update on dad
well, joe and i stopped to see dad last night. he was still in icu, but he was up, alert and grumpy. all of which are good things. he reminded me of my dad, which is very good. not too much news to report, other than they feel good about the bleeding being stopped. now they can move on.
my sister was up to see dad today. they are keeping him in icu until at least tomorrow. they can keep a better eye on him there, 1 nurse for every 2 patients. and he still is very sick and they need to deal with those issues now. they were going to do a ct scan of his liver today, so i guess that's next on the agenda. hopefully when the doctor calls my sister tomorrow he'll be able to fill her in on that and maybe what's the next move/course of action.
yesterday the doctor had given my dad the impression that he would be in the hospital for at least another week. at least this time it seems like they are taking their time and maybe getting to the root of the problems and hopefully they will be able to fix them of figure something out, instead of sending him home after a few days just to end up back in the hospital with the same problem(s) like they have in the past.
i'm still very worried and concerned but i am hopeful. and going through this right now, at this time of the year, has really put things in perspective. made me do some serious thinking about life, and what's important and what really isn't. think i'll do a post on that tomorrow at lunch time, share some of my thoughts.
thanks for the prayers and thoughts and everything. it means a lot. {:(|)
my sister was up to see dad today. they are keeping him in icu until at least tomorrow. they can keep a better eye on him there, 1 nurse for every 2 patients. and he still is very sick and they need to deal with those issues now. they were going to do a ct scan of his liver today, so i guess that's next on the agenda. hopefully when the doctor calls my sister tomorrow he'll be able to fill her in on that and maybe what's the next move/course of action.
yesterday the doctor had given my dad the impression that he would be in the hospital for at least another week. at least this time it seems like they are taking their time and maybe getting to the root of the problems and hopefully they will be able to fix them of figure something out, instead of sending him home after a few days just to end up back in the hospital with the same problem(s) like they have in the past.
i'm still very worried and concerned but i am hopeful. and going through this right now, at this time of the year, has really put things in perspective. made me do some serious thinking about life, and what's important and what really isn't. think i'll do a post on that tomorrow at lunch time, share some of my thoughts.
thanks for the prayers and thoughts and everything. it means a lot. {:(|)