Bill of Health...

Took Papa to the doctor Wednesday morning.  This was a monthly check since the Type II diabetes diagnosis in December.

Papa's blood sugar was okay in the eyes of Dr. Weckman. Yippee!!  Dr. Weckman told Papa that a few years ago they would have called his diabetes 'borderline'.  Then Dr. Weckman said, "That is like saying 'You are borderline pregnant.'" We all had a chuckle.  Then Dr. Weckman told Papa he had diabetes that he can control with diet as long as he behaves.  Papa told him I had cleaned his apartment out of sugar.  Dr. Weckman grinned at me.  Then I told him I found some sugar-free chocolate pudding in a cup. I had purchased that for Papa and told him he could only have one each day. Again, Dr. Weckman grinned.  He assured Papa one a day was okay and then went on to tell us about the danger of having too many of them.  Papa said he was only eating one each day.

Papa's blood density was not as good.  It was too thick.  Papa takes warfarin (the generic for coumadin) which is a blood thinner for his atrial fibrilation.  His blood not being as thin as it should is an issue.  Dr. Weckman asked us to increase his warfarin by half a tablet each day.  Papa and I went to the drugstore after his doctor appointment and purchased a pill splitter. Then we went to his apartment and put the half tablet in his pill holders for the week. 

So, Papa came out with a fairly good bill of health for this visit.  He is doing well enough that he doesn't need to go back till April. Yippee!!  Oh, other than a quick visit to draw blood next week to be sure the blood thinner increase is working as it should.

Now, to take care of Tiny and her vet care that was postponed because of bad roads.