Dad Says, "Thank You God."

When I visited Dad yesterday, he was asleep when I entered his room. So I stood there and watched him sleep and slowly his eyes opened up and he softly said, "Thank you God."

I asked him what he was thanking God for and he said, "That you came to see me." I smiled and we started talking, well, I asked leading questions to get him to talk. Then he said, "Help me God." I asked him what he needed God to help him with and he said, "Everything."

For the last few weeks Dad is eating less and less. He is just not interested in eating or he'll say nothing tastes right and won't eat. I scheduled yesterday's visit to be there when lunch is served so I could encourage or help him eat. He only ate three small bites the grilled fish, two bites of the noodles, and two bites of the sweetened chopped apple. He did, however, drink 90% of the milk. The nurse said they were waiting for a doctor's order to give him an appetite stimulant to see that that might help him eat more.

Dad is also undergoing some blood and urinalysis tests to see what else might be going on. I should have the results in a couple of days.

During my visit I made a short video of Dad greeting his family. You might have to turn up the volume as he speaks softly and there is a lot of background noise.

 Thanks for reading and watching!