...Why not? It's Christmas Eve, right? Can't we be cheesy once in awhile?
Anyway, saw Dad this morning and he was having breakfast delivered. He hadn't slept too well, but he did eat well. I must say, coffee with the thickener in it was like sucking in 2-hour-cold gravy...and he didn't like the taste. But the juice seemed to taste good to him, and he ate a good amount of the food. Blood pressure, heart rate, etc. looked good. They also did two sessions of therapy with him today, one was Occupational Therapy ("Yes, I am a lawyer...No, I do not circle when blood is in the water"). Just kidding, it was upper body stuff. The other was physical therapy for his lower body, I believe.
Dad's Renal doctor came in shortly after I had left, and told him that they were not planning to do any more dialysis. They will continue to monitor his blood and urine lab results, in case they need another session. This is AWESOME.
I also try to "test" Dad's mental acuity as often as possible, even though he seems quite normal. Today I told him that Mark Felt died last week. It took him about 2 seconds, and he said, "Hmmm, that's interesting. He was certainly a stinker." My guess is 95% of Americans wouldn't have known who I was talking about, the way I posed it to him...so little things like that show he is able to piece together very small, and personally insignificant information from many years ago. Who was Felt? Tell you later.
Please be praying for Dad's sleep, and that he will gain weight and strength. Mom needs LOTS of prayers, as this is starting to take a toll on her. She's been a trooper this first 5 weeks. But her mom is not doing too well either, so she is starting to worry about neglecting her. Praise be to God for giving us Dad for Christmas! It is the only thing any of us would have asked for!!!
Ok...Felt was "Deep Throat," the (traitorious) FBI deputy director who was feeding reporters Woodward and Bernstein information on the Watergate scandal.
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We asked him about the nightmares when we spoke to him today and he said he had not had the nightmare in about three days. He also said he was sleeping better but the room was cold. And he mentioned eating thickened foods and beverages. He said he could not remember any of the first three weeks but told us several times he'd been in the hospital since November 24th. He seemed more "with it" than we anticipated. Blessings on you all who are caring for him and giving us such faithful updates.
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