Sailing Last Mango

Another week has gone by and we’ve (Dad) has cleared a few more hurdles. Dad’s getting tired of sitting around when not exercising and has started venturing out of the house. He’s been walking with the cane and now walks the yard. Last Tuesday he had Karen back the tractor out of the garage. Dad sat down on it and took a ride over to the neighbors house to visit. Sunday Dad decided to climb (side saddle) on the ATV and take a ride around the property. Once on the ATV he decided that it was possible to move his leg over the ATV seat and ride it normally. Afterwards he said it was easier to climb on the ATV now that before the surgery which is the way it should be. The vision on the other hand is a moving target that appears to change day to day. We hope for the best but assume that his vision is not going to change. Mom & Dad relaxing on the deck. As I mentioned last week Karen and I have been leaving my parents at little periods of time seeing how they fare and gauging th...

Things are starting to get back to normal, a NEW NORMAL for dad. Our trip to the University Iowa doctors revealed that his vision has improved marginally and probably won’t get any better. We still hold out hope that things will improve but the medical staff stated he’s probably were he’ll be for the rest of his life, They don’t believe his vision will get any worse as the optic nerve swelling is gone.  Dad notes that he sees colors one day and they disappear the next just to re-appear after a day or two. His vision is hard to predict as sometimes it appears to me that he can see some item that is very small but other times he can’t see his glass of water on the table. Things are strange and it may be his brain just learning how to interpret the imaging it’s now receiving. All this vision talk I almost forgot to inform everyone that his hip is doing great. We perform PT twice daily and he’s stronger every day. A couple of days ago the kitchen sink drain plug...