Donnie was able to be released from the hospital a few days early. They discharged him late yesterday afternoon. His blood work has been really good and he never turned Neutropenic, so there was no reason to keep him any longer. The few days before they released him, he was feeling pretty crappy. Just like nausea and headaches and usually chemo after effects. The day he was released he did feel a little better, he was just having headaches; those are sometimes caused by the Intrathecal spine chemo they gave him on Thursday night! Regardless, he was well enough to be able to leave. He was so happy too be home and the kids were so excited to see him walk through the door.
I dropped him off at home and left to go pick up his Rx's that we had dropped off before we came home. When I got there, the pharmacist told me that the doctor never dated any of his Rx's, she was able to verify some over the phone but his pain pills he had to have an actual prescription for. He told me that I need to go back to the hospital, get a brand new Rx and then they would be able to refill it. Uggh, are you kidding me?! I just had come from the hospital and now I have to go all the way back. So I went and found his nurse from earlier and we spent 20 minutes tracking down the Doctor. Which was surprising that we did, because it was 6:30 on a Saturday night! Luckily we did and I headed to the only 24 hour CVS pharmacy (all the other ones close @ 6). I waited in line for 45 minutes. Yes, 45 minutes. I guess when they are the only pharmacy open, they get a little busy. I was so glad that I was able to get his Rx because his head has been hurting him so bad that I didn't know how he was going to be able to sleep that night. That was until the pharmacist told me that the doctor never wrote the strength on the Rx so he wouldn't be able to fill it! Seriously? I could have totally punched him if he wasn't behind a window and I wasn't in my car. But I did debate driving my car through the building :) He told me that he would have to get a hold of the doctor and have her verify the strength and I wouldn't have to get a whole new Rx. He said he probably wouldn't have time to do it til the morning, so sorry! I was so annoyed it had already been a hour and a half since I tried to pick it up the first time and now I'm going home completely empty handed. I was frustrated to say the least. But while I was driving home, I thought I would just try to call Donnie's nurse and see if she was still there (it was 7:30 and that's when she gets off) Good thing for me she was still there *side note on nurses further on* and she tracked down the doctor again. She was able to call it in and I was able to pick it up not too long after! I was just glad that he was able to have it for the night but it was a very long day to say the least. It was all worth it though to have Donnie in bed next to me when it was all over. We missed him like crazy and we are just glad we get to kiss him and hug him and talk to him whenever we want :)
Nurse Side Note: Umm nurses are pretty much amazing. I never really appreciated nurses or even liked them for that matter. I always thought most of them were crabby and old. But over these last couple weeks, I have learned to truly admire what they do. They are the ones that keep people alive, they are the ones that got my husband through. They are there every minute of the day making sure that he is ok and taken care of. And honestly he had some of the best nurses this time. They were always there way past their time to leave, most of the time never getting a lunch. They ran around like crazy, doing the job of probably 4. I just have a completely new appreciation for them. So go hug a nurse today ;)
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