Sorry to have taken over this thread with my personal issues. Between here and Facebook I'm able to get news out to all of my friends.
Dad is breathing on his own now (he was on O2 + BPAP last night). Kidney function is improving, which is key, because he's carrying far too much excess fluid and his heart can't take it. He's getting more rest.
The prognosis remains poor. The medications to support heart and kidney operation are keeping him alive. If withdrawn, he will die in a matter of hours. If he improves, he will have to manage this fluid balance for whatever time he has left. I'm not sure that he will do so. He's where he is because , three years ago, when his wife first was diagnosed with the cancer that killed her last year, he stopped taking his medication to control his hypertension, diabetes, and lipids. He picked up self-medicating alcoholism.
Everyone deals with grief in their own way, but this has to be one of the most fucked up forms of suicide I can think of.
Thanks to my pal Lorazepam, I'm doing a little bit better.
Dad is breathing on his own now (he was on O2 + BPAP last night). Kidney function is improving, which is key, because he's carrying far too much excess fluid and his heart can't take it. He's getting more rest.
The prognosis remains poor. The medications to support heart and kidney operation are keeping him alive. If withdrawn, he will die in a matter of hours. If he improves, he will have to manage this fluid balance for whatever time he has left. I'm not sure that he will do so. He's where he is because , three years ago, when his wife first was diagnosed with the cancer that killed her last year, he stopped taking his medication to control his hypertension, diabetes, and lipids. He picked up self-medicating alcoholism.
Everyone deals with grief in their own way, but this has to be one of the most fucked up forms of suicide I can think of.
Thanks to my pal Lorazepam, I'm doing a little bit better.
