Tuesday, November 16, 2004

A Million Times Better

The phone call never came. In fact, when my sister called to check on my Dad, the nurse told her that he was awake enough to weakly nod or shrug his shoulders when asked questions. When Mom and I arrived, we saw for ourselves that his blood pressure had raised to a respectible level and, better yet, was stable rather than going through thirty point swings. His fever has all but disappeared. By the time we left, he was trying to communicate with a letter board, but it was obviously frustrating him.

I'd go and see him today, but I have a cold now, and that is the last thing they want walking around a Critical Care Unit. Compared to what my Dad has been through, this ought to be a snap.

1 comment:

Winston (Ted) Wade said...

The above two posts were from a relative that I have not spoken to for several years and who has been trying to contact my family. He had left an e-mail address and I deleted the posts so that he wouldn't get spammed for his trouble. Blogs and Google, amazing what can happen.