We had hopes of helping Dad regain some of his mobility by reinstating a drug he'd used early last year. But his neurologist checked him out yesterday and decided there was great risk with little expectation of reward.
The Doctor said the drug carried too much psychotropic risk for someone in Dad's condition. And that it could set him spiraling into the red zone. On top of that, the Doc didn't think it would, in fact, help him walk at this point. Too much risk, pretty much no reward. In the end Dad said, "Not what I wanted to hear, but we'll go with what you say, Doctor." Ever stoic. Until the next time he wants to walk which was about 10 minutes after we left the doctor's office. ;-)
Soo, we tried. Now we know what we need to plan for, at least in the near term. The Doc said our main objective needs to be keeping Dad safe and off his feet, unless he has assistance, and carrying on with the drugs he does have as (infections aside) the seem to be doing a pretty good job of managing sleep and the red zone.
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