Dad was in bed all day today, for the 3rd time. He has not had two days in a row in bed yet, but that may happen tomorrow. He has surprised us before, though.
I wrote my blog about 8:30 last night, wondering if we could get Dad out of his recliner. He woke up about 10 pm, and when we felt he was awake enough to help us, we got him in his wheel chair, and to the bedroom. We really had a struggle getting him into bed, as he was dog tired and couldn't even use his legs to help stand. We managed to get his pills in him over about 30 minutes. He slept well until 5 AM when he had chest and back pain, so he got a dose of his pain meds. He then "slept" until 11 AM. I put "slept" in quotation marks because it was the kind of sleep where he talks fairly constantly so I can't imagine it's good and restful. He was very slow to wake up enough to follow instructions, so it was noontime before he could eat a few bites of oatmeal and take his morning pills.
He stayed awake until about 1 PM, then slept until 4. Again, it took a long time for him to regain his senses, and he wanted to sit up on the side of his bed. We managed to get him to eat just a few bites of peaches and pears, and then some chocolate pudding. At 6:30, he was complaining of back pain, so we gave him his pills and laid him down. He was asleep before we walked down the hallway.
We don't think Dad has eaten more than 500 calories in three days. He is very weak. He imagines holding things in his hands. The good part of the day is when Mom comes up with some old stories about what they used to do, what candy they used to like, movie theaters they went to, the story about Dad being in a car accident (after a few too many you-know-whats) the night before their engagement party, which was then canceled because Dad was in the hospital. Dad laughs a lot at her stories.
Dave will be on duty tonight. Considering Dad fell asleep at 6:30, he may be in for an early AM wake up (1 AM? 2 AM?) but - what can you do but go with the flow.
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