Great news, snugs! Since your dad is eating and drinking much better, and they are moving him in and out of bed on a regular basis, it may be that a combination of that along with the restless nights he was experiencing (as he said) has worked together toward his sleeping more deeply and resting more. This may be another phase in his getting those things regulated. Hope so!
Keeping y’all in prayer.
Up and down day. I think the summary is that he is beginning to realise what he has been through and how much there still is to go.
On the up side he is fairly cheerful and does not refuse to eat what I give him. He cannot quite manage all of the food the hospital give him but he tries to eat about half of it and did drink at least one resource drink and possibly 2.
On the downside with his eating being up his drinking has gone down.
They are concerned that he maybe slightly dehydrated but of course they have to measure urine/stoma/sweat output against intake not just urine output so in fact he maybe drinking/taking fluids through food such as milk/yogurt etc so they are going to monitor hourly for a while. Originally they suggested some fluid via IV but on reflection the overnight duty doctor thought less trauma to dad to see if he can pick up his drinking through sips during the night rather than canulating him again but if still concern tomorrow they may re-condsider. I will discuss this with the sister tomorrow lunch time.
Prayers for encouragement to dad to see how far he has come and a lot of the really hard work is done, chest is clear (Xray showed normal), passed major concern for stroke/blood clots, clips out and healing of the scar well on the way with just the bottom in the crease to fully join.
Once again many thanks for your thoughts and prayers.