Monday, October 25, 2010

I Need A Treatment

Junior has had a very rough morning. He had his treatments and then I was going to get him up but he whined and cried and wanted to go back to sleep. I gave in and let him go back to sleep for awhile but then the nurse came by to flush his port(he has a port in his upper chest for blood draws and iv access which has to be flushed and heparinized monthly).
It was very cloudy and rainy yesterday but clear today and the pressure change really causes issues for Junior. He gets headaches, lots of congestion, and it hurts when he coughs at times.
About 11:30am Junior was finally up in his chair but continued to be upset. I grabbed his ipad and kept being told "I am upset, I hurt" but then he said no to all the options for what hurt. I realized that it might be his chest and he needed a treatment, which I had forgotten to add to his "upset" boards. I added "I need a treatment" to his "upset" boards options and then told him what it said and showed him the symbol we used.
His "upset" board options(I have shown his "I hurt" options in the past so won't post pics of those)
Sure enough as soon as I again asked him what was wrong he immediately told me "I need a treatment". He wasn't due for a treatment for another hour and a half but I went ahead and started one(my goofy guy actually requests treatments, he knows what will make him feel better). Once his vest started he relaxed and coughed up a bunch of gunk. Pretty soon he was smiling and feeling much better.
Smiling and watching his show after his treatment
Then time for a cat nap

1 comment:

  1. Junior's not goofy, he's pretty darn smart. He knows what he needs, and when he needs it. You rock, Junior!

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