Just Waiting

Not much to report. . . we have been waiting all day for them to do the tests on dad. Looks like he will be heading downstairs for the gall bladder test now. Not sure when they might do the endoscope to check for stomach ulcers. Anyway, he had a great day yesterday - looked so good! Today he is a little groggy, little hard to understand - then again, they have not allowed him to drink any liquids due to testing so he is very dry mouthed, which makes it hard to communicate. If we get any results from the testing today, we will give you another post - but if nothing new happens, we'll give an update in the morning. The way we understand, if the tests do not indicate any internal bleeding of any kind or problems, then he would get to go back to rehab Tuesday or Wednesday. His neuro doc wants one more CT scan of his head before he leaves. The doctor's collective thinking on him throwing up the blood & nausea issues is that- if his gall bladder and stomach are clear - they believe this is just a symptom of the stroke and some inner ear issues (benign positional vertigo). . . and this will be something we will just need to work thru in therapy to control it better. So let's pray that dad's tests are negative, and his CT scan shows nothing but improvement and that his heart rate and blood levels will be stable enough to get him back to "work" as he calls rehab now. Thanks for being along with us on this journey - we couldn't do it without all the love and support everyone is sending our way.