Tuesday, December 2 … Midnight Caller!
Well it was actually 1:30 a.m., not midnight, but Mom got a wake-up call from Troy, Dad’s night nurse, saying that they were moving him out of the ICU!! He told mom that Dad was the most stable patient they had, and they really needed his bed. So, they were moving him to the sixth floor, and she could find him in Room 606 in the morning. Mom has been stopping at the hospital before work each day, and found Dad sitting up and eating breakfast. She told him that when his therapists came in today to work with him, that he better show off that new found vocabulary, and apparently he did! A case worker called mom at work and said both the speech therapist and the occupational therapist thought dad had improved enough to be discharged and begin therapy at a rehabilitation hospital, so all they needed was the approval of the physical therapist as well as the insurance company. It didn’t come by the end of today, but hopefully tomorrow. We are anxious to get this show on the road!!
Dad’s daytime visitors today were Grandma (bearing a gift of sugar-free jello with sliced bananas!) and Kim Meyers. Mom, Dave & I all visited after work, and Dad ate well again, except his blood sugar and blood pressure were both a little high. Hopefully he will get a good night’s sleep and feel great tomorrow!
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