Hard At Work

Dad made it thru his first night and has had a very busy morning. He looked great this morning when I saw him. He had already worked with the Occupational Therapist John - got his first "shower" since October 16th and had his Speech Therapy session as well. When I left, he and mom were going to relax until lunch. He may have another session of Occupational Therapy with Alicia this afternoon, but then his Physical Therapy evaluation is not until 4pm. He seems to be in a very good mood and says he likes the staff. He said he thinks he can "work here". When they asked him where he was - he told them he's "at work." He is still asking us how long he has to stay and when are we leaving to go home. . .but I do think he is much more at ease and does understand why he is there now. The staff is doing an excellent job of making him at home - and have shared encouraging stories of others who have come there unable to walk and have left the facility walking with a cane. We are very pleased with the way the doctor and nurses have already been right on top of dad's medicines and health issues. . . they have already discovered an important issue with "the patch." They had to take it off of him because it apparently interacts "dangerously" with his potassium medication and could cause a heart attack (if you are wondering why winchester did not catch this situation - we are too - and we will be following up on that! could this meds issues have cause him other complications? hmmm!) Well, we are not sure yet what they will do to handle his nausea - but they said they will attempt the many other options out there. They also have observed other things with his meds that they want to check into, like the amounts of BP meds he's taking. . . so already we feel that we have a team of people who are working hard for our Shug! I have to say today I feel much better about everything and truly feel like this was the right place. Thank you God!