Mr Dancy Update Saturday

Upon arrival Mr Dancy was asleep. He woke up and showered and ate breakfast and dosed off to sleep then participated in a card game for a short period of time and then dosed off and on and later went for his morning walk. He began asking where is everyone at i told him they were gone but would return shortly. He sit outside on the patio for a while then came inside and participated in range of motion exercises for him arms and legs. Afterwards he ate lunch and then dosed off to sleep again and later he went for his afternoon walk, after the walk he participated in a throw catch ball exercise for a while. He read a few headlines in the newspaper and worked on a puzzle a little until he became tired. He went to sleep again off and on and later finished up the day with a evening walk and ate his supper and conversated a little and when asked you ready for bed he said yes and stood up immediately and was ready to go to bed he said he was tired. I put him to bed shortly after. He had a very good day today.

Mr Dancy Update Friday

Mr Dancy had a pretty good day today. He participated in his activities of daily living and ate a nice breakfast and lunch. He worked on a puzzle this morning for about 30 minutes and then he conversated with me asking continuously where were everybody else at assuming he was talking about the boys, i told he they were gone but will return later on today. He wanted them to join us with the puzzle. He did walk this morning and this afternoon. However, he did not participate in any afternoon activities. As i brought him to the room to type in on the blog he has asked me to put his name in the report so i am responding to his request maybe he wants to tell everyone hello. He had a very good day today and moved around a little better and i was able to get him to drink more water and he ate all of his breakfast and lunch even licking his fingers after he finished his lunch.

Mr Dancy Update Thursday

Mr Dancy started the day out by showering etc and then ate breakfast. Immediately after he finished eating breakfast he went into a deep sleep and did not participate in any morning or afternoon activities, neither did he go for his morning walk. I assume that he was pretty tired from the doctors appointment he went to on yesterday. He woke up for lunch ate and then fell back to sleep again and about one hour later he went for his afternoon walk and sit outside for a while, conversated a little and that was all that went on today.

Doctor's appointment

Dad had a physical appointment today with Dr. Gee. He had done bloodwork last week and provided me with the results today...all looked good regarding bloodwork, slight indication of dehydration, though could be because Dad had to fast for bloodwork (test at 8am, no breakfast.) I talked to Lois about being more diligent with getting Dad to drink more water...he often only sips it.

We reviewed Dad's medications and will continue with the same meds Dad has been on (Namenda & Aricept for memory, Metoprol and Norvasc for blood pressure, B-12 injection monthly, prozac for depression). Dad also takes a daily vitamin, baby aspirin, senna and colace for constipation.)

Dad has lost more weight...was down to 138. We do struggle sometimes to get him to eat everything in front of him. I asked about whether to introduce Ensure, and doctor said good idea, though could initially cause some diarrhea.

His blood pressure was a little high 150/70, though doctor didn't express concern.

I mentioned that it seemed like Dad's hearing had gotten worse...he checked his ears and found some wax...suggested the over the counter kits to soften and remove, which I will get.

He asked about other concerns and I brought up the skin cancers. Speaking of that, Dad had his upper body examined this past Monday...Lois said doctor identified 4 areas of concern, but doctor hasn't yet contacted me to tell me what they are. I called today but haven't heard back. Anyway, he basically said the decision about what procedures to undergo is certainly a personal family decision. He did say if it were his parents, same age and condition as Dad (93, relatively good physical condition and for the most part, comfortable), he would likely not do much about it, particularly if procedures are uncomfortable for Dad.

Charles Dancy Update Tuesday

Mr Dancy was already awake upon arrival this morning. Upon entering the room he spoke and immediately began to talk about a family member by the name of chip. He asked to set up the phone system so that he would be able to speak with chip. He then prepared for his shower and ate breakfast, afterwards he participated in a card game and was really into this game in which he continued nonstop for one hour and fifteen minutes. He constantly asked questions while playing the game showing a lot of interest. I asked him several times to go for a walk for exercise and he stated that he did not want to walk this morning that he wanted to continue with the game that was all the exercise that he needed today. Around noon he decided to take a break and rest a while. Later he went to his room for range of motion exercises on both arms and legs in which he participated for about 30 minutes. He later ate lunch and i offered to take him for a afternoon walk and he decline stating that he ate to much and was too full to walk. He decided that he wanted to just rest and chill for the rest of the day. He was very alert and conversated with me a lot today. He told me that he he moved here a while ago from the east coast to the west coast to live with Barbara and Paul calling there names and told me that he moved here from Winston Salem North Carolina. He moved around well today and stayed awake the majority of the day. He had a wonderful day.

Charles Dancy Update Monday

Mr Dancy did not want to get up initially upon arrival of shift. I waited for a while and later on he decided to get up moving slowly stating "this is too much for me" meaning going through his daily routine of showering etc. He showered ate breakfast and assisted me with a morning activity of setting up his medications for the week and afterwards he waited to go to the dermatologist for his upper body check up. He complained again about having to walk to go to see the doctor but continued on anyway. The doctor will follow-up with barb concerning the visit on today. He ate a late lunch and was in a good mood at the doctor and upon returning home. He talked a lot and was very alert today asking a lot of questions and wanting to know what was going with him today. Overall i would say he had a great day.