Thank you for the update, snugs. So glad to hear that he seems to be making good progress. The mobility will speed things up as well. Praying for continued improvement,and that each improvement will lessen his anxiety, and he will be able to rest more easily.
My mother went through similar anxieties about changes in her medicines and the adjustments her body went through at first, after she had quadruple heart bypass surgery. Glad your dad’s med team is doing the tests and checking his concerns...praying they all will be resolved satisfactorily.
Mother also says that her dentures do not fit as well since her surgery and recovery...gums seem to have shrunken and the dentures fit more loosely.
It’s a process. I’m glad he seems to be making good progress. Praying for you too, snugs. I know working, and the physical demands of attending to a sick loved one, plus the stress of the emotional demands can be draining.
God bless.
UPDATE ON DAD
Result of CT scan showed no bleed but ECG did not show the irregular heart beat had returned which maybe what he thought was a TIA. They have therefore decided to restart his blood thinner as of last night. They will check his blood again today and then decide the daily strength yesterday they started him off on a booster dose. I suspect they will check it daily or every other day for a few days and then probably once a week once they have it to the level they want it.
He finds it hard being in a chair for 4 hours a day with his back but they do not want to use certain pain killers after the frog and birds incident but I suspect once his blood is thinner this may be less.
They use a special machine now to get him in and out of bed which means he is actually standing which they are pleased about and he is himself seems to be pleased that he can do this.
The may areas for concern and prayer are his sleeping at night and eating. Last night when I rang the ward at midnight he still had not gone to sleep I briefly spoke to him and tried to relax him but again his so uncomfortable as well as uneasy at night that he finds it hard to sleep. Because of his TIA history and so soon after a major op they do not want to give him sedatives at night so have taken him off the 2 tablets he used to take at night at home.
The other area is eating, because they have put so many rules on his eating and drinking because he was very nervous and had a few coughing fits after drinking. They are insisting he has to be at 90 degrees, no straws, no spoons (drinking), spouted cup only a normal glass or mug. This is so liquid does not go too far back into the throat before he swallows. Personally I do not think he has a problem but I think because of all of this he is nervous. At home he often coughs after eating or drinking certain things but I suppose they have to be doubly careful in hospital that he is safe. On the other hand he can swallow large round flat tablets and capsules so to me I cannot see there is much wrong with the throat/windpipe etc.
I did manage to get half a plate of pureed fish and white sauce down him yesterday plus 3 spoonfuls of pureed chicken casserole and a bowl of stewed apple and custard. I also gave him half a cup of the resource drink meal replacement. Today I am going to take in his favourite dessert Banana delight which is packet desert similar to your pudding mix which you mix with milk and whisk until thick. He loves this on trifle so I will take half a packet worth in today and the rest tomorrow which if he eats it will get about 250 calories into him out of the 800 we need to as they have now reduced the overnight calories to 800 in attempt to get to get hungry and consume the other 800 normally.
I am going to have breakfast now then ring the hospital and then go up the garden and see to the birds before going up the hospital for the day.
Once again thanks for all your thoughts, prayers and support
Love
Eleanor