Successful Surgery

It's a day late for the report, but the knee replacement surgery for my father was successful, though I wish his recovery had “followed suit.” To say that it has been difficult would be a gross understatement. He has been extremely confused, agitated, irrational and totally out of character. To keep it brief and allow me to get to bed quickly, this evening we finally had to put on physical restraints and followed these with the third chemical restraint, finally using a large dose of Haldol.
Carolyn arrived on Tuesday evening around 7 pm, driving in from Kansas City. Though she had initially planned to leave on Thursday morning, she phoned her office and her husband and plans to stay until our dad is moved into a rehab unit. I will be staying at the hospital as well the next couple of days. Hopefully the doctor and nurses will narrow it down tomorrow as to what medication is causing the extreme confusion and agitation and we can help restore his mental state to a more normal level. The man we've been sitting with the last couple of days is not the father we know and love, but rather someone behaving as a child and caged animal.
Now for a bit of sleep...