In The Barest Terms

[poliphilo]

My father-in-law sleeps almost all the time. It's been several days (maybe a week, I'm not keeping score) since we last saw him properly awake. He's no longer infectious so he's been moved back onto the main ward.  The medical staff- we're on first name terms with some of them now- describe him as "better". There's talk of discharging him. 

My mother-in-law doesn't want him to go into a "Home". She rang up the ward yesterday morning and was very "brusque" with Sister about it.  (We would much rather he did.) 

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

This afternoon he didn't know who she was.

It looks as though the hospital is going to be moving him onto its own rehab ward. That would postpone the decision for a while.

Yes, I think depression is part of the problem. He has a history of it.