For the past week, I've been barely skimming the newsgroup. Now I've got over 500 messages to catch up on .
Last Monday, hubby and I came home to the following message on the answering machine - "This message is for Steve...calling from Northwestern Memorial Hospital about your father, who was admitted yesterday..." We both go "Yikes!" That was followed by a message from my MIL "Steve, call me. It's about your dad. It's important." Double-YIKES! (He's okay now, still in the hospital.)
So...FIL had a heart attack last Sunday, got himself to the hospital, was in stable condition. A stent had been inserted, and it was expected that he'd be going home in a couple of days. He was feisty, but in good spirits. On Tuesday, he had a fever and was complaining of a pain in his side; appendicitis suspected and confirmed and Wednesday morning, an emergency appendectomy was performed.
Wednesday night, he decided he was going home and tried to get out of bed; ended up in restraints and after much struggling with the nurses, he had internal bleeding and by Thursday morning was in critical condition, with a breathing tube. He was kept heavily sedated and restrained for two days.
On the weekend, he was back to stable condition, moved out of ICU into a regular room, fully cognizant again, and doesn't remember anything since going into the operating room for the appendectomy. It's expected that he'll be going home in a couple of days.
Yeah...it's been a loooong week.
Anyway, Happy Belated Birthdays to Kathy N-V and Barbara. Strong positive healing vibes to Shirley and Cheri2. Hugs to Sooz for Menopause Madness; and if I skipped anybody, my apologies. Gotta get back up to speed :)
Hugs, Carla