Thread:Betty2015/@comment-28694170-20161001084548/@comment-28694170-20161003044346

Today was my Dad's birthday, so I spent some time with him. My Dad and I are actually not very close. We have been closer in the last little while with his illness. He had responded to hymns a couple of weeks ago, but I have not been able to figure out the cause of his drowsiness. I initially thought that it may be the blood pressure medication that they had him on, but that was recently discontinued, as his blood pressure has stabilized. I then wondered whether he had a stroke. A CT scan confirmed that he had not had a stroke. We have a referral to the neurologist that diagnosed him with Parkinson's, but not until January 17, 2017.

I had a brain wave to text my brother so that we could FaceTime. He wished our Dad a Happy Birthday, and then we all sang Happy Birthday to him (including my cute little nieces!!!)