Dad had a fairly good day. As far as alertness, he comes and goes. I showed him some pictures and asked him to point to certain people. He got all of them right... so we are glad to know he still knows who his family is!! =) We are sooo glad he is at the Long term acute care in Baptist. We are just hoping and praying he can stay there. They work with him soo well and got him so strong the last time he was there. Our only concern, is the fact that I was approached by the social worker the first day he was there. He asked me where we planned on going after here. I said hopefully rehab and if he's not ready for rehab then maybe back to recoup. He wasn't too encouraging about him getting to stay very long. He told me we needed to have a "Plan B" in case he isn't ready for the other two. NOT what we wanted to hear the first day he was in that unit. We are kinda on pins and needles. I mean we are willing to do ANYTHING to keep him there! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Pray that he is able to stay there and get stronger. They work with him everyday! He has physical therapy and occupational therapy usually daily and speech a couple times a week.
As I was watching Dad today with his speech therapist, I couldn't help but think this is all a dream. I just can't believe this has happened to MY daddy. I have tried to be soo strong through all of this and it is getting soo soo hard on ALL of us. We are soo ready to have him back. We rely on him so much and there are times I catch myself picking up the phone to call him and ask him what I should do, and realize I can't do that. :/ The one thing I have learned, is you never know what tomorrow will bring. Please go give your loved ones a great big hug or call them up and tell them how much you love them. I know my daddy knows I love him, but there is soo much I wish I would have told him. I am hopefully I will be able to one day...soon!
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Sat 8/27
Nothing new to report. We hope everyone has a great weekend!
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Thursday 8/25
Happy Thursday! I am writing from Dads new room on the 10th floor!!!! He is doing lots of exploring today! He is tugging at everything! OT came in this morning and she said he did well!!! We love all the nurses up here and are so glad he was able to get come back.
I left for lunch and came back and saw this......
I know you can't make out he is reaching for, so I took a better picture......
As you can see in the background we have a shrine of pictures in his room....ESP pics of Gracie!!!!! I guess one of the nurses taped this up for him while I was gone! I LOVE it! He just smiles at it!!!! =)
He is still off the vent and doing well. Not so sure he recognized me when I first got here but he mouthed my name later. He is watching an old movie right now. Hopefully we will have an uneventful afternoon.
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I left for lunch and came back and saw this......
I know you can't make out he is reaching for, so I took a better picture......
As you can see in the background we have a shrine of pictures in his room....ESP pics of Gracie!!!!! I guess one of the nurses taped this up for him while I was gone! I LOVE it! He just smiles at it!!!! =)
He is still off the vent and doing well. Not so sure he recognized me when I first got here but he mouthed my name later. He is watching an old movie right now. Hopefully we will have an uneventful afternoon.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Wednesday
I just realized I don't even know what the date is! I just dropped Gracie off at her new daycare, that she just LOVES, and mom called to tell me Dad is going to get to stay at Baptist!!!!!!! Our prayers have been answered! We aren't sure when he is moving but the room is locked for him!!!!!! What a wonderful way to start the day!!!! Yay!!!
His temp dropped this am so he is under the warming blanket again. Will update more later!
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His temp dropped this am so he is under the warming blanket again. Will update more later!
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Tuesday 8/23
*3:30 pm
UGHHHHH. It's always something! The social worker called and said there isn't a bed for Dad in the long term acute care unit, and he cant stay in ICU, so he will be discharged. Why does this always happen to us???? We just want him to stay at Baptist, get stronger and go over to rehab. I'm so mad, angry, ticked, lots more words I don't need to type. They were talking about hospitals in NWA. How is this going to be possible for us????? UGHHHH. There always has to be something that gets In our way.
Gracie and I made the move to Heber Sunday. I told Mom the first thing I wanted to do was unpack my suitcase! I am soo tired of living out of a suitcase... Been doing it 4 months now!!! It's nice being at "home" but we still miss Josh and our home in TN. Josh is working on the road for the next month or so, so it makes it a little easier knowing he's not at home either.
Gracie wanted to send "cheese" to her daddy this morning!
Dad is about the same. He is on the lowest setting on the vent. He's been handling it very well. I spent the day with him yesterday. They got him in the cardia chair and he sat up for about 2 hours! My aunt is spending some time with him today and I haven't gotten a report yet, so I always assume no news is good news.
Will update more later!!!!
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UGHHHHH. It's always something! The social worker called and said there isn't a bed for Dad in the long term acute care unit, and he cant stay in ICU, so he will be discharged. Why does this always happen to us???? We just want him to stay at Baptist, get stronger and go over to rehab. I'm so mad, angry, ticked, lots more words I don't need to type. They were talking about hospitals in NWA. How is this going to be possible for us????? UGHHHH. There always has to be something that gets In our way.
Gracie and I made the move to Heber Sunday. I told Mom the first thing I wanted to do was unpack my suitcase! I am soo tired of living out of a suitcase... Been doing it 4 months now!!! It's nice being at "home" but we still miss Josh and our home in TN. Josh is working on the road for the next month or so, so it makes it a little easier knowing he's not at home either.
Gracie wanted to send "cheese" to her daddy this morning!
Dad is about the same. He is on the lowest setting on the vent. He's been handling it very well. I spent the day with him yesterday. They got him in the cardia chair and he sat up for about 2 hours! My aunt is spending some time with him today and I haven't gotten a report yet, so I always assume no news is good news.
Will update more later!!!!
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Friday 8/19
*10:30 pm
Dad had an ok day. He slept off and on and seemed pretty spacey. He ended up having a low grade fever and his bp was looking good. He mouths stuff to us, but we just can't understand what he's saying. He is unable to right as well. PT came by this afternoon and had him move his arms and legs some. OT came shortly after and we sat him halfway up! We weren't strong enough to sit him all the way up! Lol
Mom said tonight his bp was pretty high and he was really hot. Hopefully this is not the beginning of something.......
Will update tomorrow. I'm exhausted.....heading to bed!
I can't believe I didn't get a Birthday post in yesterday! For some reason yesterday flew by! On days I'm with Dad all day, they are usually hectic.
He had some sweet birthday guests and we made him a big happy birthday banner and got him a big card that played happy birthday. I think I got on his nerves, cause I walked in singing HB and then sang it or said it at least once every 30 minutes! Lol
I got here this morning and they said his temp had dropped. They put him under a warming blanket and it came up. He still is under the warming blanket and he is sleeping. His bp is a lil low. Hopefully he's just tired and nothing else is going on.
I will update this afternoon on how his day is going.
We love you all!!!!!
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Dad had an ok day. He slept off and on and seemed pretty spacey. He ended up having a low grade fever and his bp was looking good. He mouths stuff to us, but we just can't understand what he's saying. He is unable to right as well. PT came by this afternoon and had him move his arms and legs some. OT came shortly after and we sat him halfway up! We weren't strong enough to sit him all the way up! Lol
Mom said tonight his bp was pretty high and he was really hot. Hopefully this is not the beginning of something.......
Will update tomorrow. I'm exhausted.....heading to bed!
I can't believe I didn't get a Birthday post in yesterday! For some reason yesterday flew by! On days I'm with Dad all day, they are usually hectic.
He had some sweet birthday guests and we made him a big happy birthday banner and got him a big card that played happy birthday. I think I got on his nerves, cause I walked in singing HB and then sang it or said it at least once every 30 minutes! Lol
I got here this morning and they said his temp had dropped. They put him under a warming blanket and it came up. He still is under the warming blanket and he is sleeping. His bp is a lil low. Hopefully he's just tired and nothing else is going on.
I will update this afternoon on how his day is going.
We love you all!!!!!
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Wednesday 8/17
Dad slept during my morning visit today. However, he was awake and alert during Mom and Caroline's visit this afternoon. He has been moved to PCU (Progressive Care Unit). It's still in ICU South, just a different hallway.
Dad's birthday is tomorrow. What a bummy way to be spending your birthday, huh?!?? Mom asked him how old he is going to be and he said 18! Ha!!! Doesn't he wish!!!!!
Mom sent me this picture last week when Gracie was in Heber. Sure looks like she was enjoying her dinner, huh?!? This is her newest cheese pose!!!!
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Dad's birthday is tomorrow. What a bummy way to be spending your birthday, huh?!?? Mom asked him how old he is going to be and he said 18! Ha!!! Doesn't he wish!!!!!
Mom sent me this picture last week when Gracie was in Heber. Sure looks like she was enjoying her dinner, huh?!? This is her newest cheese pose!!!!
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