HI-this is Karlene here, not Chris...:)
I decided with our rather LARGE family it would be a great idea to keep you posted on a blog. Chris will take over after I have to leave. For the sake of extended family that may not have heard any details, this is a sketchy version of what has transpired with dad so far.
On Sunday, Martin took Dad to ER because he was feeling poorly. His heart had liquid around it. It had been in a-fib for a while (the upper half) so they had turned that portion of the pace-maker off. They sent him home and Monday morning when Dad wasn't up and about, Martin found him still asleep. He woke him and in another short amount of time Martin went back in and found him half in and out of bed unable to do either, and pretty unresponsive. After taking him to ER where the liquid around his heart had increased severely, they admitted him.
He had a stroke in the lower R side in the back of the brain (occiptal) area. From the CAT scans, there were probably previous strokes there as well. He has lost the vision on his left side of both eyes. They indicate he will probably not recover from this. Besides his eyelids being very weak, he has no other indications of damage beside some Cognitive problems. I understand that being mixed up and not "all there" is usual for a brain injury. He is able to hear us and communicate a little bit. He is responsive to us and will talk and answer questions. He can squeeze your hand and adjust his body somewhat in bed himself.
Today (Wednesday Aug. 4) is the second day they have had him up and walking a bit with a walker. Today he took a pretty good hike half way around the block here on the 5th floor of UVRMC in Provo. He is currently in Rm 580.
Unfortunately, today he flunked his swallowing test and they are inserting a feeding tube right now. It's pretty miserable to listen to and watch. He coughed it up. They'll try again later.
I'll try to get this address into an email to everyone. Please forward that on to anyone you don't see on my list. I'm not sure of how many email addresses I have.
Love to all
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