Nutrition On The Way!

The last couple of days have been eventful. Mom spent Monday morning on the phone getting COH moving. After dad was sent home from the hospital on Saturday, he was sent home for the second time with his prescriptions wrong. Mom has been so kind with the staff at COH, and she still was; but she had to say something. If my dad had been in pain that first night, he would've been in trouble. The only pharmacy that my dad is allowed to go to would not fill the prescription, due to an error on the paper from COH. But God was watching over him, and he was able to make it through the night without the dilotin. COH apologized; they are just way understaffed and overwhelmed I think. We are praying that there will be no more mistakes like that, with dad in such a crucial state. Mom got them moving though, and they were able to get the new prescription over to the pharmacy. She also worked hard on getting food bags for my dad. Good news is, dad will have the food bags delivered tomorrow and a home health nurse will be coming to the house daily to administer the food going through dad's hickman catheter. This is great! He will now be getting the nutrition that he was getting while at the hospital, since he is not holding down his food.

Another great thing to get some more nutrition in dad, is my friend Joanna was able to get some new protein drinks for him. They have tried all kinds, and they are now trying her company. Joanna went to my parents to hand deliver it. My mom said that she walked in the front door and just wrapped her arms around mom, while they cried together. Joanna prayed over my mom, and mom was completely blessed. It means so much to me when my friends and family love on my parents like that, since I can't physically. Mom was even in tears as she told me on the phone, and yes so was I. Thanks Joanna.

Dad's been getting his white blood cell shot everyday at Dr. Nanda's office in Victorville. Today, he went on a walk and kept his food down all day. When I talked to them in the evening, dad was really focusing hard and fighting to keep his food in. Even as mom talked about what they ate that day and such, she had to stop because it was making it harder on dad. It breaks my heart to watch him struggle so much with having to focus on not vomiting. He so badly wants to keep in that nutrition.

Dad had a nice visit from his friends Buzzard, Lindel, and Dick Holly. Mom said that she left the men to have their time together and went in the bedroom. Dad joked with a smirking smile, "We had male bonding time." I'm glad he had some time with his friends.