But not today. Not for my mom or me.
Relief feels wonderfully light, releasing and weight-lifting.
Thank you.
Very much.
Thank you for reading, for commenting, for offering up encouragement, support, advice, prayers and love. I, and my Mom, appreciate them ...... and you, very much.
After a fitful night of sleep, it hit me. The last 2 nights D has received his dose of pain meds ...... as usual.
But something else was added those two nights that was not usual: Ambien.
D has never used Ambien, so there was no way of knowing how he'd react. But ...... it would seem predictable that when you combine a strong controlled substance with a strong sleep med ...... the outcome might be ....... oh, how should I describe it ..... "less than desirable".
And horrific.
Especially when no one in the hospital knew what was going on. He wasn't calling them in the middle of the night (or earlier, as he did last night). He was calling my Mom.
As soon as we arrived at the hospital this morning we talked to the nurse about it. At first she denied that those meds did that. She said that they'd only added the sleep med the last two nights.
"Exactly", we said. I told her that was exactly when he seemed to have lost his mind. Not before. And by the time he's slept off the effects of the Ambien, he's back to normal.
She then agreed that those meds combined could do that.
Duh.
So he won't receive the sleep med tonight. And he may have a tough time sleeping. But that's ok.
Because tomorrow he's getting sprung!!
Yep, he got a "get out of jail free" card and he's getting out. He's already got his stuff packed up for us to take with us today.
He's very excited.
And very back to normal.
Which is a good thing.
Most of the time.
: )
So thank you again, Peeps.
I'm sorry that I worried and scared so many of you.
It was just such a horrible thing to have going on .... especially so suddenly.
And my Mom was beyond scared.
As I was for her.
Today we are calm.
Thank you for all you did to help with that.
You rock.
Each and every one of you.
Happy Wednesday.
: )
6 comments:
So happy to read this!!
So happy, Janine,,,for all of you!! My girlfriend's daughter, who is a P.A., questioned whether or not my husband was taking Ambien when he was not thinking normally. She said that it will do this to a person.
Jacquelyn
So happy for the good news ! RoseannK
I remember when my mom got a urinary tract infection she acted the same way - seemed like someone who had Alzheimer's. scary
Ambien was the culprit for my guy, too. I suspected the rehab night nurse was giving it to all her patients to make her shift easier. I ended up listing it as a med he was allergic to so he wouldn't receive it during any future hospitalizations/rehab stays. It was a very scary time in the midst of a very scary time.
Ambien is the devil! I can certainly attest to that! I was a completely different person when I took it IN THE HOSPITAL. I had no idea which way was up & I even did something that is much too embarrassing for the internet to see :) When my doc asked if I wanted another pill the next night I told her to get LOST. Get him off the Ambien stat!! :D Glad hes going home!
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