Dad's been in critical care for almost a week now. He had a routine endoscope procedure on Monday and must have had a reaction to the anesthesia. He developed pancreatitis. It's been a busy week.
He was transferred to Allegheny General after two weeks where they had him in the MICU for another week. He's been in a regula room for the last 3 weeks now and we had hoped that he would move to the nursing and rehab that I set him up for today. He didn't go because his heart rate dropped down to 40 in the night. They want to monitor him through the night. He has made some improvements physically, but is very weak and will need several months to recover. I'm mostly worried about his mental state at this point. He is very confused, calls at all hours of the night, sees things, doesn't want to do anything, asks things over and over, etc. Thanks for your concern. I hope I have better news later.
Where are you? I have tried to get a hold of you for awhile now. Is your dad OK? diamond was in over Thanksgiving and we were trying to get the gang together. He will be around X-mas time, maybe then? Call soon, worried.
where are youhms_blendDecember 1 2006, 17:31:00 UTC
I've been spending my time either at work or at hospitals. Dad has been at the medical center, then allegheny general, then Beaver Valley nursing and rehab, then the medical center, and now allegheny general. He had surgery today to drain the cyst in his pancreas. He had severe pancreatitis and the doctor's said that he was very close to cashing in his chips. I'm sorry that I was unable to see diamond but I was probably at the hospital or something. I did call you a while ago to see if you wanted to get out for a while. I can't remember why Julie said that you guys weren't interested. I'll try to see diamond around Christmas. You guys always have plenty of cool things to talk about so I'm sure it was okay. Thanks for getting in touch.
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