Just an update..

We brought my dad home today. The last time was a fortnight ago as the doctor didn't allow him to go home last weekend due to his condition. We brought him to the optician to make a couple of new pairs and have a hair cut at the malay barber. BOTH his spectacles went missing at the hospital and i suspect it's due to the inept attendants who assists my dad in the mornings. They failed to clear his pockets before sending the pyjamas off to be laundered i'm sure! Oh well, he had to make new ones anyway. The stroke affected his eyesight and he had to read the newspapers with a magnifying glass while wearing his spectacles.

The doctors have cut down on his medication as they discovered that the medication is making him 'spaced out' most of the time, thus affecting his rehab. It seems to have worked. He remembers how to walk with the walking stick now compared to the last time when he kept forgetting how to! He's even putting in some effort in trying to walk more at home for practice. But he still irritates the hell out of me sometimes. I know it's not his fault and it's all due to the stroke but still, there were times i had to control very hard not to hit him on the head! Like just now, he kept insisting on finding his 'thai oil' (god knows what that is!). My bro and i searched high and low for it but we just can't find it. And even after telling him repeatedly that we cannot find it, he'll still insist on finding it.. Argh! I felt like screaming 'ENOUGH WITH THE THAI OIL ALREADY!!!'

Anyway, i cooked chicken soup for dinner and i suggested to my brother why not just give him a little beer to cheer him up (and to make him forget about the damn oil). Because one of the effects of a stroke is the inability to express emotions, i sure as hell hope he was happy!

He did try his luck in hinting for a cigarette... GET REAL OKAY!!