Abigail here-
so Dad completed dialysis today. we came back to his room he was in a better mood and was able to watched some TED talks online about various subjects and was paying attention and laughing appropriately and understanding the complex info. very fun to hang out with him today.
He still really wants to leave the hospital and when his mind wanders he obsesses about getting the heck out of there. i think he will continue to ask to leave until he really gets released. i keep reminding him of the various goals we are trying to reach in order to be able to leave.
going into and completing dialysis for the day felt like such a huge hurdle that i could totally deal with the constant reiteration of facts i had to dish out to him along the side. one minute for me is like 6 of his minutes. gotta have Patience.