life with my dad here is going well. the first night was rough as it was difficult for him to find a comfortable (aka bearable) sleeping position. :( but since then it's gone pretty smoothly.
we had moved ky & sy into the boys' room the day after the surgery. and we can't bunk the beds, because those beds are higher than the other twin we have and dad needs a high bed so he doesn't sit down too low with the new hip. so, they kids' room has 2 twins and a toddler bed and a mattress that we're pulling out from under one bed each night. a bit crowded, but definitely cut down on the clutter - there's no place for it! and the kids think it's super fun to all be together. :) party every night!
dad is doing well. he has OT & PT and a home health nurse coming to the house. he does his PT everyday faithfully and though he's not progressing as quickly as he wants, the therapists are both very pleased with his progress.
we've had people in the house about 7 times each week and we go to a doctor appt 2-3 times, and only once have i had to take all the kids. that was an adventure too. (by the way, regular school is pretty much on hold - the kids are now "enrolled" in OT classes and other "life skills" classes for now.)
it's funny to look around our house, too. we've got new equipment for our new "classes": a wheel chair, 2 walkers, and a high potty seat, tons of drugs, and our furniture is all moved every which way to make room for all this stuff to fit through the house.
ideally, if this was longer-term, a single story house with no entry steps would be ideal. (things i never thought about before).
pictured: kids doing a puppet show to their captive audience (grandpa).
kik is grandpa's personal sock "aide". they have this sock-aid you can buy, but dad keeps insisting that he's got 4 sock-aides right here, and another at his house when he goes home (shawnie). these ladies are not going to get him to spend $9 on something he won't ever use! :)
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