Ra te haeata takina mai i te ripa te tara ki Tauhara
ko taku hoa pea tenei ka hoki mai ra
aue kau atu ana au i te ao
ka riro i a koe ra
te taonga e!!
Time for an update
We have had some great nurses taking care of Dad - two that come to mind over the last couple days is Ginny & Bindu - Dad seems to respond to them!
Yesterday Ginny showed me how to read the charts and machines that track Dad's progress
- Oxygen intake from the ventilator: 55%
- Blood pressure: as expected, nothing out of the ordinary
- Heart rate 110 - 118 bps
- Dialysis: about an hour - just over a litre per day of urine
- Brain: responding well to questions
- Movement: he is strong - moves both arms and crosses his legs often
- mokopuna: keeping him alive- They are just a breath of fresh air ! ! !
Tapeka rang yesterday - he is coming home around the middle of next week. I have meet his daughter Ebony and both mokopuna. In fact Ebony brought us a huge breakfast of eggs, sausages, steak, onions, bread and eggs this morning!!
Rawea, Misty and moko popped in for a visit today as did Tama, Candace, Hayden and moko
Hineauri turned up bedside. We managed to have great catchup korero - i learnt so much about Hineauri.
Little bit and her daughter popped in around lunch time - i did not recognise her as it has been around 30 years since i have seen her!
Maria Fox (Box) Dad's niece called in as well!
I sent the kids out with their cousin Ebony for a much needed break - they had a hikoi around hamilton for around 5 hours!!
As i write this, phillipa and her daughter will have headed home; Rawea and Misty have gone, and Tama and his clan will go home as well.
Matauria, Raniera and Chloe went home last night
But, Koro is doing quite well - the nurses have a great attitude towards Dad's care - and he is doing much better.
On a more sombre note: Taihoa Lloyd (Sarah Grey's daughter) is not well, not at all. The family are quite devastated as can be expected
Heoi ano, e aku rangatira, koutou o te hau kainga - Tongariro maunga!!
Hei kona
Hauiti
No comments:
Post a Comment