Grey Friday
Well it looks like we are all set for another round of punishing rain today. What a bummer. I hope everyone stays safe and dry.
Dad had a great day yesterday. He got up into the wheelchair (With help) 3 times. Total time was about an hour or so. He ate well and also made it to sit in the living room with my aunt and cousin for a while. This morning I gave him a nice shave and the physical therapist will be here shortly. He does have some pain in his back today and for the past few days he has been complaining more of pain in various places. I attribute this to the fact that he has been moving around more now than he has in the past 2 months. While I am sure that is a factor, i do also realize that the pains are in places where the cancer is in his bone. We called Sloan Kettering to see what the process would be if we decided to have a consultation. Up until now, we have been doing as much as we can to make him comfortable because we were told there was no hope. 6 months have passed and we have him on an alternative program along with hospice. He seems stable and now we want to go further. I'll keep you all posted on what becomes of all of that.
I am holding up OK. Sherry is doing well and things are status-quo at this point. Lets hope they stay like this for a while. God knows we can use the break.
OK the physical therapist left here about 20 minuets ago. Dad did extremely well! He got up from bed using the walker and sat in the wheelchair all on his own. She worked with him on some exercises and when it was time to go back into the bed, he surprised us by doing it all alone. The therapist was shocked and we all think he is doing great. He did get a bit sick right after getting himself into bed though. He pushed himself allot but he felt better quickly. He asked the therapist if she thought he would ever walk again and she said "absolutely as long as you keep up the exercises". That made him very happy. In the kitchen, she was talking to my mom and myself. She said that dad is not the "typical" hospice patient. She said most of them look as if they have days left and they usually are very confused. She is impressed with dad and how well he is doing. Lets hope he keeps up the good work :)
Dad had a great day yesterday. He got up into the wheelchair (With help) 3 times. Total time was about an hour or so. He ate well and also made it to sit in the living room with my aunt and cousin for a while. This morning I gave him a nice shave and the physical therapist will be here shortly. He does have some pain in his back today and for the past few days he has been complaining more of pain in various places. I attribute this to the fact that he has been moving around more now than he has in the past 2 months. While I am sure that is a factor, i do also realize that the pains are in places where the cancer is in his bone. We called Sloan Kettering to see what the process would be if we decided to have a consultation. Up until now, we have been doing as much as we can to make him comfortable because we were told there was no hope. 6 months have passed and we have him on an alternative program along with hospice. He seems stable and now we want to go further. I'll keep you all posted on what becomes of all of that.
I am holding up OK. Sherry is doing well and things are status-quo at this point. Lets hope they stay like this for a while. God knows we can use the break.
OK the physical therapist left here about 20 minuets ago. Dad did extremely well! He got up from bed using the walker and sat in the wheelchair all on his own. She worked with him on some exercises and when it was time to go back into the bed, he surprised us by doing it all alone. The therapist was shocked and we all think he is doing great. He did get a bit sick right after getting himself into bed though. He pushed himself allot but he felt better quickly. He asked the therapist if she thought he would ever walk again and she said "absolutely as long as you keep up the exercises". That made him very happy. In the kitchen, she was talking to my mom and myself. She said that dad is not the "typical" hospice patient. She said most of them look as if they have days left and they usually are very confused. She is impressed with dad and how well he is doing. Lets hope he keeps up the good work :)
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