One Month
It's been one whole month since my dad was admitted to Valley Med and he is now officially in the Rehab unit. Since he just got in on Thursday night, which is towards the weekend, he hasn't started on his intense rehab yet. Tomorrow will be the first big day, I think -- not sure how serious the hospital is about Columbus Day.
My dad has been well into his pureed diet in the last few days. Since the hospital staff is really baby steps about the food stuff... I'd like to try to have him eat a tiny bit of soft chewing-needed foods, like maybe a banana.
His improvements have been pretty subtle, which isn't bad at all. He's been sitting up about 2-3 times a day, mostly for meals. Total of maybe about 3-4 hours each day, which is a big jump from just the lowly 45 mins he was allowed to just 1-week ago. He seems even more alert.
Normally 2 nurses are required to help transfer him from wheelchair to bed, but today the HSA Bridget was able to transfer my dad herself. Turns out my dad is now able to stand up slightly to accommodate his body weight. Although his left arm still often reverts back to a bent 30 degree position, his elbow is much less tight since the hourly implementation of the arm splint. He's able to slowly pull and push my hand. His left hand though still hasn't shown much improvement, can't really move his fingers much other than revert to a fist.
The doctors now have redivided his Metoprolo intake into 3 times a day instead of 2 because the frequency helps maintain his blood pressure better. Before the morning dosage would always expire at about 6-8pm and his BP would climb back up to the 180s. Now for the most part, his BP is in the 130s-150s. This still sounds high for the average person, but it's actually a significant improvement for my dad.
Hopefully this week's rehab will bring much more improvements and hopefully the higher dosage (0.8) of Flomax will kick in so he can pee on his own soon....
And now, I'd like to thank these new awesome donors:
Marilyn Chan
Marvin Lau
Stephan Chang
Sylvia Lee
Thanks yalls, and good night!
My dad has been well into his pureed diet in the last few days. Since the hospital staff is really baby steps about the food stuff... I'd like to try to have him eat a tiny bit of soft chewing-needed foods, like maybe a banana.
His improvements have been pretty subtle, which isn't bad at all. He's been sitting up about 2-3 times a day, mostly for meals. Total of maybe about 3-4 hours each day, which is a big jump from just the lowly 45 mins he was allowed to just 1-week ago. He seems even more alert.
Normally 2 nurses are required to help transfer him from wheelchair to bed, but today the HSA Bridget was able to transfer my dad herself. Turns out my dad is now able to stand up slightly to accommodate his body weight. Although his left arm still often reverts back to a bent 30 degree position, his elbow is much less tight since the hourly implementation of the arm splint. He's able to slowly pull and push my hand. His left hand though still hasn't shown much improvement, can't really move his fingers much other than revert to a fist.
The doctors now have redivided his Metoprolo intake into 3 times a day instead of 2 because the frequency helps maintain his blood pressure better. Before the morning dosage would always expire at about 6-8pm and his BP would climb back up to the 180s. Now for the most part, his BP is in the 130s-150s. This still sounds high for the average person, but it's actually a significant improvement for my dad.
Hopefully this week's rehab will bring much more improvements and hopefully the higher dosage (0.8) of Flomax will kick in so he can pee on his own soon....
And now, I'd like to thank these new awesome donors:
Marilyn Chan
Marvin Lau
Stephan Chang
Sylvia Lee
Thanks yalls, and good night!
posted by Stroke Donation for Steven Leong at
11:05 PM
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