Short Term Memory Problems

I noticed M's short term memory is not good. When I mentioned to him yesterday about him not being able to walk the last day he was at the inpatient hospice, he said he didn't remember.

And this morning, he asked me to find out when the home health aide would be here. She was here yesterday, and she is scheduled to be her on Mon/Wed/Fri.
Apparently memory problems is one of the results of liver failure.

But other than that, he is doing rather well.

He is walking more on his own. He even managed to go outside and get the newspaper this morning (he has a long oxygen line). If this keeps up, he will be able to start
getting things out of the kitchen for himself, which would be great for me.

Last evening I had him come into the family room to eat dinner with us. He really looked awful, that horrible yellow jaundice color one gets when the liver is not working correctly.

But, this morning he seems better. Maybe just walking around, and drinking more milk, has helped.

Every day is an adventure.