today i busted my mom out of the hospital for a few hours. this is the first time she has left the hospital, during the day, in the last 2 1/2 weeks. darrel and i took her to lunch, and then my mom, the kids, and i went shopping to get my dad some new clothes so he doesn't have to wear the lovely hospital attire. when my mom left, my dad was out of control. he hadn't slept in over 2 days and was very agitated. they moved him to a private room that has video cameras in it so that they can keep an eye on him (to make sure he doesn't try to get out of bed on his own again). by the time we got back to the hospital "my dad" was back. it was so great to talk to him in such a normal way. i asked him if he knew he brain was functioning a little crazy. he said he didn't until he was in speech therapy and they were telling him to spell words backwards. he said he was confused. he knows he isn't totally himself. he loved emily getting up on the bed with him so he could really talk to her and play with her. ryan was really afraid of the cage on the bed, so we couldn't get him up there. this morning ryan told me he wanted to take a spiderman bandaide for grandpa chief. while we were in his room they put a new cast on his arm (probably about his 20th one because he continues to rip them off). i told ryan to put his bandaide on his cast, so he did. my dad did not even try one time to remove his cast. i have not seen him go more than 3-4 mins without trying to get it off. after ryan put the bandaide on him he said, "ok grandpa chief you are all better now." he is so hungry! he really wants sour cream and onion potato chips. he told us to go and buy a big bag on our way home tonight. he also kept telling ryan to go and get some out of the vending machine. i wish they would let him eat! i'm sure it would make him feel 100 % better. i am hoping tomorrow will be another good day, but my expectations are not high (considering his track record). they were going to give him some ambien tonight to make sure he gets some sleep. i am sure that will help him out too.
Ferguson, My Take
11 years ago
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Amy- thank you for keeping us up to date every day, we really appreciate, it is good to see pictures of him each day and to hear how he is doing. I am glad that he is doing good. Ethan saw this picture of Emily on his bed, and he said, "I want to go lay on the bed with grandpa chief." It is hard to not be able to be there and to come visit him. I was trying to talk Dave into coming this weekend, but he said that Lisa and Dan will be coming, so that should be fun! So maybe sometime soon! Thanks again for the posts!
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