July 5th

Dad got his hearing aids cleaned today.  Guess there is a filter that needs to be changed regularly.  Tom got a box of those.  Tom and Dad walked 31 minutes last night around Tom’s neighborhood.  That was a stretch for Dad and nearly too much.  Tom and Dad were just by here.  They have a doctor appt with Rose this afternoon to check on his ear.  The subject of driving came up and Tom and I aired our concerns.  Even with the cleaned hearing aids I would say our opinions fell on deaf ears, except for the fact that Dad will ruminate over some of the things we said and maybe take them to heart.  Tom was going to have him drive home from here to get him back in the swing of things (it’s been what 6-8 weeks since he’s driven?)

Dr. Rose:

Just got off the phone with Tom who had been to see Dr. Rose.  There are signs the infection is returning.  She doesn’t know if it’s related to the lymphoma and does not recall ever having a case like this.  They put Dad on another oral antibiotic and the plan is to have Dr. Trang come in and excise the ear to see what is going on in there.  If Dr. Trang does not do it then Dr. Rose will (Does anyone else get the feeling this is what Dr. Rose wanted to have happen when she admitted Dad to the hospital 6 weeks ago?)

Anyway, there are only a few details.  Tom was heading from Costco (for the antibiotic) to Dr. Rose’s to fill out some paperwork.  The procedure will last about an hour and require a general anesthetic.  It will be done next Tuesday and we think it will happen in the morning.  The location has not been finalized.

Dad was running out of gas so Tom took him home and is doing the running around.  Thanks for that, Tom.