Thursday May 7

I have decided to stop naming each entry by an update number. I am now going by the day, counting from the day dad had his surgery. Today is the start of week 7 so if my math is right that means today is day 49 in the ICU for dad.

Dad is doing pretty good. Today he is having a bad day. The nurses have been telling me about something called ICU delirium (this is the best link I could find at the moment). Today all dad cared about was getting out of the bed. He offered to pay the nurse to take off his hand restraints and kept trying to wiggle his way out of the bed. He got one of his feet off the side of the bed when I was there. I found all this upsetting. The nurses have tried all day to give dad something to calm him and to stop this behavior but nothing worked for long. Hopefully he will get some sleep tonight and wake up tomorrow and not be so agitated and focused on getting out of that bed.

The doctor has left orders for dad to be transferred to TICU (transitional intensive care unit) as soon as they have a bed open. This is good news. It's step away from ICU and a little closer to a regular room (or perhaps rehab). YAY

Keep those prayers going up for dad and me.

Kathy