Cataract surgery was successful

G had the cataract surgery on Tuesday. We had to cancel o/t and p/t for that day, as the meds
they gave him made him dizzy. And, because he insisted on walking with the walker instead of using
the wheelchair when we came home, he fell about 3 feet from the car.

Luckily he fell on wood chips, and didn't appear to hurt anything.

The next day he had to go back to the Eye surgeon, who checked the eye, and said everything looks good.
G could take the eye patch off that morning, so he already knew he could see better.

Yesterday G went to the Ear Nose Throat Dr., to see why his voice is hoarse, and why he can't hear
out of his right ear.

The cause of the hoarse voice is due to nerves being damaged during the Carotid Artery surgery. They said
to give it 3 months, and if it isn't better, they can do surgery.

As for the right ear, apparently G had a stroke when he was in the hospital, and the busted blood vessels
were on the right side which caused his hearing loss. G said "don't you remember when I was in the
hospital I said I thought I had had a stroke?". I do remember this, and I remember us discussing it, and
realizing that unless it was a "bleeder", there is nothing which can be done. The day I thought he might be
having a stroke they took him for a CT scan, which would show a bleeder, and they said there wasn't one.

Anyway, they gave him steroids which said might help his hearing to come back. He is to take them for
5 days (I think). Problem is it could make his blood sugar go up, so he will have to check his blood sugar
That's not the worse thing in the world, as he never checks his blood sugar. Of course, he is very
careful about what he eats, and his A1c is always excellent.

Well, gotta run. Time to get G up to go to dialysis. This will be his 2nd to last time he has to go out for hemodialysis, assuming the PD works.

Later.

Scheduling appointments

G got 4 weeks of appointments for O/T (occupational therapy) and P/T (physical therapy), but
now we have some conflicts with dialysis.

Good thing the dialysis center is not as busy as they have been, so G can usually come in later and still
get his dialysis.

This is what he did today. He had O/T and P/T starting at 9:15. I dropped him off, but arranged to have
the VA van pick him up directly from therapy to dialysis. This saves me a lot of running around, which
I enjoy!

He will have cataract surgery next week (surgeon said no problem), and we also got an appointment with the
ENT D (ear, nose throat) Dr. for Dec. 1. G lost his voice shortly after the 2nd surgery, and he has not
regained it. Also, found out last week he is totally deaf in his right ear. So, maybe the ENT can find
out what's going on.

Lots of other stuff....G is walking more, but he thought his balance was worse the last couple of days.

We will have Thanksgiving here. Inviting some relatives in, so it should be fun, but hopefully not
too crazy.

They are predicting warm weather, close to 70, so I will enjoy that. I really hate
the short days and cold weather. Am afraid I have that SAAD problem, as well as the holidays
always make me think of those who are no longer with us.

We have lost several these last few years.