Dad may come home tomorrow!!

November 4, 2008

As hard as dad was trying to come home today, it looks as if tomorrow just may be the day he can come home, as long as he continues to do well this evening and tonight. Still some wheezing a bit but that is to be expected. White blood cells count was at 10.1 so that was good! He only has to have the I.V. hooked up when getting his antibiotics! He was pushing, I mean pushing, pleading to come home today, all the doctors were okay with it BUT the lung doctor. He wanted another day on the I.V. antibiotics first! Honestly that is the best thing.

So today I took dad his card from my sweet friend Lara, it was addressed to “Dad” on the envelope, that was so sweet. I said hey, you got a card in the mail, he said I did, I said yes and gave to him and he read it and said awe, that was so nice and I said lets take a picture so we can post so Lara can see, he had to “comb” his hair first (how cute was that?). So then we took the picture and he put up on the little shelf where my purse was sitting so he could see it when he was laying in bed. He said he hoped he could sleep tonight like that teddy bear on the card! Doesn’t he look so much better? As you can see he is in his new room off the heart ward, woohoo!!

I took my laptop today, darn hospital could of told us they had wifi all this time!! I didn’t know that!! I took it so my dad and I could play some Wheel of Fortune together, we had fun, I thought it would help pass some time away! We played a few hours. Then he was ready for a nap after that!

Now I think the doctor should not of said to dad that once he was home he could do what he felt up to doing, cause now he says when he gets home he going to take the car, go get it washed, and go do this and do that. I made him promise me to please take it slow at first. He still isn’t totally out of the woods and needs to rest and will listen to his body and not be out. He is dying to go hang out at the mall. ARGH! I am going to have my hands full I think. What am I going to do?

So I was telling my hubby tonight one of the nurses asked me if I was the one who made the roast? (remember what started this was the meat caught in dads throat). Well I just feel so terrible and told hubby about it and said I won’t be making that anymore and do you know what he said to me? That sometimes “I” forget who the “man of the house is” What the hell is that suppose to mean? Excuse me? I started to cry oh OK, that’s nice thanks! Seriously its in my dad’s chart, he choked I cooked it, does it make you want to cook one again? Man oh man I am so hurt it is not even funny. Its sort of like when he choked at Applebee’s in May on an overcook potato skin and the potato stuck to his throat, we have not been back since and I will never go back again. Its a traumatic thing you know. “This is why I don’t say nothing when your already upset” OH yeah, love my life sometimes!

Posted by Suzie Q | Filed Under Lifesavers

Comments

3 Responses to “Dad may come home tomorrow!!”

Lisa Ann on November 4th, 2008 10:26 pm

Your dad looks much better. You are going to have your hands full with him. I’m glad he is doing so well.
Don’t blame yourself for the roast getting stuck. You had no way of knowing.
Jacquelyn on November 4th, 2008 11:25 pm

Ohh hun - your dad looks like he’s doing much better!
*hugs*
~Jacq
Karen on November 5th, 2008 1:27 am

Your dad looks lots better in this picture sweetie
I hope he continues to get better each day.You might not be able to keep up with him once he gets out of there lol.I agree with lisa don’t blame yourself you had no way of knowing he would get that caught.
Hugs