5:15 p.m. Clem has crashed. It has been another long day without nurishment. He has had a huge volume of fluids from his IV but only sips by mouth. He is so weak right now. The PICC line was easily and quickly inserted around 2:00 p.m. and I was pretty frustrated with their response until I learned that the nutrition therapy will not begin until tonight at 9 p.m. I'm not sure why this is the case but all the tpn starts at the same time each night with each patient. ???
After that news we just hunkered down and attempted to rest until that time came. He has not vomited today but he has been suffering with the full belly discomfort. He said earlier that he thought that some thing might actually be making it down the pipes now but he was unsure as this is a first for his body to experience.
He looks so thin in his face right now and it breaks my heart to see him go through this even though if you ask him he describes it as not being so bad. I think this is the toughest thing he has gone through so far even the liver surgery.
He is off all meds. No pain drugs, no nausea drugs, no imodium, nothing. He does however have tubes running rampant out of and into his body. I know it has just been a week but he looks like he is starving right now. I can tell such a difference in his body from a week ago even his beautiful muscular legs have atrophied.
On a different note I know how fast this man can turn things around and before I know it he'll be hanging off of something tall and I will be trying to catch up.
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