I get a phone call tonight, and find out that my dad has an aortic embolism. He is still at home and they are waiting until Monday (stupid, I think) before they do a CAT scan. Right now I am scared to death, but I can't be half afraid as my parents are.
See, those of you familiar with me, know that my mother just finished her last round of Chemo for breast cancer. You know that the plant my mother worked for shut down and that she found the cancer just a month after it closed. When the plant closed they offered her a chance to go back to school, so she took it. So my parents are living off my dad's income as a school bus driver (peanuts) and my mom's unemployment while she goes to school.
I don't know what they are going to do when dad goes in for surgery. I can help some, and my sister can help some, but not for the long extended period they are going to need. I really don't know what to do here, and am freaking out a little. So here is my question, we really REALLY need some prayers right now, can you please pray for them?
Thanks
wow I mean wow! thats a doozy.
Thoughts are with you. How could they let him sit there like that with no information. Thats hard.
I'm so sorry.
I will pray for your dad, and mom, and you and your family.
Hang in there.
I'm not much for praying but I will think good thoughts. Also check with the hospital social worker about your dad getting disability if he will have a long recovery or social security if he will be permanently unable to work.
I am so sorry that your family is going through all this. I certainly will pray for you all. Please keep us updated.
I am so sorry you are going through all this and I will definitely pray for your family. Hang in there!!!
My husband had a heart attack on a Tuesday. He had an Angiogram on Friday. The doc shot him full of dye then went up with a scope through his groin. The doc came and got me after the test was over. Hubby sas still laying flat on the table. The doc showed me the pictures of his heart. He said "See that bubble? That's an aneurysm, see that bubble? That's another one, see that dark spot there? That's a 100% blockage". The list went on and on.
He did not get up off the table, he went directly to ICU and waited for a helicopter to take him to the heart hospital for open heart surgery. They did not have a helicopter available right then and the doc wanted to give a couple of days of meds before him riding in an ambulance to the other hospital.
So he went in the hospital on Friday for tests and came home from the heart hospital a week later. A couple of weeks after that he was doing well enough to go back to work if he wanted.
The surgery is so computerized now that recovery is very well done and much shorter. Trust your dad with the doc. He needs that unconditional support right now.
Just help him take it easy, this is very scary but if the doc thought he'd be in danger he would have admitted him.
I am praying for them. I wish I could say something more that would help, but I am definitely praying for all of you.
You and your family are in my prayers!
K.
thru the years, we've faced one crisis after another. What carried us thru was Faith & the love/support of friends & family.
Please know that you will be in my thoughts & prayers.
Certainly I will include all of you in my prayers, but does your dad have any disability coverage or hospitalization coverage? I would assume the school district he works for offers some type of AFLAC coverage or something to that nature.
Can you get them on food stamps temporarily? Do they have a CD they can cash out on to hold them over?
Somehow this will work out. Trust me...I have flown by the seat of my pants many of times. In reflecting back, I am always saying I don't know how I made it, but I did.
I'm sending you big hug right now! Wow. That is a lot to deal with.
Do you live close to them? Can you get them to call the dr. while you are there and ask all the questions you have? Make an apt. to see the dr. with your dad? Sometimes when you are right in it, it is hard to step back and ask the best questions.
Definitely look into what services are available for them in the meantime. That might give you something to do that maybe they can't.
Sending you lots and lots of hugs and prayers.
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I'm sending you big hug right now! Wow. That is a lot to deal with.
Do you live close to them? Can you get them to call the dr. while you are there and ask all the questions you have? Make an apt. to see the dr. with your dad? Sometimes when you are right in it, it is hard to step back and ask the best questions.
Definitely look into what services are available for them in the meantime. That might give you something to do that maybe they can't.
Sending you lots and lots of hugs and prayers.
Why are they waiting almost a WEEK to deal with this? I would encourage him to get a 2nd opinion. Didn't something similar take John Ritter?
I'm sorry you have one more thing on your plate. Prayers sent.
Wow, slow down.
I know this is very stressful.
The best thing you can do is remember they are adults and are allowed to make their own choices.
You also are allowed to make suggestions, but be prepared for them to not agree with you.
This way at least you had your say. And it will give them a different perspective.
Take this as it comes. Try to make some different options on how you can help, but in case it is not as bad as you think, do not waste your energy with worry, before you know all of the facts. Try to be the calm and strong one, so they will not be worried about what you need.
I am sending you strength.
J.,
I am so sorry. I am praying for a miracle for your mom and dad and your whole family. I wish you peace and clarity on what to do. Take care- M
Of course I will...consider it done.
I will pray for all of you, for guidance for the doctors too.
Absolutely. God has this. Let Him take control :)
My heart goes out to you and your family!! I am saying a prayer right now...Good luck to everyone I hope that it all turns out well in the end.
Take care!
J., SO sorry. Such bad news and already hard circumstances for your parents. I would assume they are waiting for the scan because of the bleeding in the vicinity of the rupture - they probably are hoping the blood will move so they can see the damage.
My thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Dawn
Your family is in my prayers. You are a very strong person and you and your family will get through this. Take a step back and a deep breath. Hug your family here; it always helps me to stop and hug my kids. Communicate with your parents as much as you can and be positive as they are likely looking to you for strength. God never gives you more than you can handle. Keep writing too, may be a good outlet.
Good luck!! :-)
