There are ups and there are downs

Today was a mixed day for Dad. When the bed alarms sounded to the nursing staff, they got into the room to find Dad had walked himself (or stumbled?) into the bathroom on his own. Good news and bad news - good news is, he seems to be getting a bit stronger and was strong enough to get there on his own. Bad news, he doesn't follow directions to call for help as he doesn't quite realize he's not stable enough to do it.

Successfully making it there on his own is NOT the type of behavior reinforcement we're looking for.

He had a pretty good weekend, with lots of visitors and seemingly a bit stronger. Tracy was headed up there with the two youngest grandkids tonight when she walked into the room and asked how things were going, and Mom said, "Well, not so good."

Severe chest pain, increasingly getting worse, has bought Dad an ambulance ride to Lakeside Hospital (the closest to Brookstone) to get evaluated. Not sure if a clot is progressing through his lung, if he's having a heart problem/attack, or if it's just indigestion. He had enough of the classic signs that the nursing staff didn't want to mess around (and neither did we), so he's getting loaded up as I type to go to the hospital.

More as I hear it from Omaha. . .