Dear All,
Barrie was far more responsive tonight than the previous 2 Visits.
AS soon as we went on and started talking to him he opened both eyes and was listening to us talking to him, he managed to stay awake for around 20 minutes, which was really nice to know that when you were speaking, it seemed to us more like he was hearing us and responding. The only worrying thing during this time was that he was struggling with his breathing a bit, as he was either trying to talk or he had flem on his chest that he could not get rid of causing difficulty breathing. I did manage to speak to the duty dr, a man, who was very nice and asked him firstly how Dad can get rid of this awful flem, he explained that they have to use suction machine to clear it off his chest. Also asked if this flem, which sounded as if his chest was beginning to loosen up was because the antibiotics was beginning to take effect, his reply was "possibly"
He said that Dad has remained stable, however it is really important that the antibiotics start to work and get this infection under control. They have ha to change the antibiotics, as the infection can get used to them, so they are keeping a good eye on him. He seemed as if things were currently stable and under control. He also said that his Kidneys will start to get better soon and start working again, which is great as
During the whole visit, the stupid dialysis machine was bleeping ever 5 minutes, the nurse kept coming to adjust it but still it kept bleeping, so they eventually decided to change the machine, we therefore had to sadly say goodbye at 7.35 so they could get on with it.
We gave the nurses a nice box of chocolates and left.
I now will not see Barrie again until next Sunday and now pass batten to Natalie, who will be arriving tomorrow,
Signing off
Max and Melanie