Dad had a meaningful and coherent discussion with Karl this morning, with Don in the afternoon and Gary in the evening today regarding Mom’s passing. He had no memory of her stroke, death or funeral, and wanted to have a lot of information about especially the funeral. After talking extensively with Karl, Dad said he had a single memory of the Doctor telling him in the hospital that Mom would not make it. Don told him that we had a DVD of the funeral and pictures that Chris accumulated and he asked if he could view them. I took my copies of them to his room this evening but he was quite tired and said he wanted to see them tomorrow. He continues to show signs of better thought process and memory, but will then revert to less significant memories when he is tired.

I talked with Dr. Noble today about Dad’s eyes. We have an appointment on Friday morning (9:40 am) to have him evaluate Dad’s eyesight. Dr Noble cautioned me that he may or may not be able to get a definitive answer for us, depending on the ability Dad would have to assist in the exam. He was concerned that we keep Dad’s eyes moistened. He gave me the name of some gel to put in his eyes 3-4 times a day, and a different gel to put in his eyes at night as he went to bed. We need to follow through on this when we are with him.

Dad’s therapy schedule is expected to be: 9:00 am to 10:00 am for speech therapy; 11:00 am to 12:00 noon for occupational therapy; and 3:00 pm to 3:30 (or perhaps 4:00 pm ?) for physical therapy.