Today was a full day. We were at mom's by 8 am and two of dad's Hospice nurses were there to try to catheterize dad since he has been having trouble emptying his bladder completely. One nurse tried last week and couldn't get it to work and the two of them ran into troubles today. They had to meet with the doctor to see how to proceed from here.
We took him to his afternoon one day after cataract surgery appointment at 2:30. Yesterday he completely wore out after the second eye surgery and we could barely get him back into the house from the car. He made it in today, but was not in the best of moods by the time we got back home.
We picked up a pair of clear classes for him to wear at home to protect his eye. He really doesn't do the plastic patch very well that he is supposed to wear. He wasn't at all happy, but he managed a smile. I'm sure he feels like a human pin cushion.
We had to wrap is hand with gauze to help soak up the clear fluid that has been coming out of the hole that was made by the IV they put in yesterday. His skin is thin and he bruises very easily and so his arm looks pretty bruised, too.
The hospice nurse called back late in the day to say that his doctor wants him to go to a urologist to have them try to catheterize him. So, he had a pretty rough day and he doesn't want to go through anything else, but if he doesn't, he will end up in emergency once he can't go at all. He doesn't want anyone to know any of this, but we really need prayer and wisdom with how to proceed. It's so hard to watch him suffer through all of this.
He started with prostate cancer in 2000 and had surgery, but it's just been one thing after another through the past 13 years. Mom is worn out from being his caregiver and Craig and I are just trying to do what we can to help.
I decided to just post it like it is so family and friends have a better idea of what is going on with his health. You don't have to mention to him how much you know or how you know, please.
The two cataract surgeries have been a success. We'll have to wait until the second eye clears up, but he was only seeing "orange" out of his right eye and today he had 20/70 vision. The eye doctor says it's still swollen and will hopefully improve as time goes by. The swelling in the eye could be from the pain patches he is wearing or from the steroids he takes, but hopefully, he can see TV again. Knowing him, he will be wanting to drive. Yikes.
Tomorrow is another day and we are just taking them one at a time.
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