If all goes right, Mike will be coming home today! His surgeon came in while I was there yesterday and said everything is going well. He will send Mike home with oral medication for the infection. He said he'll probably keep the JP drain in because it's still draining a fair amount. That's ok, one of the nurses yesterday showed me how to drain and "strip" it.
He's still not eating all that great, but I showed him your posts, George, about grazing and lots of fluids. Good thing he likes cranberry juice! I think once he's home he'll eat better because we have things in the house that he likes. I tried some of his hamburger and fries last night that he ordered for dinner. It was ok and the fries were a little soggy.
It's amazing how many nurses don't know how to change a bag! When I went to visit him after work yesterday, I thought I detected a urine odor. I checked his bag and only saw one stent in it. He told me another nurse said his bag was leaking and "fixed it." I was a bit worried because he told me that he thinks she "broke off one of the wires." I told him that there are no wires, its stents coming from his kidneys and you can't break them off. Here when I checked, one of the stents was under the wafer attached to his skin and draining urine on him and the bed!
I got his nurse and told her, then I changed the wafer and bag and cleaned him up! I was a little upset about that. When his doctor came in, I told him and I told him how I cleaned him up and changed everything.
All in all, this has been a big learning experience for me. I feel a little proud of myself that I learned how to do this for him. He knows how to empty the bag periodically and attach the night bag. All that is his responsibility, but I'll help him for a while changing the wafers and bags.
Thank you everyone for your support and suggestions. This site is full of valuable information. I'm going to tell my husband's surgeon about it the next time I see him and of course, I'll still be posting and asking questions.