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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Just another day

I have not blogged in a week, so much has went on that when i get home from the hospital i go to bed. I think i have 5 more loads of laundry to do, i have done about 3-4 every night. Well my father-in-law is doing somewhat better. Yesterday they did a heart cath and found no blockage but he does have congestive heart failure(chf) and its not cureable. Usually you die from complications that arise from that like not being able to breathe and what. But he is not himself, if he makes it out of the hospital he will most likley need 24 hour care. We will not put him in a nursing home what so ever. He is still really working to breathe, which he has COPD, which we think is why he had the heart attack since his heart or brain was not getting enough oxygen. Just putting to much stress on his heart.
I thought i would share the story of last sunday because he was indeed very lucky.
For that last week he had really not been himself, telling us we would all miss him when hes gone. Well sunday he was having trouble breathing, breaking out in sweat. They put his oxygen on him and turned it up to 5 and still it was helping. Then about 2 hours later he stuck his head in the freezer door, when his girlfriend asked him what he was doing he looked at her and his lips were black. He was going into respiratory failure, usually you will just get cynosis but he hadn't got good O2 for a while. Well they loaded up and he finally agreeded to go the hospital. All the way there he was really trying to breathe. She pulled up to the ER entrence and they brought out a wheel chair and took him inside and then she went and parked the car. When she came back she no more said "im here honey bunch" and thats when it hit. he jumped about 2 feet out of the wheelchair, eyes rolled in the back of his head and he stiffened up just as you would a seizure. They rushed him back there and worked on him for about 15minuates. His heart went into asysotle, which is usually a rrthym of he heart that is not one they can get the person back. Somehow they did. put him on a ventalator and sent him to ccu. If it wasn't for being at the hospital he would have died, everything was timed perfect. Although he never wanted to be shocked or put on a ventalator.
Me and michael were in owasso at his football practice and finally my step-dad called us and nobody else had tried. so we hauled butt to bartlesville, which is a good 45min but i made it in 15 min prob lol.

He does have some brain damage that you can tell already, he raises his hands up and doesn't even know that he is doing it. He will ask where he is at and he also said that it was january 19, 1999. He is very slow and his right hand is drawn up. He reminds me alot of my grandpa when he had his massive heart attack and then ended up with dementia from brain damage.

I have to say we have some really great friend, people have babysat for us since we spend all day at the hospital and hubby took the whole week off. Everybody calls on the hour it seems like.
Well i am going, got to get ready to go to the hospital and sit with him while his wife goes to eat with her kids. We can't leave him alone cause he tries to get up.
I ll try to update more
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!

2 comments:

Charity said...

I have forgotten my camera like that before as well, in fact I had to run back inside yesterday and grab my camera b/c I had forgotten it.

Anonymous said...

He was far from being lucky. For over six years now, I have been fervently praying that God would have mercy and protect Mike until the moment that he makes his heart right with God. (whatever it takes to get him to the place to completely surrender) God substained him because he wasn't ready to go. Mike will NOT leave this world until there is absolutely no doubt where he will spend eternity. This I know with every fiber of my being. God has protected him from death more times than we can count, especially during the last few years. This was not luck...This was an answer to prayer!!! I'm believing for his complete healing. God's name will be glorified and our entire family will come to know HIS goodness.

We'll see you later today!

Love you guys!
Happy Valentine's Day!

Dana