My father’s health is up and down. Yesterday he was doing better, but today he was worse. I saw him for the first time today, and he did look scary. He looked far worse than anything I’ve seen on TV in a medical show. But the hospital he is in seems to be good. The doctor is quite young. The nurses are extremely helpful. He has a spectacular view of the reservoir from his room, but he is in no condition to enjoy it.
He is in pain. He has a lot of gas in him, and when he hiccups it is clear that it hurts a lot. He ate for the first time since Tuesday today. Just half a bowl of room temperature soup. Unfortunately he also tried some pineapple but the acidity made them a bad idea. He seems to be doing best when he has water. Tomorrow they are doing a routine procedure to check for blood clots.
It seems though that having a lot of people show up, me and my mother, is too much excitement for him. We’ll see how he is doing tomorrow before we decide how many people visit him.
I would like to thank all my friends for their support in this trying time.