November 18, 2009. Today was Jeremy's 8th day of being in the hospital. The first half of the day he had to stay in the recovery room because there wasn't a room available on the floor the surgeon wanted him to stay. He was doing so good! He was smiling and joking:) His nurses in the recovery were so attentive and caring, they took very good care of him. In the early afternoon they moved him to the 4th floor, room 4116.

His nurse was Rosa on the 4th floor, she was also great. When the shift change started his care from the nurses went down hill fast. He had to use the rest room and we called the nurse twice and no one came(he also had two nurses aids) I had to unplug his iv's from the wall and help him. His pain level was going up and we kept calling the nurse and even went to the nurses station for help. Finally his night shift nurse came and gave him his pain meds. Tom and I were upset and so was Jeremy. We need him to get better and not have to worry if his nurse is going to take care of him or not, good thing one of us is with him around the clock. When I got home tonight I called the hospital and talked to the floor manager and told her my concerns, she apologized and said she would take care of it and if we needed anything else to let a charge nurse know. 15 minutes later we got a text from Tom saying the charge nurse just came in to make sure all his needs were being met. I hope he will get good care now. If not, I will definitely talk to the charge nurse tomorrow. Please pray he gets good care from his nurses, he has gone through so much already.

Looking forward to a good day tomorrow! :)