Well, it might be bad news for Dad, but it isn't bad news concerning Dad. I inadvertently delayed mentioning that Margaret is having a hip replacement this month, but maybe it was just my fabulous psychic powers manifesting again. She went to the doctor for blood tests yesterday. Unfortunately, they indicated that she may have had a silent heart attack. Therefore, the anesthesiologist won't touch her, and the hip replacement surgery is put off indefinitely. She has to go back for further tests to see what her condition is. As she's never had heart trouble, she isn't too worried about it. But as bad luck would have it, her hip flared up very painfully yesterday, too. Pisser.
Dad was pretty dizzy yesterday morning, so his occupational therapy was just cleaning himself up in the bathroom with supervision. He was also somewhat dizzy in the afternoon and stumbled a bit when he first tried to stand up for physical therapy. The therapist checked his blood pressure and (at his suggestion) checked it again after he stood up (to check for positional orthostatic hypotension). It was fine for both positions and barely unchanged. I suggested again that he needs his earwax cleared out; we have a tendency to accumulate a lot. Regardless, he went on to physical therapy and did fine. Hopefully he feels better today.
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