Re: Uny, Warfarin,or whatever it is. Blood thinner questions
Oh Man,
thanks FOR THE INFO. iT'S ALOT OF WHAT i KNEW, BUT YOUR HEAD IS THE BETTER OF OUR TWo, AT THE MOMENT
yes-- I stopped myself making the heavy duty juice for him...a voice in my head said look into it..
woops. Not meaning to shout. I know they are checking all this, every morning, so, maybe they are already adjusting the dose. I'm thankful that so far he's been okay. He vomited this AM, after being stressed by a nurse telling him he could not have fresh water until 9:00 am. After which he spoke to the nurse manager.
To be honest, it's the blood thinners that scared me most--Well, of all the drugs. I wonder what effect they have on the flora. But that's another story. I'm pretty sure his liver IS compromised--in fact, he lost his gallbladder to surgery maybe 15 years ago, and that operation led to some serious complications. He's just the 2nd day into rehab, and they are talking at least a few weeks. They have said 21 days of warfarin since the 16th, or the C-one; I'm not sure which he takes.
One the whole, these people operate on way too little sleep, and themselves seem to be blasted, half the time. I don't think he's 'onboard' enough to agree with me to cut the blood thinners. That's way too demanding of breaking away--and he's gone at least half the time, can't stop himself from slipping away. He's too much 'in their hands', and not enough into Natural Healing... I'd been trying for ages to get him inspired to do liver flushing, but he's been over-extended for a long time. Running on empty.
At least he has no history of ulcers--as the other man in his room, who did hemorrhage and needed 11 transfusions, and now looks very frightened, behind his eyes.
Z finds blueberries to be extremely healing. So, I give him those. And he's thinking of a good blueberry lassi. Does not want garlic. Or my juice mixes which feel too strong for him. I am thinking maybe a celery and apple...
And he's been hungry, eating the hospital food. Feels he needs the 'energy'. Eating fish and vegetables. Fruit...
it's not too too bad.
He knows about the cayenne--but I'm not going to be there all the time. Is tincture the best? Does it do anything to antagonize the blood thinner? Tincture must be the easiest.
Hmm, it might help a lot with the cold lower legs, the lack of circulation. He was feeling overwhelemed at the thought of nettle tea, which normally he's love, which I thought would be good nourishment. Normally, he's a hot water drinker. This is just another zone entirely.Whn it gets better, more healing, he can come off the drugs. No one there wants them--but they are encouraged to get them, in order to do the physio. So, that's quite hard.
I'm finding it hard to keep up with just water dosed daily with energy essences, which helps a lot, and whatever other things he needs, and coming and going from the Rehab.
It has a lovely little garden area by the way--so today was his first breath of 'freedom', after the horrible fall; and this respite was after walking about 25 feet, I would say, with a high walker, and straight, mindful, if not altogether 'perceived' or seen steps, which is something I have not seen him able to do ever; (with the scissor gait); and there was getting up and down out of bed, into a wheelchair, sitting for an hour, and doing some bed exercises. So, it's a huge step forward.
This is so draining. I have concern about him overdoing it. (And my mother had hemorrhage and transfusions after her hip replacement. My feeling has always been, please stay away form the hospitals!) His one (the right) leg feels like a big dead weight, cold and heavy and hard to budge, and hot up top--and it takes everything to move his body, with the arms. Both feet have limited feeling, and turn out, if left alone. (which is not good for the hip) He's really dong his very best. And the thigh on the broken hip side is jumping inside with a kind of electrical spasm at times. Hot and red. I felt it today: did some hands-on laying-on of hands today, and it felt very relaxing for us both. About 15 minutes. Afterward, my right hand felt bruised and tired--though I did nothing but rest it.
Tomorrow,I will try to connect to the doctor there, and get the straight story. About the blood levels and all..It's hard--as you can imagine- to get 'in on'what's going on, aside form the basics of basic care...
thanks for your time, Uny.
C