Wednesday, January 31, 2007

New Meds for Peg, Trach/Cuff Stuff

Cathy came and delivered a bunch of new stuff for Peggy. Here's the scoop:

1 - Antibiotic: Cephalexin Suspension 250mg/5ml. Dose is 10 ml per g-tube every 6 hours for 1 week. First dose was at 4pm so it should be 4pm, 10pm, 4am, 10am. This for the possible infection in Peggy's toe. THIS NEEDS TO BE REFRIGERATED SO WE'RE KEEPING IT IN THE OFFICE FRIDGE.

2 - Oasis Mouth Spray: 2 sprays every 2 hours by request. First spray in mouth (one spray to the right and one to the left) then take an oral swab and move it around the mouth. This is for Peggy's dry mouth. She says that it tastes like mint gum! This is what we're starting with...do not exceed 60 sprays in 24 hours.

3 - Mylanta: 2-4 teaspoonfuls (10-20ml) 4 x a day (by request). Do not exceed 24 teaspoonfuls in 24 hours. This is for Peggy's reflux which Peggy tells us is worse in the morning during bath.

Helena brought in lots of gauze for Peggy's trach care. So Peggy got new gauze instead of that other stuff that they were using which shreds up and is not a good idea to use around her trach area.

Peggy's been complaining about the inner cannula not locking tight. Cory suggested taking the one in the travel bag and using that one and putting the one she has now in the travel bag since a new one won't be covered by insurance. We're checking to see when her last cannula change was and if she will be changing it again. As Peggy says, they usually change it when she starts having a lot of trouble with the cuff. I'm not clear about all this stuff, but I'll work on getting it clarified.

Cathy is going to check Peggy's cuff/trach today. We'll let you know what she says.

Peggy's been matting and naming some of her latest nose paintings with Marvel today. They are so beautiful! Peggy's been trying to convince us to cut her hair for her before her KHNL interview tomorrow but none of us know how to cut hair! We're all too scared we're gonna mess it up. But I think she's gonna convince Marvel to do it by the end of the day!

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