still choking on food

My brother was a little aggravated this Saturday when I took him out to breakfast with my daughter.  He let us know he had had an "accident", in other words, he had had diarrhea.  He also choked on his food a bit, this is the third Saturday in a row.

I called the nursing home the next day to see if he still had diarrhea.  They said no.  I am watching this carefully because if he has intestinal problems and throws up, he can get pneumonia caused by not clearing his lungs.  Also, he can get dehydrated pretty easily, which throws him into bad afib.

So far, so good, though.

We had an interesting exchange.  Somehow we were talking about someone who was a "lefty" and my daugther asked him what that meant to him.  He thought for a minute, and then said, "one word:  freedom".

My brother's intellectual abilities always amaze me.  He could throw out that abstract idea, but when asked to further develop what he was trying to say, he was completely stalled, he could not elaborate.

The brain is amazing part of the human body.

a nice summer breakfast

I took my brother out for breakfast today and drove a bit longer so we could go to a greasy spoon that has outside seating.  It was lovely, rather relaxing.  He tried to order a bagel and I wouldn't let him, because of fear of choking.  He did start to choke on something else, anyway, but it was pretty minor.

It turns out part of the problem with his hearing aids are the batteries.  So now I have a battery tester, and I tested a sample, and they seemed ok.   I hope this continues to be the case.

I would like to take him outside a bit more in the summer, to take advantage of the weather, but it's hard to come up with where to take him because of his lack of mobility.  He can't walk more than a block without getting pretty tired.

I am not telling him about an upcoming trip to Colorado for fear he will get sick, so I am only going to tell him a few days in advance.