A bit longer day than expected, but ended up okay

After the whirlwind of a week we've had, getting the good news last night led to a pretty good night's sleep. Not quite restful enough for Dad, unfortunately. He was extremely tired, confused, and very unstable most of the day. Even took a tumble after the shower and bumped his head. With his recent surgery, balance getting worse, and just overall extreme fatigue, we wanted to make sure he didn't have a bleed in his brain.

There were a series of phone calls to the neuro ICU nurse (they said to call if we had a question, and they didn't hesitate to talk us through what we should do), the neurologist, and our own common sense of what was going on. After quite a few conversations, we decided to keep Dad in bed asleep (when he's tired, he's just a completely different person and all of the problems are amplified) and see how he was when he woke up. In the mean time, I ran down to the Mayo Clinic to get a new prescription. When I got home, he was a bit better. . .but still not very stable. We're hoping the good night of sleep tonight before tomorrow's PET scan will help.

One more early morning - we leave at 6:45AM for the test - and then we take off for Omaha again. Looking forward to the long weekend, and I'm sure being in his own bed will help Dad get reoriented. We've had the poor guy in so many different hotel rooms, hospital rooms, and three round trips to Minnesota in the past two and a half weeks, it's no wonder he's confused.

No word on when we might be back up here for surgery, but likely late next week or early the following week. In case you're wondering, the new Pilot has 2,500 miles on it already. This is one way to break in the new engine. One more trip (and counting) to Mayo Clinic in the near future.

Dad's in bed now, and I'm pretty sure Mom and I are not far behind. Have a good long weekend!