Dad is doing great. I was beginning to wonder if I would ever say those words. He is in such a great place mentally he wants to get better, knows it is going to take a lot of work and is anxious to get to it. Today he pushed the limits, set a goal of 6 walks. He made 5 of them before I left and a unless he sleep walks the next one is unlikely. He went for some major distance today stretching out over 250 feet on one walk alone. Funny story he took a walk without me today. The aids took him to the solarium put him in a chair and told him they would be right back. They never came back, so he reloaded his walker and made it home without an escort.
Dad was angry today with his placement. We are looking forward to the next part of his recovery some type of transitional unit. He was hoping to go to rehab with 3 hours of therapy today, when the nurse told him he did not qualify and would be going to a skilled nursing facility (with only 2 hours of rehab a day) he was upset. He was trying to figure out if he could retake the tests and try again!
He understands the nature of his long recovery and is ready to begin. Active issues are slowly settling down. The urologist has a great plan and hopefully in a few weeks everything will be back to normal. Diarrhea is still there but with slight improvement, GI consult was done today. Also seen my neurology who thought that he has some component of myopathy complicating the speed of his recovery.
It was hard to leave him there tonight, but I do trust that he is in good hands. He can't wait to see Robin as he continues to progress.
Funny dietary story. This goes back to last night, not a great day yesterday but the highlight was when his surgeon said he could have a hamburger. Mind you I am already on the Spohn Hospital watch list for smuggling muffins and Pepsi into his room. So of course I ran down to the What a Burger just blocks away from the cardiac clinic (notably Corpus Christi just got named fattest city in America-Corpulent Christi) and grabbed Dad the world famous heart stopper. Ran back to the room with the contra ban and a small sample for me as well. Unfortunately Dad had not made it to the porcelain and was awaiting cleanup on aisle 5. It did not slow him he sank his teeth into the burger while he waited. Mind you I have a strong stomach as a surgeon but I did have to step out to eat my burger. It was not one of the best that I have had, weird.
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