Just returned through the snow from Dunfermline. Dad was reading his paper as usual. He seemed improved from my visit to him yesterday and I didn't have to squeeze past the zimmer frame. He had a pair of crutches next to his bed this time.
Apparently the physiotherapists had him negotiating the stairs on one crutch earlier today but due to the nerve damage to his right leg he was not able to get it to do what he wanted it to do. The staff are not worried, it is an expected effect of the fracture and subsequent operation. In time they expect him to be fully able to control the muscles to move his knee/foot as required.
Unfortunately he is still suffering from bouts of sickness and has given up the Codeine completely. All he could manage for his dinner was a glass of milk.
There is talk of him being discharged tomorrow (Wednesday) but Dad didn't seem too keen. The stair experience had been quite taxing so he will 'play it by ear' tomorrow when they come to assess him again.
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