Confusion is getting worse. They got him in for an MRI today. Mom wants me to take her tomorrow when Dad has radiation. Why not? I took off this afternoon when I found out he had the MRI scheduled. Need to get work done. Need to get the house ready and stuff ready for out of town relatives heading to Lima for the family reunion this weekend. Oh well. It can wait. Mom wants me there, I'll be there. Seeing dad at the MRI today tells me I really NEED to be there. While standing next to him after the MRI he thought I grabbed a salmon out of the air. I questioned him "How can I grab a salmon out of the air, Dad? Am I an Alaskan Kodiak bear or something?" He laughed and said "Sure looked like you grabbed a salmon right out of thin air." Then he proceeded to ramble about many off the wall things. Some of them seem to be old repressed memories coming out. Other things are sort of accurate but his mind is twisting them. His nurse aides aren't the best. Not all terrible, but a couple of them do NOT impress me. He referred to her as "that lady with 5 or 6 kids who wouldn't come help me pee. I told her if she didn't get in there soon I was going to have an accident and she would have pee all over her living room carpet." I think he sees the other patient in the nursing home as 'her kids' and they aren't answering call lights quickly.
I did find out he has an UTI. I know they can cause confusion like this. Hoping it is medication related, possibly new swelling caused by the radiation, or maybe just the UTI causing the confusion. Praying the MRI doesn't show anything. Hard to believe the cancer would have come back so quickly while he is doing chemo and radiation. It is a possibility though. IF this is the case we have some serious discussions in our future. All I know is this has Mom pretty worn out.
Our other new issue is his crawling out of bed. He is found out of bed every shift, sometimes multiple times per shift. No new injuries as a result, but it is only a matter of time. I believe much of the bruising on him is from flopping around on the floor. Did I mention he is bruised all over? Yep. Not feeling much on his left side doesn't help. He doesn't even know when he is hurting himself. This will be discussed at the meeting with the doctor as well.
