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Nope. Been pushing for at home IV drip but not my call. When she was in ICU after the resection for a few days you see the BUN (which they did daily) test was bang on. Now she's not drinking nearly enough and lo and behold last test 6 months on at the upper range + . Really frustrating. Quick fix (maybe) but it's just hitting my head against a wall trying to convince ol' boy. He should know but for some reason deaf ears.
honestly from your posts it sounds like he's overwhelmed or in denial. Neither good.
He sees it. I think one of the problems (which seems counterintuitive) is due to his line of work he was able to push her through the system very quickly with several issues that happened concurrently. I think he's worried she's overwhelmed. It's sort of a thing where the more you do the more pushback.
I'm gonna float the drip again though.
ask her what she wants
It's complex in that state of mind.