Friday evening update

My dad seems to be doing better today, still not back to himself but has been talking more and seems to be able to answer more appropriately. The results came back from his EKG and they thought for sure my dad was having small strokes. So.... today they did a trans-esophogeal echo... he swallowed a small camera to look at the back part of the heart. They thought for sure they'd find the problem and move on from there. Well, no such luck. His tests came back normal so there are no strokes. So we're back to square one.

The cardiologist came in and said that indeed, they are going to do a spinal tap. Unfortunately, my dad took his last dose of Plavix which is a blood thinner, on Tuesday night. You have to wait 5 days after taking blood thinner to do this test. That brings us to Sunday night/Monday morning. He is at risk for throwing clots or something being off his blood thinner, but if he does not do this, they won't be able to proceed with the tests that will hopefully show what is going on. It's a risk that needs to be taken, so hopefully if he feels weird or at all different, he'll know to tell the nurse. Let's hope that nothing happens. Apparently, people who have stents placed need to be on blood thinner for 1 yr, and June 1st was one year. Keep your fingers crossed.

Dad seems to know us more today and called us by name. He was scanning the paper which he did not do yesterday. He also is laughing a little and talking on the phone - he still struggles to find words but seems to better get the gist of things.

My dad will be in the hospital at least through the beginning of the week. He is NOT happy and wants to go home. He hates being in the hospital and you know how stubborn he is when he does not get his way.

My mom is okay... spirits are a little higher with some improvements today. Let's hope it continues, however, we need to find out the answers as to WHY this happened and what the things are on his brain.

Hopefully tomorrow will bring better news... we won't have any new test results until next week but lets hope that things keep looking up.

Thanks for everyones calls and emails... glad so many people are sending us positive vibes.

Kristi