Abby here,
I was in and out of the hospital today. Dad had dialysis today, and the physical therapist had him sit up in a regular chair for a few mins and we will try again tomorrow around 10:30am. The PT wants me to be there to help encourage him. Besides this, Dad was napping most of the day, and now is awake watching late night talk shows. He's faintly laughing at the jokes and paying attention. He has not complained about his toes too much tonight. pain not intense as yesterday, i guess. maybe too tired to complain.
the nutritionist came by today and remarked that some of his weight gain may be due to water his body is holding. Its possible the bed is not metering correctly, or its correct, but i am worried he's holding too much water.. His weight today was much more. his sodium levels are high, i will talk to Ann Finkelstin tomorrow about all of this.

Thanks for the input on  the Lupus drug!