My Father-in-Law

[DianaB]

My FIL is getting out of the hospital today. He's got some appointments set up for later but it sounds like there's not much that can be done. Once a stroke affects an area of your brain it takes your brain a while to work around the bad area. Where his eyes are affected he will probably never get that sight back. It's going to be really hard for him to adjust. He's always been so active, always helping people. The good news is that he can see just a little bit so it's not complete blindnss.

[Forgivenmom5]

I hope he adjust well to being home. Maybe it will help to be in familiar surroundings.

[Gina]

I hope he is home and doing better. Thank God he has some vision... Keep us posted..

[Emmsmom]

The best thing the kids can do for him is to love him and let him know that this won't change a thing. They will be doing more for him now and thats ok. My Papa was a very sick man for so long. He had a stroke that left him unable to walk or talk. With my Granny's love and support he learned to walk and talk all over. The one thing I noticed with Papa was that once he had his stroke he lost many friends and my mother and my half-sister's quit coming to see him. I think that was very hard on him. It sounds like your FIL has a HUGE support group and that will mean the world to him. It is always very hard seeing loved ones go through something like this. It was very hard for me so I know it must be for your family. I will keep your family in my thoughts and prayers. HUGS

[Janet]

Diana how is your FIL doing?

[DianaB]

He had a couple of eye appointments last week. The eye doctor said that he has macular degeneration that has caused his vision problems plus the stroke definitely damaged that area as well. I don't think that there's much that can be done for it. I haven't been around him much so I really can't tell you how he's doing with the vision problems. My husband's been going over to his parents pretty regularly.

This is definitely going to be a hard year for us. My husband's so used to having his Dad help. I can help out but I can't hook and unhook the implements and do some of the harder work. I can only drive the tractor. My son's been helping for a while but soon his job will pick back up and he'll be busy with other things.

I saw my brother-in-law this afternoon and he mentioned that his wife was driving the tractor (I had been driving too). I said that next fall us wives should get a cruise from the guys for helping out. He said that it probably would have been cheaper in the long run to have hired help instead of using his wife!! Probably so!!!!!