Good Morning

Good morning everyone,

Dad is looking much better today. He had to go down this morning for a doppler of his legs to check for blood clots. I'm assuming that if there is anything wrong they will let us know. They have taken the bandage off of his head which I am taking as a VERY good sign. Hopefully this means that the leakage issue is all cleared up. The resident doctor's usually visit us in the afternoon.

Dad is sitting up in his bed today and does not seem to be in as much pain. The optomotrist came in and says his right eye is looking better. He still has the bandage contact on the eye and she says it is progressing slowly, but slowly is better than not at all! A doctor from infectious diseases also just dropped by to check on dad. Infectious disease in not typically a department you want to see on a daily basis, but its becoming pretty routine around here. The doctor said they are still giving him antibiotics for pneumonia (I think I forgot to post that).

He asks us what we eat all the time. He still really wants that Mt. Dew. HE says the neuro group told him he could have some swabs of soda, but we are waiting to get the go ahead. The tube feeds have started up again so I am thinking they are not worried about having to do surgery anymore. He no longer needs the IV of just nutrition because his body seems to be taking it in from the tube feed.

He told me today that when he gets to eat I can make him a sandwich. I really hope that he gets to eat again and doesn't have to have the tube feeds all the time. Hopefully once he gets to rehab, they will work hard on this. The social worker came in and said he might be discharged today or tomorrow and moved up to rehab. A doctor from rehab services has to come and check him out to see if he is ready and they have to make sure his medicare will clear it but then he should be set.

He wanted me to tell you all thank you for your thoughts and prayers.

Have a nice day and thanks for reading! Talk (blog) to you soon.