Thursday, March 20, 2008

"Home again, home again, jiggity-jig!"

When I say "again", I really mean "again". Dad had a bit of a rough night Wednesday night. I say "a bit" because I wasn't there.
Mom said she felt that Dad was going through something during the night because he was very restless, fevered, and unstable on his feet. He did try getting up at one point, falling back against the wall, and sliding to the floor.
Mom noticed around 3 a.m. that there was a difference in his behavior and he seemed more settled, but when they got up in the morning he was having trouble with his left leg again. He "slid to the floor" again, and Mom could not get him up off the floor. She could not get him to respond well enough to help her either.
NOT coincidentally, Peter Webb called at that moment and he drove down to help Mom out. Dad's doctor instructed them to go back to the hospital.
By 4 p.m., they were headed back home! The doctors had run a CAT scan with nothing appearing to be wrong. So...they gave Dad the boot!! Really! Okay, "gang", so it was a real boot. He was able to walk out of the hospital on his own with this boot on. It should help stabilize him and make his foot work the way it should.
Praise God that this wasn't something more serious!
Please pray that...
1. Dad will get peaceful rest.
2. His blood sugar will stay even. It has fluctuated from 60-400 in one night!!
3. He and Mom will know his limits. He needs rest, but also needs to get buffed up!
4. Mom will find creative, tasteful ways to change up Dad's menu. Any salt-free recipes out
there?
Do you remember that Sunday School song "God answers prayer in the morning, God answers prayer at noo-oo-oon, God answers prayer in the evening, So keep your heart in tune"? LOVE IT!!

This has been the combined effort of
Kelly and Suzanne :)

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