Update on dad

Let's see, the last update was before the 4th.

After dad's fall, they admitted him to the hospital, couldn't find any medical reason to keep him there so the released him Monday night, July 2nd. He got home @ 8:00 p.m.

By 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, I had to call 911 AGAIN!!!! The visiting nurse came in @9 a.m. & he just sort-of collapsed coming out of the bathroom--yes, again but not a bad fall this time and at least she was there to help him. She got him back to his chair and he seemed ok. Then around 1 p.m. the physical therapist came and he could barely move. She got him to his bed which is less than 10 feet away from the chair, but he couldn't do anything. Then @4, his CMT came and she can usually get him up but she couldn't budge him. He just kept falling asleep.

So mom called me to come over & hubby kids & I went. Steve (BIL) was there when I got in and dad was just sort of grunting. His right side was constricted and his left side was twitching wildly. So I called 911 again. He just kept saying he was dying--which he's never said.

They took him to the ER and we got there right away and he was just lying on the gurney--hadn't even been checked yet!!! The nurse came the the doctor--who was cute but useless--and they couldn't find anything wrong but they sent him down for an x-ray or ultrasound and when he got back, he looked like he was sleeping, just snoring away.

I wanted to wake him up but hubby kept saying to let him sleep! But I wasn't going to do that! So I just kept yelling & shaking him but he wouldn't wake up! I opened his eyelids and his eyes were rolled up and his pupils were fixed. So we got the nurse and she checked the got the dr and he checked. Dr said that this wasn't good--WELL DUH!! Then he just starts talking like that's it, he's dead. Asked about living will, etc.

I sat down next to dad and held his right hand and rubbed his arm and just kept talking to him. I sat there for over an hour,just talking and calling him. Mom was sitting in a chairm just in shock, very out of it and my sister was sitting next to her, crying. My BIL was trying to get her to talk to him in case he was going, but she just couldn't. :(

So she wanted to go outside & I went with her. It was pouring rain but we were in a covered alcove where the ambulances come. We were there for @10 minutes when hubby came running out saying that he was awake!!

So they sent him to the ECC, which is one step below the ICU. He was there for 2 days, then they transferred him to a regular room. After numerous tests and STILL no explanation, they transferred him to Marianjoy Rehabilitation hospital on the 10th.

This place is phenominal! They already have him up & eating and are working him daily, which is great since he was flat on his back for 3 days while he was in the hospital. Our dr says that she doesn't expect that he'll recover to where he was before all of this happened, but she does see him coming home with help.

Back to Friday June 29th, mom & I were visiting so she asked him why he thought he was dying. He said that he saw his parents and started naming other old friends who've passed. Then he said that he heard me calling him and that if it wasn't for me, he'd have been gone!

He has since told me that several times. :D He called me 5 times to wish me a happy birthday on Monday--sang to me. :D And just keeps telling me that he heard me calling him.

So when he got to Marianjoy, he asked where I wanted to go to my bday dinner. I said I wanted to go to the club & we'll all go when he gets out. :)

Today was a beautiful day when mom, Ariel & I visited--Aaron was at Sylvan--so we wheeled him out to their enabling garden. Was very very, but lots of wasps. There was a beautiful butterfly following us while we were outside, then landed on dad's leg as Ariel was maneuvering the wheel chair around to go back to his room.

He's in good spirits. :D So much so that he wants to attend a gold outing at Cog Hill on Friday! No, not to golf! Just to visit. They said that he should be able to attend, as long as he's able.

So I think I can finally relax a little.