Sunday, October 22

It is 3:15 and I am doing my second load of laundry.  Still have a pile of stuff to do in the office but it can wait.

They moved Cowboy from the hospital to the rehab facility yesterday.  Everyone seems very nice and helpful.  It is a semi-private room and the other fellow in the room is a complainer/whiner so I don't see much compatability there.  The bathroom is a a lot farther from the bed too.

I left before dinner was servedlast night but when I called him he said he ate it.  He had catfish and spinach, two of his things he normally will eat.  He also ate a good breakfast.  I was there today when lunch came and he ate about half his meal.  Not too bad.

I went to Kohls today and got him some dark tee shirts and two pair of soft athletic pants and also took him all his toiletries and the one athletic suit he had at home.  He should have everything he needs.  He had a pair of soiled underpants for me to bring home and they had him in adult "pullups".  Hopefully he will be where he can go to the bathroom within a short time.  The nurses just don't respond as quickly as he needs.  Not their fault.  He waits until he is in a "NOW" state to tell anyone.

He starts therapy tomorrow.  They changed his wound dressing today which surprised me but the tech told me that was required by Medicare.  Won't be changed again until Wed then will be on a Mon,Wed,Fri schedule.  They gave him pain medication beforehand and she was very gentle with him, not too bad.

I will be going back up around suppertime for a bit.  Trying to finish up some things here at home before then and must stop for gas.  Am doing a lot of driving.

A neighbor has some flowers for me to take to him.  She got them at church.  That will brighten his room a little.