2 posts tagged “sick”

After numerous tests the Doctors have come to the conclusion that my dad does NOT have cancer.....WOOT WOOT!!!  He had a stint put in his airway on Sunday to block the hole that was allowing food to spill into his lungs so now he is able to eat and drink.  He is slowly regaining his strenth.  The Docs in Cali are embarrassed because they should have found the problems weeks ago so they quickly approved any and all procedures that need to be done here (they better have because our family lawyer was ready to rip a hole in them if they denied our request!!).  Now that they have established that there is no cancer, they can finally do the 2nd surgery.  We are hoping that they will do the 2nd surgery sometime this week so that he can start the recovery & rehabilitation process.  He has a team of 4 Doctor's and 6 nurses and they are are fabulous.  They have taken such good care of him.  So things are looking on the up and up.  Now we just have to get through the next couple of weeks.

A great BIG HUGE thank you to all of you who sent prayers and words of encouragement.  It meant a lot to me!

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You guy's are FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Thank you so much for being supportive during this stressful time.

I've still been reading everyone's blog but I haven't had time to comment since I'm using my phone to access the internet.  I just found out that the hospital has wireless access, YIPPEEEE!!, so now I can play around on the internet while I'm keep my dad company. 

I hope you all are having a wonderful week. 

My dad has only been here (in Louisiana) for 2 weeks and now he's in the hospital.  He was having some problems before he left California but the doctors (at KAISER PERMANENTE!!!) said that he was ok and nothing was wrong so he went ahead and flew down here.  Well about a week after he arrived, he started having coughing fits which caused him to gasp for air.  This lasted a couple of days and eventually he wasn't able to talk, eat, or drink without coughing everything up.  My mother flew in on Wednesday night and after staying up with my dad all night (he coughed for 6 hours straight), she took him to the emergency room.

It turns out he has Pneumonia and it was caused by a growth in his throat that allowed food to get into his lungs.  Ummmmm, why didn't the Docs at Kaiser see this "growth" when they did 4 endoscopy procedures last month!!!!  In the last 24 hours he has gotten better care then in the 2 months he spent going to Kaiser Doctors.  WTF!!!!  Anyhow, they admitted him last night and he will probably be there for a couple of days.  Our main concern right now is the growth in his throat.  They did a biopsy and we are waiting to find out if it's cancer or not.  I pray it's not.  The past couple of days have been so draining.  I'm sitting here at work about to fall asleep at my desk.  Thank God it's Friday because I don't know if I could make it another day.

I went shopping yesterday to take my mind of things.  I ended up at MAC (as always) and I spent some time playing with the new Starflash collection.  I bought a couple of things and I will post about it over the weekend. 

Prayers are most certainly welcome!