Much of what follows may or may not be decipherable but I didn’t have access to or the time to actually hop on the net and post any more blog posts so I simply typed them up and have now transferred them over to the blog. I failed to date each one as I wrote them but they are all about the last few days; the time I was able to spend with my dad while he was in the hospital. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have regarding this post. As always, thanks for reading.
So they took him off the ventilator this morning and he seems to be breathing well on his own. His heart rate is somewhat elevated and they are worried about kidneys but as of right now the outlook is good. He isn’t all that alert but he seems to be trying to wake up and trying to talk.
Showed up this morning and they were taking dad down for a ct scan bc they feel as if dad should be a little more alert and coming around and they are just taking precautions to see what may be going on bc there is the possibility of dad having an infection in his brain or that he also suffered a stroke.
Well no new news just yet. We haven’t got the results yet for the cat scan. All we know is that they want to do an MRI as well. They originally wanted to do an MRI with (or by, not certain) contrast but the kidney doctor said absolutely not bc it could cause serious damage to the kidneys. So, pretty much status quo right now. Nothing new and nothing certain.
Im on my way home now. Just about to Brenham as I sit here typing this and still no fucking clue to what is wrong with dad. No word of the cat scan and the mri is not a possibility. They said Dad is too big for the MRI machine. Kind of confused about that bc although my dad is a large man he isn’t really that big. So they are looking around the area to get him an open MRI. Don’t know what that is but if it will help him then im all for it. Got there this morning and they were administering an eeg to see what kind of brain activity was going on. And they want the MRI bc they think dad might have another abscess somewhere else in his body which would be the cause for his fever. But just as before; nothing new, nothing certain. This has to be the hardest part of this entire ordeal for the family. Not knowing what is going on or what is causing his sickness and then only being able to wait. We have no control on what is going on and the feeling of helplessness sucks.
Well, it’s good he’s trying to wake up. You said that they have to find an open MRI, might be because of his weight, not necessarily his size. I don’t know. I haven’t had an MRI. CT scan, yes, but MRI, afraid not. Anyway, hope he’s okay and hope you are too.
Good to see you writing here again, even if it’s not 100% good news.
Turns out it isn’t his weight but that he was too broad for the machine. I weighs less than 350 now. But they came in with a measuring tape and put it across his shoulders and it was a no go.