Dad is changing. The father I knew is not the father I know. Apparently when you have a left side bleed, the right side starts driving behaviour. The right side is more emotional and Dad has been emotional roller-coaster rides.
The last couple of weeks he has been very sentimental. He would hear Rakhi's name and start crying, he saw Nidhi and he had tears. Anu called on the phone and Dad howled. No more. He got really angry with me yesterday - I came in slightly later than usual and he sulked. I went out to have a chat with the doctor and he made sure that I knew he was angry. And then he got lovey-dovey with Mom. And Rajju took off his specs. Dad kept thanking Mom for taking care of him and Rajju kept taking his specs off. Rajju then went off to have a chat with Dad's room mate. Roommate (Kidney and gall bladder stones) was sunning himself on a nude beach. Only the beach was the hospital bed. Rajju plans to leave his specs behind at home on Sunday.
Other changes with Dad include obsessing on a point - even after we understand what he is trying to say; he keeps repeating it. Maybe we are not really getting it.
The doctors and nurses have assigned us this task to get him to take deep breaths. Pneumonia is one possible after effect of a stroke. So the next couple of days are going to be dedicated to Swami Ramdev.
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