3/18/10

3/18/10

It's been a busy week for Dad and Jaelynn, who have been navigating their way to various appointments by themselves while I've been busy with my own medical bullshit. On tuesday, they headed to the Quest lab for Dad's urine culture, and to the foot doctor. In the elevator, Dad was doing his usual blind groping to find out about his surroundings – unfortunately, he was feeling the Fed Ex guy's ass. Luckily, the guy was cool about it. At the lab, Dad startled the “audience” of waiting people by asking JaeLynn, loudly, if he could fuck her. “Dad! We're in the doctor's office!” she told him, but he was not deterred.

Jaelynn has become the latest target of Dad's affections – he asks her to get naked or to have sex with him at least once a day. The other day, he patted her and said, “you're a little plump, aren't you?” She takes it in stride and just laughs about the situation.

The other day Dad asked Jaelynn what she was doing. “I'm painting my toenails, Dad,” she said. “Can you do mine?” asked Dad. “No, only women – and some transwomen – and some gay men paint their nails,” she said. “Do mine,” Dad insisted, removing his shoe. Dad now has a layer of shiny, clear polish.

Today they went for Dad's follow up appointment at the Urologist. The inefection has cleared up, but the doctor did a sonogram and showed JaeLynn how much urine Dad is retaining. He told her that if the situation does not improve by the next visit, Dad may have to have surgery. I wish I had been there to get more details, but I was being x-rayed so much that I probably glow in the dark now.

We've been making a general effort to keep Dad busy – now that the weather's nice, Jaelynn sits with him outside, she's got him doing his leg exercises again, and today we had him playing with a shape sorter, feeling the blocks and the holes to figure out where to put them. The increased activity has definitely helped – he's sleeping through the night a lot more now, more likely to wake up in the morning, walking better, and overall in a better mood.