3-21-2010 Not much change

I had a nice time with Dad Friday afternoon, but again, he seemed to be a bit less responsive than on the 17th. Tanya told me Theron had talked to him earlier and i couldn't tell if he personally appreciated who it was. His comments are sometimes clear but so often are not. Today Linda and i went over together. We brought flowers and a Thank you card to Tanya from us all as she carries a huge load. Actually, today and tomorrow Luba is covering, but hopefully the flowers will still be nice when Tanya get there. Oh, i think, Luba is on until 8 pm only and back in the morning, so Tanya should see them this evening if i have it figured right. Dad and i always get ice-cream when we are out and haven't been out together for a while so we brought some in. He appreciated it very much. After we were done with our ice-creams, Linda asked if Dad liked having his recliner chair in the bedroom or would he prefer we move it back out into the TV room as Tanya suggests; he said he wanted more ice-cream! Funny!!! Sometimes Dad is obviously on target, and we know what he wants (Do you want more ice-cream? Yes!) Most of the time we just can't figure out what he is trying to say. He begins a thought but it evaporates before he can get it fully expressed. Today he said, "We need to point the tractor this way. It won't work that way. But i forgot my Bible ... " Then he added a few words i couldn't figure out and he was silent for a while. Luba pointed out that he as been passing very little urine and it is very dark; his Depends was spiled brown, not with feces but dark urine, when we changed him. After he had his ice cream he wanted water but only took two sips. He had a breakfast of maybe 25% of what was served and did down all his meds. He had no lunch; would just clinch his teeth and seal his lips. He has been doing more and more of that and is getting only a fraction of his meds. If he continues with that, his kidneys could stop and he would soon slip comfortably into a coma. But he did take two servings of ice cream so that should give him some calories for now. Well, blessings to you all, Merv