Showing posts with label surgery norwalk stroke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label surgery norwalk stroke. Show all posts

Friday, May 11, 2007

Dad update - norwalk

Dad's coming along. He was speaking in full sentences today, but last night was really wonky with weird out of character comments. The reports today were all really positive. He's got all his tubes out save the intravenous and he was up and walking around the ward for quite a while today. They had him sitting up for some time too. He's bloated by about 4.5kg but the chest tube is out and he's moving the fluid. They were going to introduce some diuretics shortly to bring him down again to his proper weight.

He still gets lost in his words, but more often now he struggles for it and gets the words he was seeking.

Now for the bad news. Heath Canada officers are guarding the doors. The ward he was on has had an out break of the norwalk virus. The guy Dad was in pre surgery with came down with it. Fun eh? Sheesh! Stop the fun already.