Hello --
I talked to Ted this morning and he is sounding
so much better. Thank God. And I talked to his sister who arrived
last night and was at the hospital. She said he seems fine -- just
sleeping a lot. Probably from the Mellaril??? Hopefully, we
will both be able to fly back home on Friday as planned. I'm hopeful his
neuro here will take him off the Melliril when we get back. I think so as
he reacted negatively to hearing that they had put him on that medication.
We hope to go to the Parkinson's center of excellence at UC San Francisco as
soon as possible for an evaluation. Ted is totally oriented as he has been
all along. He always knew where he was and could answer questions in a
totally coherent and rational manner. I talked to him for over an hour on
the phone when he was in the middle of the crisis. He responded and did
what I asked him to do. He wasn't suicidal or threatening to harm
anyone. In fact, he was the one saying that he needed to get some
help. He just simply could not control the hyperactivity (I'm thinking
that perhaps this is a better term than "agitation") from the
overmedication or combo of meds, it seems to me -- along with the severe
dyskinesia that he has never before experienced. I'm hopeful that once his
meds get straightened out, things will settle down a bit.
Thanks again to everyone for all your help,
information and support. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers over the
next few weeks especially. We'll do the same for you. :-) I'll
be leaving in a couple of hours.
Carole Menser
