Sunday, November 1, 2009

Sunday, November 1, 2009 - evening update

Mom called around 3:00 this afternoon, asking us to come back to the hospital because they were going to do an endoscopic study on Dad at 4:00. She wanted someone to be there when the doctor reported the results.

Dr. Cook reported that they could see no obstructions or ulcers in the stomach, which is great news! The NG tube Dad has had for the past 2 days has drained all the "gunk" out of his stomach so they are going to block the tube for a few hours to see if his stomach will start working correctly.

The speech therapist is going to do a video swallow study tomorrow (another scope procedure....poor Dad). They will give him various consistencies of food and watch his swallow reflex.

Dad has been through a lot the past few days, but it's all in an effort to get him on the road to recovery. He has tolerated everything pretty well physically. We hope they figure things out soon.

I've actually been impressed with PMC, which is unusual, indeed.

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