It has been a few days since I posted anything to the blog. That isn't because nothing has happened. Rather things have happened so fast that it is hard to find a few minutes to sit at the computer and type.
Sunday I went first to church and then to Port Huron by myself because Arend wasn't feeling well at all. Since he was experiencing the same symptoms that Daddy had, I was concerned that he might have C. diff as well. Before I left church to go to Port Huron, I called him and suggested that he go to "emerge" to get checked. Surprisingly, he agreed to go. That is probably indicative of how bad he felt. He ended up spending more than six hours waiting. Fortunately, the doctor told him that it wasn't very likely that Arend had C. diff since it is usually only people who have been on antibiotics who get it. (I guess that makes me a prime target.) Yesterday Arend saw our family doctor who told him that the blood tests they had run on Sunday indicated that Arend did not have C. diff. We were glad to have that confirmation. Apparently Arend's problems stemmed from the irregular sleeping and eating pattern we developed over the period of Wednesday through Friday last week.
Monday when we went to visit my dad, he told us that he had been discharged! We were stunned, to say the least. The hospitalist (the in-house hospital doctor) had told me on Saturday that he might be released on Tuesday but we surely weren't prepared for him to go home on Monday! That sent me scrambling to Wal-Mart to buy him some clothes to wear home. Then we had to get his prescriptions filled at the CVS pharmacy. The one prescription was a suspension for which the pharmacist had to grind up the medication. It took two hours for him to get done! All that time Daddy and Arend were sitting in the car waiting for me.
Now Daddy is happy to be home in familiar surroundings. One of his medications (the one that we had to wait for so long) has to be given every six hours around the clock, so Arend and I are taking turns staying with him so that there is someone with him "24/7" not just to supervise his medication but also to keep him company.
His mind is just as sharp as ever and he is getting stronger every day. He is able to walk to the bathroom on his own using a standard walker and eats dinner at the table with us. Dinner - now there's an interesting concept...We are making dinner at home and then transporting it to Daddy's house since his stove is not hooked up. We didn't see the need to hook it up when Daddy moved here since we knew that we would be cooking all of his meals except breakfast right here. It's a good thing that he has a microwave and microwavable dishes, too!
We are so thankful that he is here in Canada where we can do this for him. Had he stayed in Pennsylvania we would never have been able to do so and he might have ended up in a nursing home somewhere.
How blessed we have been throughout this ordeal! The Lord has heard our prayers and supplied our every need. We thank Him for His continuing blessing and care. We also thank all of you for your support through prayers, visits, phone calls and offers of help. The communion of saints is an awesome thing!
Till next time,
Willa Dale
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