I just have a sinking feeling today so I'm going to ask for help in the prayer department.
My FIL had what appears to be either a brain stem stroke or a brain stem cavernoma early Saturday AM. We were there Saturday and at first he didn't seem to be all that bad. All of the sudden, though, the staff increased their pace and things began to happen really quick. A priest showed up to offer prayers. The doctors suggested we call the other siblings to come to the hospital. The doctors said there was some bleeding going on in his brain and they needed to take a look to see what was happening. The worse part for us was that they were concerned about his ability to breath - so they put him on a ventilator. All my FIL wanted to do after that was hold onto someones hand. It was so sad, he just kept squeezing and squeezing. They were getting ready to do an angioplasty (which showed nothing that could stop the bleeding). I held his hand as they took him out of the room but I had to let go and peel his hand off of mine because the door was only wide enough for the bed to fit through. My BIL chased them down the hall trying to get a hold of his dad's hand but they were moving really fast.
Yesterday, DH and MIL went to the hospital, even though the Doctors discouraged it. DH said his dad was able to wave his hand at them when he heard them talking. He was responding.
Today, DH can't find MIL. He's calling here asking if I've heard from her. I just have this sinking feeling that things are not going well. DH and his siblings have never had to experience any loss of this type and I worry that my husband is going to have a really tough time coming through this, no matter what the eventual outcome of this is (I doubt my FIL will ever be back to what he was before this happened).
If anyone has any extra prayers to share today, I'd really appreciate any for my FIL and my DH.
Cindy
Update.....
Thank you all for the well wishes. DH just came home from the hospital. FIL in doing better. The fiesty old guy somehow managed to pull out the ventilator and is now breathing on his own. Not sure how this happened in ICU but he hasn't had a problem. Somehow he must have known that he would do okay without it? I don't know - seems strange to me.
He hasn't been up out of bed yet although he told DH he wants to "just swing my legs over the side of the bed". Tomorrow they will start with therapy. Doctors still have not given him an "official" diagnosis.
All in all, the prayers must have worked because if this AM someone would have told me this was going to be the end of our day, I'd never have believe it. The power of a prayer sure did wonders in this case. Thanks again.
My FIL had what appears to be either a brain stem stroke or a brain stem cavernoma early Saturday AM. We were there Saturday and at first he didn't seem to be all that bad. All of the sudden, though, the staff increased their pace and things began to happen really quick. A priest showed up to offer prayers. The doctors suggested we call the other siblings to come to the hospital. The doctors said there was some bleeding going on in his brain and they needed to take a look to see what was happening. The worse part for us was that they were concerned about his ability to breath - so they put him on a ventilator. All my FIL wanted to do after that was hold onto someones hand. It was so sad, he just kept squeezing and squeezing. They were getting ready to do an angioplasty (which showed nothing that could stop the bleeding). I held his hand as they took him out of the room but I had to let go and peel his hand off of mine because the door was only wide enough for the bed to fit through. My BIL chased them down the hall trying to get a hold of his dad's hand but they were moving really fast.
Yesterday, DH and MIL went to the hospital, even though the Doctors discouraged it. DH said his dad was able to wave his hand at them when he heard them talking. He was responding.
Today, DH can't find MIL. He's calling here asking if I've heard from her. I just have this sinking feeling that things are not going well. DH and his siblings have never had to experience any loss of this type and I worry that my husband is going to have a really tough time coming through this, no matter what the eventual outcome of this is (I doubt my FIL will ever be back to what he was before this happened).
If anyone has any extra prayers to share today, I'd really appreciate any for my FIL and my DH.
Cindy
Update.....
Thank you all for the well wishes. DH just came home from the hospital. FIL in doing better. The fiesty old guy somehow managed to pull out the ventilator and is now breathing on his own. Not sure how this happened in ICU but he hasn't had a problem. Somehow he must have known that he would do okay without it? I don't know - seems strange to me.
He hasn't been up out of bed yet although he told DH he wants to "just swing my legs over the side of the bed". Tomorrow they will start with therapy. Doctors still have not given him an "official" diagnosis.
All in all, the prayers must have worked because if this AM someone would have told me this was going to be the end of our day, I'd never have believe it. The power of a prayer sure did wonders in this case. Thanks again.
My prayers are with your FIL, DH and all your family. I am sure this is a very rough time for them all {{hugs}} to all of you
