Friday, 12 November 2010

We need to drink more

A conversation with the nurses today worried us. It turns out that Dad isn't drinking nearly enough fluids. We do insist he has drinks throughout the day but obviously not enough. We are now to try to get him to drink at least half a glass of fluids every hour on the hour. 
The Macmillan nurse came again today and has confirmed the planned reduction of Dad's steroid dose. So from tomorrow he will be on 8mg of dexamethasone a day (down from 12mg a day last week) He was still ok on 8mg a day last time he was on that dose. It was only when it decreased beyond that dose that he declined so visibly. We will see what happens this time. We are expecting that with the reduction of steroids the swelling in his brain will increase and with it, his need for the morphine.
We got Dad out of bed today so that we could change his bedding. He was much weaker as we stood him up to transfer him to a chair. We were not really surprised as Dad has now been in bed for 13 days, but it was still shocking to be faced with it.

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