Tuesday June 9

Just got back from seeing dad. He was so exhausted he could hardly keep his eyes open. Why so tired? He had a big day. Well a big day for him.

Tuesday is the day you can get a hair cut at the Manor. Dad's hair was getting long so we signed him up. When getting dad out of bed and into the wheel chair (using a strange looking lift) somehow his feeding tube came out. Dad got really upset and was scared that it would really hurt to have another one put in, and I don't blame him. But it went in fairly painlessly and fast. After sitting for a minute we wheeled around to the "beauty shop". Had to wait for a little bit, then we got his hair cut, eye brows trimmed, mustache trimmed, ear and nose hairs trimmed then off we went back to his room. After getting dad back in bed you could tell he was really tired. That was a long time to be up and out of bed for him.

Sometime between then and around 3 PM the physical therapist came in to work out his upper body. By the time I got back over there to see dad he was so exhausted. Between getting his hair cut and the physical therapy it was the most he had done in months.

Keep those prayers going up for dad and me. And don't forget Jimmy (Gwen's husband) whose surgery was yesterday.

Kathy