This has been a really bad day....
05-13-2012, 01:11 PM
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Join Date: 06-30-2010
Location: Kannapolis NC
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This has been a really bad day....
Well I had planned on going to see my folks next weekend, but things changed rapidly in the pre-dawn hours today.
I'm pecking this from outside my Dad's ICU room in Charleston on a smartphone, he's had heart attack #4 and things are looking pretty iffy at the moment.
The doctors tell us the the next 24 hours are critical, and in order to better manage his care, they have induced a coma.
I'll check in with y'all when I can over the next couple of days, but you won't see too much of me for a bit.
Dad's a fighter, but we just don't know how many battles are still winnable.
Sorry to bring a down note into everyone's holiday, take care everyone.
I'm pecking this from outside my Dad's ICU room in Charleston on a smartphone, he's had heart attack #4 and things are looking pretty iffy at the moment.
The doctors tell us the the next 24 hours are critical, and in order to better manage his care, they have induced a coma.
I'll check in with y'all when I can over the next couple of days, but you won't see too much of me for a bit.
Dad's a fighter, but we just don't know how many battles are still winnable.
Sorry to bring a down note into everyone's holiday, take care everyone.
05-13-2012, 03:20 PM
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Join Date: 01-14-2012
Location: Dublin, Ohio
Posts: 1,875
My thoughts and prayers will be with you and your Dad. I lost my Dad this February 13th at 10PM and he was too far away for me to be with him.
My wife was an OR Nurse for 41 years and I just asked her about something I had heard in the past... if a person in a coma could hear someone talking. She said yes. And she gave me an example: she was caring for a comatose patient that was soiling his bed about every half hour. So to make that a somewhat more pleasant experience for her and the patient she started singing a little song while doing the cleaning and changing procedures. It went something like this: I'm cleaning your hiney, I'm making it nice and shiny... When the patient awakened, one of the first things he did was ask who had been singing him that song.
If you'd like to talk to your Dad, it doesn't mean he won't hear you, just that he can't acknowledge you at the moment. Check with the medical staff beforehand to make sure they don't foresee any impact on your Dad.
- Mick
My wife was an OR Nurse for 41 years and I just asked her about something I had heard in the past... if a person in a coma could hear someone talking. She said yes. And she gave me an example: she was caring for a comatose patient that was soiling his bed about every half hour. So to make that a somewhat more pleasant experience for her and the patient she started singing a little song while doing the cleaning and changing procedures. It went something like this: I'm cleaning your hiney, I'm making it nice and shiny... When the patient awakened, one of the first things he did was ask who had been singing him that song.
If you'd like to talk to your Dad, it doesn't mean he won't hear you, just that he can't acknowledge you at the moment. Check with the medical staff beforehand to make sure they don't foresee any impact on your Dad.
- Mick
