Friday, July 22

I spent the day with Dad today while Clara played bridge with some of her friends.  We had a really good day.  Bad news...Dad hit his shin on a coffee table and wound up with a 2"-3" gash.  He had to get around 20 stitches in his left leg.  It's wrapped with gauze right now. The table, in the upstairs TV room, has been moved over to the side. He only uses that room to watch a tv and work a picture puzzle.  He is walking on it and appears to be doing fine.  He was awake most of the day.  Seems he naps more now than he sleeps.  He seems to be handling the chemo a lot better.  We changed his pain patches.  To get out we went to Woodwind, and there was a showing occuring at the house, so we waited around the corner in the car until they left.  We looked around, cleaned a few things up, made a few decisions on things that needed to be trashed, and he took a few small things with him back to Clara's. We had lunch, he took another nap, then he read some.  He's currently working on a balsa-wood clipper ship model.  Clara returned about 3:30 and I left about 4:30.  It was a pretty good day for him.