sunday night was difficult because my sister called to say that she and my brother-in-law had to take my father to the hospital. we had no idea what was wrong and the doctors actually thought we were going to lose him. we were all upset and monday morning chanda, morgana and i drove up to connecticut. we found him sitting up in a chair next to the hospital bed looking better than we've seen him in months. now it has been determined that he was severely dehydrated, and since they've replenished his fluids, he's doing much better. however, he still doesn't have an appetite and they are considering giving him a medication to stimulate it. i'll go up again tomorrow with korrina to give my sister a break from the hospital visits, and to see when they will release him.
chanda carted her pumpkin up to connecticut and then back home again as we came home earlier than planned. morgana was suffering from an allergic reaction on her face to some spicy food she ate saturday night and i wanted her to see our family doctor. she'll be fine but has to let everything run it's course. she took benadryl for a few nights, but is doing much better now.
on tuesday chanda carved out a cat . .
i like the ears . .
this pumpkin lasted a long time out in our hallway, but it's starting to look a little sad now from the warm weather we've been having.
hermione likes her chair and doesn't like when she has to share it with other creatures.
lunch today was a concoction morgana would eat in austria: homemade bread with a slice of ham, pineapple and cheddar cheese. it was very good!
and dessert was the pumpkin pie i finally made yesterday.
i almost forgot to take a picture. we ate it so fast.
Sending you hugs. What a very worrying time for you all, thank goodness they found out what was wrong and I hope they manage to help with your dad's loss of appetite.
ReplyDeleteI love Chanda's cat pumpkin such a happy, cute face :-). We made two pumpkin pies, ate one and froze the other which we will eat on Thanksgiving day and remember two very special families who are dear to us.
Keeping you in prayer
San xx
Thanks so much San. Your prayers warm my heart.
DeleteWe have a similar title for our blog posts about those days :). That must have been quite a scare with your dad. I do wonder, though, that the doctors did not diagnose dehydration in the first place. Does he have to drink more now? Has his appetite come back? I think older people tend to eat less.
ReplyDeleteGreat pumpkin, Chanda! And Hermione is like Julius. He hates it when someone sits in "his" arm-chair.
Ananas-Toast (Toast Hawaii): Very "German"! Did you use your own pumpkin flesh for the pie?
Has Morgana completely recovered? You know, a really high dose of calcium also helps with allergic reactions like that. I once had a reaction to peaches like you describe and my uncle, a pharmacist gave me about 1000 mg of calcium dissolved in water. Within five minutes I was fine again. You have to watch out for digestive issues with the calcium, though.
Flora would like to know how you made the ears stay on the pumpkin :).
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DeleteHe's back home now but is not in good shape. He is having a little more food and water than before, but not enough to build him up. Right now he is slowly fading. All we can do is try to make him comfortable. Tomorrow he'll be evaluated for more home health care. We'll see what suggestions they have.
DeleteThanks for the vitamin C tip. That's really good to know. I'll mention it to Morgana.
Ananas toast. I'll have to make it more often. It's good :)
Sweet Julius :)
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DeleteI am so sorry about your dad. I do hope they will come up with a plan.
Not vitamin C, calcium!!
ha ha!!! i guess it was a little late for me . .
DeleteThat would be a lot of vitamin c all at once.
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