Sometimes that forgetfulness can be temporary, hopefully it is for him.
But the bleed could have knocked out a few brain cells that were keeping
him on the side of functioning pretty well. As you said, it will be
whatever is best for him now. You just don't know what is around the
corner do you.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> This is the hospital where my dad is. Too soon to tell really how he
> is doing but he seems not to know a lot of things and forgetful of
> others. Foods for instance. He seems to think he hates everything,
> until he gets it and eats it. He was eating raw veggies with a fork,
> dipping them into Ranch dressing. He did hand my mom his cucumbers
> which he has always done. He does hate those and she likes them. But
> then he dipped his roll in the dressing. And then he debated whether
> or not to dip his cookie in it! Thankfully he decided against that.
>
> He is on the diabetic diet. It was somewhat limited. I didn't look
> at the breakfast options. Just the lunch/dinner which is what we
> ordered for him tonight. Everything had the carb count listed. It
> was either 0, 15 or 30 grams of carb. Sandwiches could be ordered in
> half or whole. There were several salads and quite a large choice of
> low carb veg. Those were listed as 0 carbs. For the 15 count veg
> there were peas and something else. I can't remember what the other
> thing was. I don't recall seeing any potatoes listed. But white rice
> was. The meats were rather limited. Turkey breast, salmon, braised
> beef and maybe one other thing. He had the braised beef tonight and I
> was quite annoyed that it came with peas and carrots. It was more
> like a stew. Not enough to count much in terms of carbs but given
> that Angela does have that pea allergy I felt they should be listed.
>
> He also had mac and cheese. This looked like the real thing but the
> sauce was a bit runny. The portion was very small. There was a
> choice of white or wheat roll. There were some dessert choices
> listed. Some had no carbs such as the lemon lime sugar free Jell-O.
> I think there were a couple of other things in that category but I
> can't remember what they were. There was sugar free pudding, regular
> pudding, ice cream, sherbet, angel food cake and cookies. Tonight my
> mom chose a sugar cookie. It was huge and not a sugar cookie but a
> Snickerdoodle. I have to wonder if that was really the right thing
> they gave him. She said last night he had a peanut butter cookie
> which was tiny and tasted terrible.
>
> There were quite a few beverages listed. Coffee, tea, and the decaf.
> versions of both. Several different bottled waters, diet sodas, milk,
> and some sort of diabetic meal replacement shake. I don't think any
> juices were listed at all.
>
> My mom said he was told at the hospital that he could have up to 85
> grams of carb per meal but his Dr. has him on 45 grams which is more
> like what he ate. She did order more than that but he only ate one
> bite of the roll and a few bites of the cookie.
>
> It is up to the patient to order their own meals. They could, if they
> wanted, order one of each meat and one of each low carb veg.
>
> But the problem? My dad is at the point where he really isn't capable
> of doing anything for himself. He just isn't thinking to do it. So
> somebody has to be there to order the meals for him. Which my mom has
> been doing.
>
> They do have a hotel attached to the hospital. She may wind up having
> to stay there. She has been taking a cab and my brother or SIL have
> been driving her home. My husband is going to take her there in the
> morning.
>
> At this point we do not know how long he will be in there. He has
> started some physical therapy but needs a lot more. If he qualifies,
> he can do it there for two weeks. If he doesn't, he will have to go
> elsewhere for four weeks. I think we are all hoping he will be moved
> somewhere closer to home, even though we don't necessarily want him to
> be stuck in some place for longer. Unless of course it is what he
> needs.
>
> They had what appeared to be a really good cafeteria although some of
> it was closed today. During the week there is a taco bar and also a
> deli. Those were closed. The salad station was also closed but
> wasn't supposed to be. There was a steam table with very limited
> choices. And the burger place was open. Very limited menu of beef
> burger, turkey burger, salmon burger, all with a variety of options,
> including no bun. French fries and onion rings. I made the mistake of
> ordering the "big" order of fries and assumed I wouldn't get too many
> based on the $2.00 price. OMG! They could have fed all 6 of us plus
> the next table! I won't be doing that again!
>
> They also had some self serve things including pizza, salads,
> sandwiches, hard boiled eggs, cheeses and sushi.
>
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