Despite the "dooms day" attitude of one of Dad's doctors, he seems to be getting stronger and more feisty by the day. He keeps telling Mom to help him get out of bed and when she won't....well, let's just say he has some colorful language lately! I spoke with Dr. DeLaRosa yesterday and he was cautiously optimistic about Dad's chances of full recovery. He is the surgeon who did the bypass surgery.
The problems with the GI tract still have the doctors stumped (for now), but now that he is getting nutrition through the feeding tube, he does seem to be getting stronger. His white cell count is slowly returning to normal. When it is back to normal, he will be moved to a "long term care facility" for treatment until he is strong enough and independent enough to go home. They obviously won't let him go home until he can function on his own enough that Mom can handle it by herself. Dad called Mom this morning twice, demanding that she get Kerry up to the hospital to help him get out of bed. When Mom wouldn't bother Kerry, Dad called her a coward. Angry Dad is good. In fact, Dr. DeLaRosa said that the angrier we get Dad, the better, because it may just light the fire inside him necessary for him to be motivated to cooperate with physical therapy, etc., and be released.
Dad really wants to see Emma and Brianna, but with the stricter visitor policies in place now due to the swine flu, we can't take them to the hospital. So I bought a web cam yesterday and we will see if he can see the great granddaughters that way.
Slowly, but surely, we take this a day at a time.
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