Our Messed Up Week

My father-in-law’s week went downhill after we visited him a week ago.  On Monday night, they carted him off to a behavioral facility.  We learned that the doctor had changed his medicines on the Friday before we visited.  He had karate-chopped the arm of one of the male nurses, and been acting aggressively toward the nurses aides.  Although we didn’t feel threatened by him, it was plain to see he was aggravated.  The behavioral facility didn’t want him to have any visitors, and they only allowed him to take one of his blankets with him.  They planned to keep him for 1-2 weeks.  We found out today that he is supposed to be returned to the nursing home tomorrow.  We are hopeful that he will not be too doped up and that his meds are balanced, helping him be less combative.

My other father-in-law is doing well with his at home peritoneal dialysis.  We also learned that he would be released from the hospital today – we didn’t know he was IN the hospital.  Apparently his blood thinners caused excessive bleeding and they were trying to get that under control.  Hopefully they won’t have any more issues with bleeding.  The poor guy was supposed to start radiation treatments today for prostate cancer.  I guess that may be postponed for a couple days.

We also made a quick trip across the state for a memorial service for hubby's uncle, who married us almost 23 years ago. While there, we found out he had fallen off the couch and hit his head. Being a man, he didn't want to go to the hospital to get checked out.  The family took him in the next day though, and the doctors think he may have had a stroke. The family is struggling financially.  Hubby's aunt is in the early stages of Alzheimer's, and from what we heard, one of the grandsons has been taking advantage of his grandparents.

On a good note, our trip across the state allowed us to visit briefly with my sister and her family, and to attend my nephew's 10th birthday party.  We weren't able to stay a long time, but it was nice to see them and to visit for awhile.

At home, we have been increasingly frustrated with our internet service.  After speaking with the tech tonight, I hope our problems will be solved in the next day or so.  He believes our outside equipment is at fault -- apparently whoever installed our equipment put up a radio too strong for our location. He told me the equipment we have is for someone who lives more than 3 miles from the access point.  I live less than 1 mile from the access point.  Shouldn't they have figured this out before now?  We've had problems off and on and I've had them out here at least twice before... Well, anyway, I hope this resolves our issues!