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To add to his woes, dad is now having chronic constipation and his stools are impacted. Fecal impaction is a serious complication of constipation in which the stool hardens and can no longer be eliminated with normal bowel movements. This condition is causing him a lot of pain both physically and perhaps mentally too. It […]
At the moment, I wish I had a lot of money… to afford the best healthcare there is for dad to make him as comfortable as possible, to give him the best quality of life and to make recovery for him as smooth and as fast as possible. Dad was in ICU and in hospital […]
How wonderful it is to listen to beautiful music, to read, to dance, to enjoy looking at the scenic nature, and to taste food. The last one, which we all take so much for granted was taken away from dad when he had a second stroke recently. Dad is still in hospital being fed milk […]
I was supposed to update this weekly but last Monday when I saw 128 pounds, I didn’t feel like it because it meant that my weight had increased not decreased. Worse still, on the Sunday night that just passed, I saw 130 plus pounds. Bleargh! Last week I only exercised 3 times instead of 5 […]
Today is dad’s birthday. He is still in hospital recovering from stroke. Poor dad. I hadn’t realised that there are so many things involved when it comes to stroke rehabilitation. Dad is out of ICU now and has been in the normal ward for a week. He can’t move the left side of his body […]
