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Blood Fail!
Feb 16th
Well dad had been doing well today, until his IV started leaking. They then had to find someone in the hospital to put in another one, cause no one on the floor could get it. Well she come in and put it in and left as she was getting off work. They then started the blood and about 30 mins into it, the vein blew and his are sweelled up where the blood was just going under the skin. It would seem that in this large of a hosptal that there is NO that is trained to put an IV in people that are considered “hard stick”. So they said they are just going to wait till tomorrow. God forbid that a “hard stick” person needs and IV for and emergancy, cause they would just be SOL tonight.
Update on Dad
Feb 16th
Sorry it is a little late this morning. Dad seems to be doing a little bit better this morning, he has had 2 BM’s and does not seem to be as gassey as he was yesterday. He has been up walking and they are going to start giving him some liquids.
Walking
Feb 15th
We have had dad up a few times walking today. Each time we went a little futher. He was in some pain with his knee so we finnaly got him to take a shot to help ease it. He seems to be resting now which is good. Still dealing with gas but we are hoping it will get better.
Test Results Back
Feb 15th
Well the doctor just come in and gave us the results. He has Stage 2 colon Cancer. He has Mucinous Colon Cancer, which they say is a rapid growing type. His lythnods come back clear, meaning there was no cancer in them. The doctor says that right now he has a 60-70% chance of being cured with just the operation and that if he chooses chemo that chance would increas to 70-80%. The docotor said we need to see how his liver is before we can choose to do chemo. The heart doctor says his heart is good to go on chemo. My thought are that if his liver is ok that he should get teh chemo, which would be FOLFOX type chemo. So we have to wait and see.
Walking
Feb 15th
Well they just got my dad up and made him walk a little bit. He walked around the hall and back. We were able to wash him down before he got back in bed.
Morning Report
Feb 15th
Seems dad did not have a good night. They did remove the NG Tube, however he is a nothing my mouth order. He seems to be really out of it, although i suspect that is the meds. today is going to be a long rough one i am afraid. PT is going to come in and get him up and try to get him to walk a little, so not sure how that is going to go.
Update
Feb 14th
Doctor come in and said he was doing ok, they removed the dessing and the cut spot does not look so bad. He did say that we had to get him up and walking a little.
Bad Son?
Feb 14th
I have to wonder if i have been such a bad son to my parents that now God is punishing me by making my father sick like this. I can see no other reason why God would put my father thru this. All my life I have only known him to be a good man. Has always been willing to help people when needed, and has always been there for me. I look at my life and look back at so much that I have put him thru with the choices in life I have made and the life that I am living now. But I ask why would this happen to him and not me? Is it so I will hurt more, seeing my once strong father needing help to get up, to sip water, to even needing help to go to the bath room? I sit here looking at him, cut open, tubes in his nose and needles in his arms and ask , “Dear Lord, Why him, why this man, Why not me?”. I now I have not been the best Son there is. I pray that I will be forgiven and that my father will get better.
Just got a NG Tube
Feb 14th
They just had to give him an NG Tube to clear his stomach, seems his bowls are not waking up yet and it was making him sick.
rough night but doing ok
Feb 14th
Dad had a rough night last night. Knee started hurting and he got the hickups, so not sure what is going on. We are hoping the doctor can do something when he comes in.