I am happy to say, Dad seems better today.
Dad didn't eat much up until Friday because he couldn't swallow well, and what he did eat would come back up. I am happy to say Dad was able to keep some food down yesterday. He had oatmeal in the morning and supper last night and was able to keep it down.
In regard to Dad's confusion it could be better. Having said that, this morning he was pretty good until just before I left and then he saw a gray dog by his bed. Yesterday, he was watching kids go in and out of the hospital window and he saw three cats in the room. The surgeon says it is not unusual for that to happen because of the medication he was on. He was only on Tylenol 3's but now he is on extra-strength Tylenol, hopefully that will work.
In case you don't know, when older people are in the hospital they may get what is called "sundowning". When the sun goes down, or even hours later after the sun has gone down, people can start getting agitated and start hallucinating. It doesn't explain Dad seeing things during the day but does explain why he sees things at night. Last night the bed rails on Dad's bed were up. I guess he decided he needed to get out, and because he couldn't make the hand rails go down, somehow he took off the plastic part at the end of the bed and managed to climb out. I have no idea how he did this with his sore hip When the nurses found him he was talking about Nova Scotia and was going "somewhere". Hopefully, tonight will be better.
Brian and I are thinking it is time for Dad to come home. I think it will reduce the confusion Dad is experiencing. I will let you know happens over the next few days.
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