Another Change

 Now that we are on daily visits from hospice, we were able to have the same weekend nurse come visit with him today as we did yesterday.  She's fun, lively, and good with my Dad.

She noted the definite change in him from yesterday.  Today, Dad is basically not responsive.  He did have a couple of moments where you knew he was aware of what was being said.  He can also still help by raising his arms and head when his caregivers go to change his shirt, he'll move his feet around or raise his knee when he wants to, but besides that and some random twitches, he's pretty much just lying in his bed peacefully.

Today, as promised when he was bedridden and could no longer stand, we made him a cocktail.  Vodka on the rocks, of course.  EJ made the three of us cocktails.  We would give my Dad tiny sips of his with his dental sponge.

Dad was happy to have a couple of sips.  He gave us the faintest smile and fluttered his eyes for a moment.  After a couple of sips, EJ asked him if he wanted more, and he shook his head "No".  He was done.

A little while later, his sister and her husband came by for a visit.  They were there visiting with him yesterday as well, and could definitely note the difference in him in just one day.

Yesterday, we were able to call his name, and he would open his eyes and respond with either a mumble or a word.  Today, he wasn't.

Last night, he raised his arm and waved to someone who was not there.  We can only assume it was my Mom saying, "Hurry up already, Larry, I'm waiting!"