Endless waiting and hoping
May. 1st, 2009 02:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
raloriaThere's a lot to tell and say and do, so I'm going to try and get it all done in one post for you, my fabulous flist. I'll also post a smaller public post to sort of explain the absence of some posts.
Okay, bear with me because I'm running on a few hours sleep, a full day and night at the hospital, little food consumption, and now a splitting headache.
Right...let's get to the bad news first. My uncle's condition worsened. Greatly. In a nutshell both legs had massive blood clots. All the drugs they administered to break them up backfired and made the situation worse. His doctor said he'd never seen anything like it - for both legs to be depleted of blood so quickly from blood clots like this. The drugs usually work just fine. But they didn't in my uncle's case. Both legs were cold and turning purple and it came down to his legs or his life because the decaying tissue in his legs was essentially poisoning him. His system was deteriorating fast. All my immediate relatives were there....all seven of us. The decision was made....amputate the legs to try and save his life. So at around 8:30 in the evening they took off both of my uncle's legs, above the knee. He survived the surgery (which in his state at the time was iffy) and the surgeon said his vitals improved some afterwards, which was encouraging. But the next few days will tell. He's not out of the woods yet. They'll keep him heavily sedated for a few days because he's going to be in massive amounts of pain.
It's an awful thing to see. This man who was so active, always moving and doing something....tinkering around the house or helping out neighbors. All that is over now. Everything has changed. It was a rough day for all of us....the endless waiting, the tears. I know we're all relieved that he made it through the surgery. It's a good sign. Now it's all about waiting and hoping for him to recover.
Again, all day today I was reminded of my dad's death. It was ever present. But it also allowed me to comfort my cousins with the experience I had gone through. I know they're both crushed and devastated by what's happened to their dad, but I truly hope he will live and spare them that further pain of his complete loss. I know they'll have to face it some day, but not yet.
I want to thank you all for your best wishes and hugs in response to my post the other day. I don't have time to thank each one of you individually, so I hope this will suffice. ((((HUGS))))
As for SPN....I set it up on the DVR and mom & I watched it after midnight while I finally ate a late supper. Needless to say, I won't be getting my First Impressions post done this morning. I'll try to get it posted sometime this weekend hopefully.
I also won't be posting my LJ Stats for April. I wasn't online until well after midnight, so the numbers would already be off. Plus, there just isn't time. But my total visits have now hit over 61,000 and that's all in thanks to YOU! So THANK YOU again! :)
A super THANK YOU to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tariel22 for your unbelievably unexpected and wonderful gift of a year's payment on LJ. Words can't describe how I felt when I saw the emails about your generous gift. I nearly cried. Thank you so very much, Tricia. *huge hugs* I look forward to putting those added userpic slots to good use!
Later today we'll all be going back to the hospital, so I expect another full day and evening spent there. We're all just taking it a day at a time right now and being there for each other as much as we can.
I did go back through my flist, but after 180 entries I gave up. Hopefully I didn't miss anything vital. I know if I had the time and the energy, I would have posted some comments to some of you, but that's not going to happen right now.
I'm going to get today's 3 Icons A Day & Just 'Cause posts up and then get to bed. *smishes flist*
Okay, bear with me because I'm running on a few hours sleep, a full day and night at the hospital, little food consumption, and now a splitting headache.
Right...let's get to the bad news first. My uncle's condition worsened. Greatly. In a nutshell both legs had massive blood clots. All the drugs they administered to break them up backfired and made the situation worse. His doctor said he'd never seen anything like it - for both legs to be depleted of blood so quickly from blood clots like this. The drugs usually work just fine. But they didn't in my uncle's case. Both legs were cold and turning purple and it came down to his legs or his life because the decaying tissue in his legs was essentially poisoning him. His system was deteriorating fast. All my immediate relatives were there....all seven of us. The decision was made....amputate the legs to try and save his life. So at around 8:30 in the evening they took off both of my uncle's legs, above the knee. He survived the surgery (which in his state at the time was iffy) and the surgeon said his vitals improved some afterwards, which was encouraging. But the next few days will tell. He's not out of the woods yet. They'll keep him heavily sedated for a few days because he's going to be in massive amounts of pain.
It's an awful thing to see. This man who was so active, always moving and doing something....tinkering around the house or helping out neighbors. All that is over now. Everything has changed. It was a rough day for all of us....the endless waiting, the tears. I know we're all relieved that he made it through the surgery. It's a good sign. Now it's all about waiting and hoping for him to recover.
Again, all day today I was reminded of my dad's death. It was ever present. But it also allowed me to comfort my cousins with the experience I had gone through. I know they're both crushed and devastated by what's happened to their dad, but I truly hope he will live and spare them that further pain of his complete loss. I know they'll have to face it some day, but not yet.
I want to thank you all for your best wishes and hugs in response to my post the other day. I don't have time to thank each one of you individually, so I hope this will suffice. ((((HUGS))))
As for SPN....I set it up on the DVR and mom & I watched it after midnight while I finally ate a late supper. Needless to say, I won't be getting my First Impressions post done this morning. I'll try to get it posted sometime this weekend hopefully.
I also won't be posting my LJ Stats for April. I wasn't online until well after midnight, so the numbers would already be off. Plus, there just isn't time. But my total visits have now hit over 61,000 and that's all in thanks to YOU! So THANK YOU again! :)
A super THANK YOU to
tariel22 for your unbelievably unexpected and wonderful gift of a year's payment on LJ. Words can't describe how I felt when I saw the emails about your generous gift. I nearly cried. Thank you so very much, Tricia. *huge hugs* I look forward to putting those added userpic slots to good use! Later today we'll all be going back to the hospital, so I expect another full day and evening spent there. We're all just taking it a day at a time right now and being there for each other as much as we can.
I did go back through my flist, but after 180 entries I gave up. Hopefully I didn't miss anything vital. I know if I had the time and the energy, I would have posted some comments to some of you, but that's not going to happen right now.
I'm going to get today's 3 Icons A Day & Just 'Cause posts up and then get to bed. *smishes flist*
