When Pa first entered the hospital, he weighed 136 lbs. A week later when he was transferred to Herrick, he was down to 120 lbs. We thought at first there was something wrong with the scale, but I think they weighed him a second time, and it was the same. This morning he was up to 122.3 lbs.
Pa still isn't eating much because he has no appetite. Last night he ate 1/8 of an egg salad sandwich, a little broth from his chicken noodle soup, and a few spoonfuls of chocolate pudding. But he drank about 7 oz. of Glucerna (Ensure), so that's a big improvement. I'm sure the Glucerna alone fills him up. I added a packet of Benefiber to the liquid so that he gets some fiber. Good thing they include Benefiber in his tray.
I ate the rest of his egg salad sandwich and chocolate pudding. No sense in letting them go to waste. They were actually quite good for hospital food. I had to explain to the nurse that Pa didn't eat all that food; I did.
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