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January 17, 2006

A long weekend that has poured into a week

I got a call last Thursday from mom as she was on her way to the hospital in Lexingon: Mike was once again in conjestive heart failure. He had been short of breath for about three days, but neglected to mention it mom until Thursday. She took him to their doctor where they did some tests and they directed him to go to Lexington. They admitted him Thursday night.

The doctors in Lexington determined that he would need a defilbilator. However, they couldn't do the surgery on Friday as his blood pressure was really off. Instead, they gave him some different medicines and sent him home Saturday evening with surgery looming on Monday at St. Joeseph in Lexington.

Michael's wife, Danna, took mom and Mike up to Lexington EARLY Monday morning as they were supposed to start surgery at 6AM. He didn't get into surgery until almost 10AM. He was done and in recovery by noon and according to mom and Danna was just being pissy. I told mom that if someone was trying to wake me up from surgery, I'd prolly be pissy too.

I wasn't too sure about going to see him last night, as I really wanted him to have his rest. But, after speaking with Michael around 3PM, he made a point to me that really drove the situation home: he may not be around tomorrow. I told Michael that I needed to finish up some things with work and I headed to Frankfort around 4PM.

We made it to Lexington around 6PM (we had a bite to eat as I hadn't eaten all day). Mike was in good spirits and was very talkative. He was still doped up on some pretty powerful pain killers, which I was thankful for as mom told me that he was hurting around 4PM when the medicine from surgery began to wear off.

Michael and I stayed with our father for 2 hours before he began to look a bit tired and worn. I told my brother that it was time for us to let him rest a bit and said our goodbyes. Afterwards, we discussed how he looked and his attitude, which both seemed to be pretty good ... and gave me some much needed relief.

Now, we're waiting on news from his doctor to determine when he gets to come home. It could be as early as today or as late as Thursday. I told Mike that it didn't matter how long it took, the important thing was for him to listen to his doctors and to rest as much as possible.

When he gets back, Amanda and I are going to speed the weekend in Frankfort to spend some time with him. He told me while Michael and I were visiting that he and Corey have been playing some Clue, and really wanted to get in a larger game with Amanda and I playing too. Apparently Corey has gotten much better since I first played him and is also eager to play me again.

Let's hope that this weekend will hold more fun and joy than the previous.

~out...

Posted by ed at January 17, 2006 12:29 PM

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