A little training

Yesterday I got some training in what to do to help my dad first thing in the morning.  So, I thought I'd write some of it here.
My Dad's on a CPAP, so that comes off first.  Then pick out his clothes and put his pants on around his ankles.
It takes two people, so I was helping my mom.  I grabbed his feet and legs and she grabbed his torso to turn him sideways with his feet off.  I sat with my back against his as my mom helped him go to the bathroom using the portable urinal.  Then he had to practice his chicken wings in order to limber up his arms enough to get his deodorant on.  He can barely pick them up and I had his right armpit, so he made sure I was careful (that's his hurt arm, so it doesn't go up as high).  After his deodorant is on, then we each put an arm in his shirt after it was over his head.  His hands are pretty hard to maneuver, so it's harder than it sounds!  Then we put the gait belt on under his armpits fairly tight.  Mom held him up as I pulled his pants up.  It was super hard to button, even though he's lost a significant amount of weight!  Once he was zipped up, he got to sit back down.  He wanted to try and walk (he's lost a lot of his right foot/leg control), and so we helped him stand up and get his hands on his walker, but his right hand kept slipping and he wasn't able to support himself at all, so I went and got my brother and then we got him onto his rolling computer chair.  Bill puts his knees to Dad's and then pulls him up and pivots him to get him into the chair.  Then he stands him back up and sits him back down in the right position.  I held the back of the computer chair to keep it from rolling.  Bill pushed the computer chair and I helped with Dad's feet, so they weren't dragging.  Once we got to the stair climber (woot woot), it went the same as getting him into the computer chair.  Stand up, pivot, sit down, stand up to readjust sitting position, fall to correct sitting position.  Then put the foot rest and arm rests down, and get his feet partially on the foot rest, because they won't move exactly.  He works hard to jerk his hand to move the switch that starts him going down.  Once he's down, I'm back at the computer chair, but my brother stands him up and I get the stair climber up past the wall, so the computer chair is ready for him.  I keep the wheels from moving as he sits and then sits again.  Bill has the hard job with the pulling him up and down!  He wheels him to his lift chair and makes sure it's all the way down with the cushions and pillows where they need to be.  He pivots him and sits him down, but he's crooked on the cushion, so he stands him up and sits him back down.  It's hard work!  After all of that, it's time for his 2 pills and his breakfast drink.  He drank some from the Carnation instant breakfast (it's his favorite), and then I put the 2 pills in his mouth, and put the straw to his mouth to let him drink.  He works hard to swallow the pills and then he finishes his drink.  He wanted his laptop, so I put it up fairly high on his lap, put his glasses on, and he gets to work.  I'm not sure what he does, but he's happy doing it!  He has a bluetooth connected to his ear, so he can answer calls when people call.  He swipes his hand at it until it connects and answers.  It's difficult watching my dad go through all of this, but at least I still have him around!  So that's his basic morning.