Dad got up a short while ago and got himself dressed, including putting suspenders on his shorts. He jokingly said it only took him a half hour to do it, but he was determined. He has been feeling better since the paracentisis and we even went to Kyle's birthday party last night at Tony's Pizza. He did well, came home watched tv until 10:30.
Yesterday we took measurements so we have a reference of how much he is swelling up. Dad's legs are still fairly swollen, Dr Heidari said they were a 4 plus and had a technical name that I could not remember. Hopefully this will give us a better idea when we really need to push for fluids to be removed, not sure, just an idea to try. Here are his measurements as of 8/24/2012:
Chest 38.5 inches
Stomach at belly button 41 inches
left ankle 10 inches
right ankle 9.5 inches
left calf 15 inches
right calf 14.5 inches
John will be coming over today to spend the day with Dad, and Deb and I are going to explore Bakersfield for the day.
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