Day 2 - Back at Rehab

Well - we have some good and some frustrating news to report. The patch for motion sickness worked - dad did not get nauseous at therapy today! However, his blood pressure dropped very low and it caused them to stopped therapy and check his vitals - and do an ekg - to make sure everything was okay. He ended up coming back up from therapy at 11:30 on a bed and was under doctors orders to rest the remainder of the day. He did do a little bedside therapy in the afternoon, but he was pretty exhausted when I saw him this evening. He was having difficulty getting any volume in his voice tonight - he was a little frustrated that we couldn't understand much of what he was trying to share with us when he was awake. Otherwise, good news in the eating skills area - he is back to whole foods and doing well with them. He is still getting feeling and having movement on left side - minor, but progress. Just hoping he can gain enough strength to soon be able to at least readjust himself in bed - he gets so sore laying in one position and doesn't have the ability or strength to move to his side alone. The doctor felt like his low BP was just a medication issue - so he has ordered a new dosage to help with that- let's pray that we get that at the right level in order to pickup with therapy again tomorrow. This will be dad's first night alone - we have been taking turns staying with him since he had been back at the hospital because he was waking up at night and having so much confusion and anxiety - but tonight we felt like he was ready to try to get thru the night without one of us at his side. Pray for a peaceful and safe night for him and good day back at therapy. Thanks for being an army of prayer warriors lifting Dad's needs to heaven. . . one day he will be able to thank you himself, but until then, our family thanks you!