Day 7

Melissa had Lasix, and the side-effect (ringing) gave her a bad day. Even with that, some steps forward.

Melissa had Lasix, and the side-effect of ringing in her ears gave her a bad day. People with brain injuries can tend to focus on one thing, and the noise/ringing had her consumed. Few glimses of my Baby, lots of "make it stop". I'd failed to water her plant, then flooded the kitchen overwatering (but I'd kept the cat alive). But she was getting stronger.

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Created: 2023-02-25

2023-02-24 (Friday) Bad Day (Lasix and Ringing meant few glimpses of Melissa, just a person in pain), and I killed her plant at home.

Melissa had been given Lasix to help with fluid Lasix is a drug (this one IV based) that helps pull out fluid from the body, and it worked -- Melissa gave up 3 liters. However a side-effect is that it can cause ringing in the ears. Because of that the day was kinda consumed with, "Make it stop". She was not a happy girl -- and that made her far from coherent.

Sad Plant You are supposed to water plants? I've been a bit distracted... and remembered that her favorite plant was looking really bad. So I gave it a 60 Oz of water. Not only didn't it perk up, that container only holds about 4 Oz before it leaks out the bottom onto the floor. I hope the towels were thrirsty. I decided I'm going to have to go for the Goldfish solution -- and I'll go see if I can find a bigger/healthier version of the plant to replace it with, in hopes that she doesn't notice and thinks that I'm a good plant caretaker, instead of just sneaky husband.

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