Saturday, August 25

Dad's Getting Bossy :)

I went to the hospital Friday morning and found Dad sitting in a chair eating breakfast.  That's a huge improvement because he was not able to move around much the day before.  Just having the schedule and care has made him much more awake and responsive.  That's how it is for any of us, but dad has never been extremely regimented about his own care so this schedule has helped.  I also thing the distribution of his medications being so scheduled has helped his system.  I spoke w/the Diabetic Specialist from the hospital and she said his maintenance of his diabetes has been good.  This surprised me, but she said to keep doing as he has been doing.  She also said I could ask for a prescription for a Pen that will load the dose he needs by dialing (clicking) so he won't have to hope he's hitting the right mark when he is loading the syringe.  I'm checking into that.  I know he is feeling better because he continues to call my cell and tell me things I need to pick up and bring to him, or how I need to get on the staff there to have the doctor come back to go over an issue or two.  He didn't have this kind of "sass" Thursday!

Infection on his Foot

Today dad told be the Podiatrist came by and let him know they found a piece of glass in his foot which most likely caused the start of the infection.  He was relieved to know an external item caused it.  He kept wondering what he had done to cause such a wound and could not figure it out.   The glass knowledge really helped him to know he may "snap back"...  He says he has HOPE.  That's really good and makes me happy too.

UTI

Once he has seen the antibiotics through for the UTI, then I'll better know if he can make it to the bathroom on his own w/o dizziness or fear of losing control.  Not sure how much he can regain... but I really hope the dizziness is gone.

Short - term Future

I checked out the Longhorn Village in my neighborhood (Steiner Ranch) and it really nice.  The hospital sent admission papers over to them to receive him Monday or whenever he is released.  My friend is the admissions person and she said there are open rooms and it should work out great!  They have around the clock care and are very social so I think dad will be quite pleased to recover and rehab there.  We will have 20 days so that give me time to see how he progresses to know what the next step will me.

Feel Free to call

He has his cell phone attached to him so if you want to call him I'm sure he'd be glad to talk a moment.