Even though we did not plan on spending Thanksgiving in the ICU waiting room, we still have many reasons to be thankful: Dad is stable. We're blessed with many wo
nderful friends and family members. We still had turkey and all the fixins hand-delivered by David and Cheryl.
Dad is doing fine today. He still has limited speech and cannot move his right leg or arm. Dad has not been able to eat anything because they want to make sure that his swallowing was not afftected by the stroke at all before he eats anything solid. The speech therapist is going to schedule him for a complete speech eval sometime in the next day or two. Hopefully after that, we'll be able to let him eat something. For now, he is limited to a diet of ice chips and sugar-free vanilla pudding. Dad's nurse today is Agnes...that is my great grandmother's name so we knew Dad was in good hands. He had to have another MRI this morning and would not stay still, so Agnes crawled inside with Dad and held his hand until he fell asleep and his test could be completed.
Friends and family to be thankful for: Mike Ligon, Ricky Luker, Christine O'Reilly, Cheryl & David Arlott, Brian Dorman, Terri & Paul Strozier (Emily & Jennifer), and Kim Meyers (Associate Pastor) at St. Peter's United Methodist Church. And of course, the new fixtures of the ICU waiting room: Grandma, Mom and Dave & I.
nderful friends and family members. We still had turkey and all the fixins hand-delivered by David and Cheryl.Dad is doing fine today. He still has limited speech and cannot move his right leg or arm. Dad has not been able to eat anything because they want to make sure that his swallowing was not afftected by the stroke at all before he eats anything solid. The speech therapist is going to schedule him for a complete speech eval sometime in the next day or two. Hopefully after that, we'll be able to let him eat something. For now, he is limited to a diet of ice chips and sugar-free vanilla pudding. Dad's nurse today is Agnes...that is my great grandmother's name so we knew Dad was in good hands. He had to have another MRI this morning and would not stay still, so Agnes crawled inside with Dad and held his hand until he fell asleep and his test could be completed.
Friends and family to be thankful for: Mike Ligon, Ricky Luker, Christine O'Reilly, Cheryl & David Arlott, Brian Dorman, Terri & Paul Strozier (Emily & Jennifer), and Kim Meyers (Associate Pastor) at St. Peter's United Methodist Church. And of course, the new fixtures of the ICU waiting room: Grandma, Mom and Dave & I.
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