buckytom
Grill Master
thanks susan, meme, f-mom, and sass.
i just wrote this to f-mom, so i'm just copying it here out of laziness.
my dad is stable, but still not home. he's completely blind in one eye, and has only 30% sight left in the other, which is making him very depressed as he is an avid reader. we don't know if blood vessels in his brain will redirect, or other brain cells take over to give him back some sight yet.
fortunately, my eldest sister carol stepped in and took over the lead. she's a recently retired high school teacher, so she has a great way about her that gets distracted people to focus, all while putting up with zero crapola from idiots.
as soon as i spoke to her, i knew my dad was in good hands. i love my bro, but he's too nice of a person to deal with this.
carol actually stalked the doctor from the parking lot and through the hospital just to get him to more quickly see my dad and answer our family's questions.
she wrote down everything the doctor's said in a notepad just in case anyone else had questions, or if we wanted to do our own research. in fact, at one point a doc grabbed the notepad and drew a bunch of diagrams describing some of the conditions that are affecting dad.
hopefully, we'll know more tomorrow. dad's blood pressure is all over the place, so it's still a worry to the docs.
carol went back to the hospital today with cookies and candies: bribery for the nursing staff. she's gonna find out what kind of diet and other care my dad will need once he gets home. i'm hoping to cook a bunch of freezer meals within those guidelines so mom can catch a break as well.
i'm going to see my parents on thursday, and my siblings and i are beggining to work out schedules so that they will have someone visiting at least every other day in case there's anything they need. i'll probably take mondays.
thanks again for everyone's continued support and good vibes.
i just wrote this to f-mom, so i'm just copying it here out of laziness.
my dad is stable, but still not home. he's completely blind in one eye, and has only 30% sight left in the other, which is making him very depressed as he is an avid reader. we don't know if blood vessels in his brain will redirect, or other brain cells take over to give him back some sight yet.
fortunately, my eldest sister carol stepped in and took over the lead. she's a recently retired high school teacher, so she has a great way about her that gets distracted people to focus, all while putting up with zero crapola from idiots.
as soon as i spoke to her, i knew my dad was in good hands. i love my bro, but he's too nice of a person to deal with this.
carol actually stalked the doctor from the parking lot and through the hospital just to get him to more quickly see my dad and answer our family's questions.
she wrote down everything the doctor's said in a notepad just in case anyone else had questions, or if we wanted to do our own research. in fact, at one point a doc grabbed the notepad and drew a bunch of diagrams describing some of the conditions that are affecting dad.
hopefully, we'll know more tomorrow. dad's blood pressure is all over the place, so it's still a worry to the docs.
carol went back to the hospital today with cookies and candies: bribery for the nursing staff. she's gonna find out what kind of diet and other care my dad will need once he gets home. i'm hoping to cook a bunch of freezer meals within those guidelines so mom can catch a break as well.
i'm going to see my parents on thursday, and my siblings and i are beggining to work out schedules so that they will have someone visiting at least every other day in case there's anything they need. i'll probably take mondays.
thanks again for everyone's continued support and good vibes.