had a huge decubitis ulcer on his buttocks. Talk about having problems and thinking he would be bitter or it would be a challenge to have him. Man was I wrong. I staid in his room almost all day just taking care of him and talking to him. He has the greatest attitude. He told me he could choose to live life or feel sorry for himself and he’s not the type of person to feel sorry for anything. While we talked he told me that he was paralyzed because he was held up and shot a few times. From reading his chart 1 bullet is still in his spine. The reason he was an amputee was do to his diabetes and from no movement he developed pressure ulcers on his feet that would never heal. Plus now he has a urostomy and colostomy and he does everything him self. Plus he still lives with his mother and takes care of her. That morning I got to give him a sq and 7 PO’s and hang a PB. Then I got to change his dressing. That was something!!! I had to clean it with saline and then put aquacell in the open areas. Then place AMD pads over it and then cover it with ADB pads. Again it was something!!! The whole time I was nervous thinking I was hurting him pulling the tape off and then doing what I had to do. I asked him 2 or 3 times then remembering he couldn’t feel anything. It was my first time doing a dressing change and it felt great doing the hands on!! Thank you Ms. Phelps for walking me through it! Sorry for the long post but I could have included so much more and didn’t.
Man I really enjoy all this!!!!!
Mike