Lisa's Posts

Hello everyone, Tom McInerney's daughter here, thought I would share something with you that was helpful to my parents after my dad's surgery. A friend of mine that had valve repair warned me that my dad would be on many drugs. She suggested I get a few pill boxes to organize him. My mother picked up two boxes marked M-F and I picked up a third one based on my father's meds. 16 different medications! I first labled the top of each pill container with the drug name in addition to the name on the label. I wrote on the pharmacy label what the pill was for, example blood pressure. Then I went through the list the hospital provided which the nurse marked by each name the times to be taken. I marked one set of boxes AM and the other PM. The third box which was different looking I marked 5:00. I then went through each drug and placed them where they went AM, PM or both. I filled up the boxes for the entire week. My father had another drug that needed to be taken 1hour before the AM meds so I left that out and marked it 8AM. My parents said this helped them out big time. You get home from the hospital dealing with the residue of the anasthesia & pain meds so your in a bit of a brain fog not to mention sleep deprivation for both the patient and the care giver so you don't need to think twice if you took something. Long winded yes but I think this is helpful to those nearing your surgery date. Best of luck to you all, you too will soon be on the recovery side😀!