Harvey’s Private Room

This is part of the view from Harvey’s private room on the 11th floor of Bangkok Hospital. Last night we saw fireworks from the festival out one part of the window. They were wonderful, but I felt just looking at his view of the city was spectacular on its own.

Another part of his view out the same window.

This was the part where the fireworks display was to the left of the view.

This is nicer than some apartments I’ve lived in in the past. Some nurses came in yesterday to give him a bath, and there was a curtain they pulled between here and his bed to give him privacy from any other personnel entering the room, and another they pulled between where we were seated by the window and his bed.

TV with remote. Brian had to re-teach how to turn the TV on, plus change channels, but Harvey picked it up pretty quickly. The personnel put him through a whole lot today, so he quickly fell asleep while ‘watching’ something.

Added ‘bonus’ of this view of his bathroom is the image of the amateur photographer😂 trying to take the picture!

His shower. He’s having bed baths now, but hopefully, he’ll get to the point where he can enjoy a shower with help into the bathroom, sitting down while he showers, and help back to bed. Ahhhh!

This completes the tour of his private room. I can’t say enough about the good care he received yesterday. Not only competent and a good rotation of people in and out, but CARING. Patting his hand, painting his forehead and cheeks with a bit of water based ‘paint’ to bring him good luck in the coming year (via the Water Festival celebrations), squeezing his hand and talking to him when trying to calm him when needed, and encouraging him and cheering when he was able to sit, stand for a few seconds, and more.

We’re going to the hospital early today, hopefully arriving dry there on Day 2 of the festival, so we can hopefully talk with the night nurse we hired to stay with him before knowing how good the care would be.

We are hopeful to see more improvement, good results from the CT scan of the brain for signs of any bleeding, before MAYBE scheduling or actually doing the placement of the pacemaker. today. Please continue thinking good thoughts for us.