Dad’s nuerologist seems to make rounds in the wee morning hours, so Mom spent last night in the ICU hoping to catch him and get his thoughts on Dad’s condition. She said dad was very restless all night long, so neither one of them got much sleep. And just as Dad did get comfortable and doze off about 3 a.m., it wasn’t long after, until the chest x-ray machine was making its rounds in the ICU, and woke them up about 5 a.m. On this particular morning, instead of Dr. Diaz making his rounds at 6 a.m., he didn’t arrive until normal visiting hours began at 9:30 a.m. Mom w
asn’t too happy, but too tired to complain and besides that, he made Dad’s foot move by scraping the bottom of it with his little magic tool. Mom was thrilled not only with that little movement, but she thought Dr. Diaz had a great bedside manner and was eager to help Dad get on the road to his recovery. So, she left the hospital a happy little camper. Terri and I arrived at the hospital to take over the helm so Mom could go home and get some sleep, but Dad didn’t seem to notice, because he was sound asleep. His nurse, Vanessa, said that it was not unusual for days 3 and 4 to be sleepy days so the body can repair itself and heal. He slept through all of his morning visitors … Karen & Stacey Hill (and they brought bagels and cream cheese for us for breakfast!); Sha
nnon Cass and Debbie Schneider, Jose Benevidas and Rick & Laura Krustchinsky. However, as the morning progressed, Dad seemed to be less and less responsive, and it began to worry Vanessa. She took it upon herself to call Dr. Diaz and relay her concern, so Dr. Diaz ordered another CT scan to make sure Dad didn’t have a bleed in his brain or another stroke. Mom happened to return to the hospital just as they were wheeling Dad down to Imaging, but thank the good Lord, nothing had changed, Dad was just exhausted, and managed to sleep through most of the afternoon and the visitors it brought as well … Ricky & Linda Luker, Charles Lee Luker, Donald Ray Meek, Johnny Adams, David & Cheryl (Hannah & Alex, too!), and Terri, Paul and the girls.
asn’t too happy, but too tired to complain and besides that, he made Dad’s foot move by scraping the bottom of it with his little magic tool. Mom was thrilled not only with that little movement, but she thought Dr. Diaz had a great bedside manner and was eager to help Dad get on the road to his recovery. So, she left the hospital a happy little camper. Terri and I arrived at the hospital to take over the helm so Mom could go home and get some sleep, but Dad didn’t seem to notice, because he was sound asleep. His nurse, Vanessa, said that it was not unusual for days 3 and 4 to be sleepy days so the body can repair itself and heal. He slept through all of his morning visitors … Karen & Stacey Hill (and they brought bagels and cream cheese for us for breakfast!); Sha
nnon Cass and Debbie Schneider, Jose Benevidas and Rick & Laura Krustchinsky. However, as the morning progressed, Dad seemed to be less and less responsive, and it began to worry Vanessa. She took it upon herself to call Dr. Diaz and relay her concern, so Dr. Diaz ordered another CT scan to make sure Dad didn’t have a bleed in his brain or another stroke. Mom happened to return to the hospital just as they were wheeling Dad down to Imaging, but thank the good Lord, nothing had changed, Dad was just exhausted, and managed to sleep through most of the afternoon and the visitors it brought as well … Ricky & Linda Luker, Charles Lee Luker, Donald Ray Meek, Johnny Adams, David & Cheryl (Hannah & Alex, too!), and Terri, Paul and the girls.Thank you to all of your wonderful friends and family who have come to see Dad in the hospital...we love all of you very much!
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