Thursday, October 21, 2010

I picked Dad up at Life Care yesterday to take him to Dr. Glover. He keeps Dad's feet and toenails in good shape. Dad asked several times where we were going and I would tell him to the doctor. He would say, "What for?" and I would tell him to check his feet. He would raise his eyebrows, like "Is that necessary?" When we got to the doctor's office, we only had to wait a few minutes. When the nurse took us to the examining room, she asked Dad to take off his shoes. Of course he didn't want to. I helped him get his shoes and socks off and she went to get a sheet for him to put under his feet because he said, "Oooh, that's cold." While we waited a few minutes for Dr. Glover, Dad counted his toes several times, 1 -10 or 1-5, 1-5. Then he would look at me and laugh. Once, he said, "Put my shoes on." Another time he said, "Put my socks on." A couple of times he asked where we were. He looked out the window and said, "There's a lot of stuff out there." He did fine when Dr. Glover saw him but said "Ouch" a few times. On the way out to the car, he counted his steps - 45. I took him to David's house for dinner and Van and I left for Simon's soccer game. The game with Shelby went in to double overtime and stayed tied 1-1. We didn't get home until 10:00 and David met us at the house. I got Dad in bed and hit the sack because I was exhausted! This morning when I got Dad up, he fell back on the bed. He stood up again and started walking and almost fell sideways on the chair. I held on to him and he almost fell two more times walking to the bathroom. I was holding on to him as he was going to pee and he looked at me and said, "Okay, you don't have to stay." He came out of the bathroom on his own. I'm a bit worried about his difficulty with walking and balance, particularly when he first gets up. We'll have to watch him carefully. It was a quiet evening at home. Zeb is here for fall break and we had dinner together. Dad sat at the bar for a long time and then in his chair. I just got him in bed and as I turn and look at him he seems to be dreaming moving his hand in the air about something. I wonder what he dreams about........... Susie