Thank you all for those prayers & love. While we may disagree on some specifics on this board, the unity & love we genuinely have for each other is an amazing blessing to each of us.
UPDATE - My father's surgery went well. Apparently half of his gal bladder was necrotic & had huge stone in him. The surgeon & nurses are good friends with my wife & irrigated/flushed everything out really well. They do not expect any septic complications.
He actually did begin sepsis either the night before, or the day we took him into the hospital. The theory about him still zoning out occasionally is from that, being old, and multiple other medical conditions he has mildly ignored for as long as I have been alive. Old cowboy who just tough it out mindset.
They expect a full recovery, though needed to cut the incisions a littler larger than normal to remove everything correctly, and he cannot walk on his own. As well he cannot lie down flat without incredible pain at this point. The medical staff (along with my wife) agree he should go into a rehab center to help him care for himself for 2-4 weeks so he can get assistance getting into the bathroom & have physical therapists & trained techs to help him get back to beating able to carry his own weight (over 300lbs).
My mother is so emotional because she isn't "strong enough" to help him get into the bathroom, though she laughed when I told her she was the only woman/mother I know who was strong enough to put up with rasing me well enough to stay out of prison & to be so dedicated to raising my children to live with high morals & reject making the same mistakes I made growing up.
He will be in a facility about 35-45 minutes away due to the closer ones all having a bad reputation in the medical community locally. Both in opposite directions, both with a really good track record & patient care reviews.
There is still a long healing process & recovery, though it looks really hopeful now.
Again thank you all so much for your prayers, research (seems statistically myself & my baby bro are likely to have similar issues if we don't make some changes too). I will be putting much of that into practice & seem to have many of the supplements & herbs already from getting ready for possible Covid issues a couple years back.
I love you frogs & truly feel even now that in this community WWG1WGA already.
Again ❤️🤗💗🫂💕 you all!
Has fluid in his lungs. Fever over 100. Oxygen was in the 60s at home & got up to 90s with oxygen in the ER. They think the appendix is infected too.
As much as we disagree, he is the one who taught me to question everything & look on both (all) sides of every issue to figure out what both sides were refusing to discuss.
He will likely be healed up here soon, really my mother & family could use strength to care for him as he recovers. He hit his head a few weeks ago & hasn't quite been the same... Though still as stubborn as ever 😆
When it is time for him to go, it is his time. The family could really just use some support & blessings. Likely everyone in this board could use more during these times too.
