Update on my father

As I said in another post, I convinced my dad to go to the ER for a catheter. They drained over 2 liters out. He came home with the catheter. Monday, we saw an urologist. He kept the catheter in & gave him Flomax & Bethanechol to stimulate the bladder to empty. He’s not having any problems emptying into the catheter, but the dr. wants him to take these drugs for a week & have the home health nurse take out the catheter next Monday & see if, after 4-5 hrs. he urinates on his own. If not, he will need to go back to the urologist to have the catheter insterted, probably permantly, as the dr. believes he may have stretched his bladder too much, with all the urine that came out initally with the catheter. We FINALLY see an oncologist today. I’m making a lenghty list of ?? to ask. His ankles are still very swollen. He is still very much constipated & taking laxatives per the GI dr. We see her Friday of this week. It just seems every dr. gives him new meds & everytime we get one thing fixed, it seems another body part has a problem. He says he feels fine except for the constipation problems & has had a good appetite the last few days. It is so hard on my mom with her RA that she has. I’m doing everything I can to help. I am really encouraging them to come & stay at our home, but they won’t hear of it. My husband is a CPA & it’s been a rough few months, but finally, I have him home & his help, also. I just feel fortunate that I don’t work & do have the time to spend & help my parents.