Thursday, June 14, 2012

Not a normal week

If you are going to be stuck in a hospital room, this is the view you want. 

Well, this week has been anything other than normal. I spent most of the week by myself in a hospital watching my dad sleep on a ventilator. Sounds like fun, right?

Last Wednesday, my father had a heart attack while driving. His heart stopped and he drove straight into a tree. Thank God for the accident. It saved his life. If he had been home alone, he would have died. Thank God, he ran into a tree and not anyone else. Thank God, EMS was actually 2 doors down from the accident helping someone else and were able to get to my dad and get his heart started before it was too late. Praise God.

But, not everything has gone smoothly and because of the way my father lives his life, everything after his quadruple bypass has been anything other than standard. God has kept him a live and given him the most wonderful staff who have been amazing helping my dad get through all of this.

Like maybe some of you, I do not have the best relationship with my father, but when it comes down to it, I know that he is still my father and deserves to be treated like a human being and with compassion. Though, I swore I would not sit by his hospital bed and that is exactly what I ended up doing because it is what needed to be done.

He had his surgery on Friday, but had to remain sedated so he did not hurt himself or others till Tuesday morning. As of this morning, they should be moving him out of ICU and onto the cardiac floor today.

I was with my dad Sunday evening till Wednesday afternoon. He lives 4 hours away; so that left Bob to be a stay-at-home dad. He was amazing and completely supportive.

I missed my babies terribly. It was lonely being up there. I am use to lots of hugs and kisses and a comatose post-op patient isn't the best company. I basically put the pedal to the metal all the way home on Wednesday so I could see them before they went to bed. Calan jumped for joy; Maisie was pretty reserved and a little freaked out, but I was so excited to be home.

My dad has a long way to go, but for right now, he is doing good and I am glad to be home.

3 comments:

  1. I'm so sorry to hear of what happened to your dad. I just said a prayer for your dad and you.

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  2. I wish you the best. This is so sad and has to be really hard. Stay strong! You seem like an amazing person.

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  3. Thanks ladies. He is getting better. Slowly, but getting better.

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