My dad is still in Intensive Care. He has gotten a bit worse, but they are monitoring his heart and lungs. We are about to go get another cat scan and then another MRI after that. The respiratory therapists were here in the morning to test his breathing and said it looked good.
Because of the virus he's fighting off coupled with the myriad of drugs they have him on, he has very little energy, which makes him feel very depressed. He needs help to turn over in the bed, and he's very used to being able to do everything himself. He's not comfortable with depending on anyone else. I was able to get the nurse to get an "egg crate" mattress pad to help with the comfort level.
It's pretty bad. We just have to trust that the doctors and nurses are doing everything they can. And it will just take time. It's too soon to tell how long he'll be in Intensive Care or how long he'll have to be in the hospital period. We won't know what type of rehab he'll have to go through to re-learn to walk.
I'll keep you all posted. Thank you all for your support and thank you for keeping us in your thoughts.
~Jenn
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