Mr Dancy Update Monday

Upon arrival Mr Dancy was up and awake sitting in Dylans room. I assisted him to his room he seem to have a hard time moving his right leg and was very unstable. I was told that he had a fall over the weekend. He went into the bathroom and received his morning care and was talking a lot and yelling as i tried to assist him. Later on he ate breakfast and then began talking a lot about the stock market for at least 1hr and rested a little then asked for his magazines. I gave them to him and his navy book and he read through both of them for the morning. He ate lunch and then participated in a card game for about 20 mins. I assisted him to the restroom and it was very difficult getting him to stand up straight he leaned back and i had to try to hold him up to keep him from falling. He tried to walk back to his room and his right leg was barely moving so i had to hold him from the back to keep him from falling and had to grab top first chair i saw to get him seated because he started going down on the floor. I am sure that he is very sore from the fall and weak and unstable. Let hope tomorrow will be better.

Dad's fall at Ken's on Sunday Morning

HI everyone,

Ken called me this morning at 6:30am to let me know that Dad had apparently gotten up out of bed and then fallen, and hit his head, which was bleeding. Ken had called 911 and they took him to the hospital. He got some "staple" stitches on the left side of his head above/behind his ear. Ken said they also did a CT Scan and EKG with nothing of concern revealed. THey finally returned home around 11:30am. and Ken said Dad was ready to eat and did fairly well the rest of the afternoon, apparently walking around the house quite a bit. Ken brought Dad back to my place around 5pm. I noticed that Dad definitely seemed like his balance was more out of whack then usual. He also really seemed to be having trouble with his right leg, not moving it much when he was walking. He ate a hearty dinner but the final trip to the bathroom/bedroom was rough for him/us (without his shoes, walking seemed even more difficult for him and he required a lot of support from behind to keep him from falling backwards.) He's also not gauging his position well (next to the bed, or a chair for example) and will attempt to start sitting even though nothing is below him, at which point I have to hold him up to prevent him from falling.

Perhaps this will mean something to Ken, but tonight Dad was talking about "camp," "boy scouts" and "girl scouts." Ryland was working on a jigsaw puzzle at the table while Dad was eating dinner and Dad kept asking him about the "camp." He also asked me how many campers we can hold. He also mentioned someone named "Johnson" that he needed to call to ask him how much it would cost. Later he implied that Johnson was in the navy with him.

Dad has a doctor's appt this Thursday, at which point we will follow up on the stitches. Also, Lois had taken Dad in to the urgent care clinic early last week (doctor was on vacation) to have a look at the large mole on his chest that he had been scratching and had gotten red and filled with pus. The clinic doctor gave Dad antibiotics and cream and it appears to be healing. I will also have the doctor look at Dad's ear wax again. It may or may not be a factor, but Dad really seems to be having problems hearing right now. At our last physical, the doctor saw ear wax but when he tried to remove it, Dad squealed and said it hurt, so the doctor said to use over the counter Debrox. Lois had done it back then, but I will ask her to use it again this week once or twice daily before the appt in hopes that it can help soften it and make it easier for doctor to remove it. Hopefully it will make a difference in the hearing...we'll see.

In closing I just want to reiterate my concern about Dad's (lack of) balance...Even with the walker he seemed to have lost his understanding of leaning forward on the walker and tended to lean back. Perhaps it was just a long day and he will do better in the morning.

Mr Dancy Update Friday

Upon arrival Mr Dancy was asleep. He got up and began his morning routine of care and then had breakfast and dosed a little and later on he participated in a card game for a little and went outside for his morning walk. He returned inside and is preparing to go to kens house for the weekend.

Mr Dancy Update Thursday

Upon arrival Mr Dancy was asleep. He began his day with showering etc. He ate breakfast and then began dosing off. Later on he participated very briefly in a puzzle game. He then went outside for a walk and returned to his room and watched a little TV. Later on ate lunch and went out for a haircut and returned home and looked through his navy book and then did a little exercise with the ball and rested the remainder of the day.

Mr Dancy Update Wednesday

When i arrived Mr Dancy was asleep. He did his regular morning routine of care and had breakfast and then participated in a puzzle game for approximately 45 min to 1hr and then walked a little inside both morning and afternoon. He went to his room and watched a little TV and looked through his navy book and conversated and then he ate lunch and later on he participated a little in exercise with the ball and rested the remainder of the day.

Mr Dancy Update Tuesday

Upon arrival Mr Dancy was awake appeared to be in a happy mood. He got up and showered etc. He ate breakfast and afterwards dosed a little. I offered him a puzzle game and he participated only a short time and then became uninterested. He then went outside for a walk and then went to his room and rested a while. Later on he participated in a ball exercise and then he had lunch and afterwards he went outside for a walk and viewed his photo album and later viewed his USS New Jersey book and then watched a little TV and rested the remainder of the day.

Mr Dancy Update Saturday

When i arrived Mr Dancy was asleep. He did not want to get up after trying a couple of times. I waited for about 30 min and he finally got up. He began his day with his regular morning routine of care. He had breakfast and afterwards he participated in a card game for about 45 mins. He went outside for his morning walk and returned inside and went to his room and looked through family pictures and was able to identify some children and then rested a little. He ate lunch and returned to his room and rested the remainder of the day.

Mr Dancy Update Wednesday

Up0n arrival Mr Dancy was awake and wanted to get up right away. He began his day with showering etc. He ate breakfast and then participated in a puzzle game for about 40 mins and then went outside for his morning walk. After returning inside he looked through a magazine and read it also and talked about the things he saw. He rested a little and then had lunch and afterwards he fell asleep and later woke up and went outside for his afternoon walk. He returned inside and then rested a little and participated very little in a ball exercise just did not seem to be too interested in doing anything much this afternoon. He rested the remainder of the day.

Mr Dancy Update Tuesday

Upon arrival Mr Dancy was asleep. He got up and began his day with his regular morning routine of care. He had breakfast and then participated in a card game for about 40 mins and then went outside for his morning walk. He returned inside and then began reading through a magazine for about 20 mins. After he took a short nap and woke up and had lunch and then dosed off again. He then went outside for his morning walk and returned to his room and participated in a ball exercise and in now resting. He had a great day.

Mr Dancy Update Monday

Mr Dancy was asleep when i arrived this morning. He got up later and began his regular morning routine of care. He then ate breakfast and afterwards he sleep the majority of the day. I was not able to get him to do anything i was told that he was up the majority of the night and walking around and talking to himself in bed so that is the reason he was sleepy all day even falling asleep while trying to eat lunch. Later on he return home from kens and continued to sleep just a very exhausted day for him.

Mr Dancy Update Friday

Mr Dancy was awake when i arrived. He began his day with showering etc. He then had breakfast and afterwards he participated in a ball exercise until he became tired. He then went outside for his morning walk. He returned inside and talked a little and then fell asleep and later on he had lunch and now getting ready to go to kens house. Other than that i would say that he had a wonderful day.

Mr Dancy Update Thursday

Mr Dancy was awake when i arrived. He began his day with showering etc. He then had breakfast and afterwards he participated in a card game for about 40min and then fell asleep. Later on he went outside for his morning walk and then sat outside at the patio and began exercising his arms with the ball for about 20min and then talked a whole lot. He talked a lot about his children especially kenneth. He talked and laughed a lot during the conversation he had a very good day today and later on he took a short walk and then rested the remainder of the day.

Mr Dancy Update Wednesday

Upon arrival Mr Dancy was asleep. He started his day with his regular morning routine of care. He ate breakfast and then participated in a puzzle game for about 45 mins and then went outside for his morning walk. He returned inside and rested a while and then read through a magazine and later on he participated in a ball exercise. He then ate lunch and afterwards i offered him another puzzle but he was not interested just wanted to nap a little. He is now resting and had a great day.

Mr Dancy Update Tuesday

Upon arrival Mr Dancy was awake. He began talking immediately upon entering his room and then got up to shower etc. He then had breakfast and later participated in a card game for about 45 min and then went outside for a short walk and returned inside and then fell asleep in his chair and later when asked to go eat lunch refused to move at all. He continued to sleep and did not get up until 2pm and ate a little bit then and rested the remainder of the day.

Mr Dancy Update Saturday

Mr Dancy was asleep when i arrived. He began his day with his morning routine of care. He then had breakfast and afterwards he dosed later on i was able to get him to participate in a ball exercise until he became tired. He then walked outside and later had lunch and afterwards rested the remainder of the day.

Mr Dancy Update Friday

Upon arrival Mr Dancy was asleep. He got up and began his day with showering etc. He ate breakfast and then participated for a short time with a puzzle game. He later dosed a little then we walked around in the house do to cold and rain. He rested a while and then he had lunch and later participated in a card game for about 40 mins and then went for a walk again and went to his room and looked through his family photos and was able to identify some of his children and talked a lot this afternoon he is now resting and had a great day.

Mr Dancy Update Thursday

When i arrived this morning Mr Dancy was awake. He later got up to began his morning routine of care. He then had lunch and dosed off i tried to get him to participate in a card game and he just was not interested only wanting to sleep. He did go outside for his morning and afternoon walk but still wanted to rest not wanting to participate in any activities at all today very little this morning with the card game and i offer the ball for exercise and he did not want to exercise with it today. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day. He remains resting.

Mr Dancy Update Wednesday

Upon arrival Mr Dancy was asleep. He started his day with showering etc. He had breakfast and then participated in a card game and then dosed. He then went for his morning walk and returned inside and fell asleep. After waking up he then had lunch and fell asleep while trying to eat his food but finally finished. He was extremely sleepy after lunch and was not able to participate in any other activities. He rested the remainder of the day.

Mr Dancy Update Tuesday

Upon arrival Mr Dancy was awake. He began his day with his regular morning routine of care. He then had breakfast and afterwards he participated in a puzzle and later on he went outside for a walk this morning. He returned inside and rested a little and then participated in a ball game of exercises then rested. He then had lunch and participated in a card game for a while and then he took a walk outside and then went to room and looked through his navy books and began talking about the pictures and then rested the remainder of the day.

Mr Dancy Update Monday

Mr Dancy was asleep when i arrived. He began his day with his morning routine or care. He then had breakfast and participated in a card game for a while and then dosed off. Later on he went for a walk inside the house do to rain and cold. He sat in the chair and watch the rain for a little and then fell asleep. He then had lunch and afterwards he began to dose off and on and was not interested in playing another card game that i brought to him. Later on he went to his room and looked through his navy book and had a lot to talk about until he began to dose again. He rested the remainder of the day.