Happy Valentine's Day

Grampa and I spent the last 2 days in the hospital.

What a day! Dad and I woke up yesterday morning at 5 am to a crash, boom, bang! We came out to find Grandpa flat on his face, and a glass shattered on the floor (my favorite drinking glass). He had been trying to get a drink and had fallen. Dad got Grampa up to his seat at the table and got him a full cup of water, which he promptly dropped the cup and spilled the water everywhere. He balled up his fist and couldn’t release it when Dad tried to hand him his cup back. I proceeded to clean up the glass on the floor and sopped up the water along with Dad. 

After Grampa took a few sips of water, he started throwing up. After Dad and I talked, we realized we had better take him to the hospital. He was getting weaker and weaker. He really hadn’t eaten much of anything since Wednesday, had been in a lot of pain, and was falling a lot. So, I showered and then off to the hospital we went.

Just getting Grampa in the hospital, he almost fell 3 times. Thankfully I was able to get him to a wheelchair. They ran lots of tests, gave him a liter of liquid, and asked all kinds of questions. The tests all came back fairly normal, so they were going to release us to go home. But when Grampa got up to go, he almost fell again and nearly blacked out. They got him back into bed, admitted him into the hospital, and ran more tests.

After getting medicine to help him not be in pain, Grampa ate and drank and ate and drank without throwing up.

Today his color was back, he was eating and drinking normally, and walked up and down the halls without falling.

The doctor was going to have him stay for another day for observation, but we told her we were going home.

She, thankfully, agreed to discharge us.

We came home and had heart-shaped pancakes for dinner.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!