Saturday July 16

I just got back from being out of town and my first stop was to visit dad. We had a little scare today according to Lisa. Apparently we had way too many visitors come in at one time which proved too much for him. Sometimes I can't control who and/or when people come to visit.  Should anyone come to visit and sees there are others in the room, please wait outside until those visiting are finished. We're limiting the visit time to around 10 minutes. This afternoon, he was so exhausted he didn't want to wake up for speech therapy. Lisa tried to wake him but he just didn't respond. The nurses came in to see what was happening, drew blood, call his doctor because he just didn't wake up. You can just imagine all of the thoughts the were going through there minds. Once the doctor came in to see him, he suggested that maybe too many visitors at one time was too much for dad to take in.  Scary moment for all of us.  I'm glad to say that
he had an undisturbed 2 hour nap and when he awoke, he was alert and responsive. What a sigh of relief!!!  I'm doing my best to schedule times for visitations with enough time in between for some rest. Only 2 at a time in the room has been suggested by the nursing staff.
I would like to remind everyone, he's still in rehabilitation, working on building his strength so that he can transfer himself alone from bed to chair.  He's far from this but he's showing signs of improvement. There will be times when he'll carry a conversation with us and other times when we can't understand him at all. This is part of his recovery process.
Please continue to keep him in your thoughts and prayers.