KATHY'S CROCHET CABIN

KATHY'S CROCHET CABIN

Thursday, February 18, 2010

TIM

WE GOT TO THE HOSPITAL AT 5:00 AM AND SOMEONE WAS THERE TO TAKE US UPSTAIRS WHERE THEY GOT TIM READY FOR SURGERY. HE WAS WHEELED OUT IN 45 MINUTES, GOOD LUCK WISHES AND KISSES WERE GIVEN. I THEN PROMPTLY STARTED CRYING AS WE WALKED UPSTAIRS TO THE WAITING ROOM. I WENT TO THE BATHROOM WHERE I CRIED IT ALL OUT. THEY CALLED AT 8:00 TO LET US KNOW THAT THEY WERE STARTING THE SURGERY. WE WENT DOWN STAIRS HAD BREAKFAST THEN IT WAS BACK UPSTAIRS TO WAIT SOME MORE THEN DOWNSTAIRS FOR LUNCH AND BACK UPSTAIRS AGAIN.AT 4:00 THEY CAME TO TELL US THAT HIS HEART STARTED BACK UP AND HE WAS FINE. THEN SOMEONE CAME IN AND TOLD US THEY WERE CLOSING HIM UP. IT WAS A VERY LONG DAY.
I GOT REALLY WORRIED AT THE END I JUST KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. WHEN THE DOCTOR CAME TO TALK TO US HE TOLD ME TIM WAS FINE BUT THEY DID HAVE A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH A BLEEDER AND HAD TO PUT HIM BACK ON SUPPORT FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. THE ANEURYSM WAS CLOSER TO THE VALVE THAT HE THOUGHT. HE SAID THAT WAS A GOOD THING BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO DO THINGS DIFFERENT WHICH SAVED SURGERY TIME.
I HAD 12 PEOPLE WITH ME IN THE WAITING ROOM. THEY DIDN'T GIVE ME MUCH TIME TO GO NUTS. DOT TIM'S SISTER STAYED ALL NIGHT WITH ME. HIS SISTER HELEN WAS THERE IN TIME FOR THE MORNING VISIT. WE WERE TOLD THAT TIM WAS IN ROOM 665. WE THOUGHT THEY WERE CRAZY. HOW ON EARTH COULD HE BE DOING THAT GOOD? WE WENT TO FIND HIM AND THERE HE WAS IN THE ROOM.
HE HAD VERY LITTLE TROUBLE THIS TIME. HIS HEART WAS OUT OF RHYTHM BUT JUMPED BACK ON IT'S ON A FEW DAYS LATER. EVERYTHING JUST SEEMED TO GO RIGHT.
WE GAVE GOD ALL THE CREDIT. I ALSO KNOW THAT ALL THE PRAYERS GOING UP TO HIM WERE HEARD. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS. GOD HEARD YOU AND HE ANSWERED THEM ALL. THANK YOU.
WE WENT IN ON TUESDAY AND CAME HOME ON THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY. A LOT SHORTER STAY THAN WE WERE EXPECTING.
TIM HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE LAST NIGHT WITH NIGHT SWEATS AND NAUSEA. HIS BLOOD PRESSURE GOT UP TO. I COOLED HIM OF AND GAVE HIM A NERVE PILL TO CALM HIM DOWN. SO FAR TODAY HE'S ALRIGHT. WE WENT FOR BLOOD WORK AND HIS BLOOD IS WAY TO THIN. NO BLOOD THINNER FOR 3 DAYS THEN TAKE HALF ON SUNDAY. WE GO TO HUNTSVILLE ON MONDAY.
ABOUT ALL HE EATS IS FRUIT, JUICE, JELLO, POP SICKLES AND YOGURT. HE DOES DRINK BUTTERMILK SO HE'S GETTING A LITTLE PROTEIN, AND HE HAD A BAKED POTATO TODAY. IT JUST TAKES TIME.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for the update. My best to both of you.

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  2. You've both been through a lot. Hopefully recovery will continue to go smoothly.

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