Dad was supposed to come home this past Friday. When I called him, he was complaining of "that cough" being back... I asked for details... then called the nurse. They did a chest x-ray, and he has pneumonia. I had to break the news to him, and he was MOST unhappy. They said that they thought it would be Monday (tomorrow) but after seeing him tonight, I highly doubt that he'll be home tomorrow. He was sick, and puking tonight. He was just miserable. Then to top things off, the site where his pump is attached had come loose. It wasn't leaking that I could see, but there really wasn't anything holding it on to the skin, either.

The nurse came in and checked it out, and decided to remove it and move it's contact spot.... small problem... they had no more attachments. They called the pharmacy to send more, but in the meantime, he had no pain meds and was still puking.... they called the on-call physician and he ordered some backup pain meds until the pump could be attached.

I felt so helpless, he was miserable. He kept trying to find a comfortable position to rest, and he just couldn't. I'll be checking in with everyone in the morning to see how he stands and what the plans are. I'm just glad that they caught the pneumonia before I brought him home, otherwise it would have likely meant another trip to the hospital, and he would have hated that.

I still have a ton of paperwork of his to wade through, so I'm off to do that.