Another Fit

Dad slept almost all day and it was only around 5pm that he was more awake and we managed to get him to eat anything (some strawberries) So much for getting more fluids and fibre into him.  He was more alert with the afternoon visit from the nurses and when they said "We'll be off now then" Dad said "Oh good" He didn't mean to be rude, we've noticed in fact that he makes an extra effort to behave with visitors, so it brought a smile to our faces (and the nurses took it well). After dinner Mum, my brother and i settled with Dad to watch the television and Dad had another small seizure. It was over a bit quicker than last night and we put him in the recovery position to sleep it off.

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.