Well, the proverbial shit hit the fan on Friday, August 17th. Dad's kidneys started to fail, and will all the antibiotics and liquid being pumped into him, that isn't a good thing. I ended up flying down on August 20th, and just came home on August 30th. After the kidneys really started to crash, I got a phone call that basically said Dad had about 3-4 days left. That's why I ended up going down and staying for a while. He was put on temporary dialysis, which seemed to start his kidneys functioning again, until, the perforated colon developed an abscess. Which shot his white blood cell count back up, and knocked his kidneys for a loop. He had one more dialysis session, and said he didn't want anymore, because it was looking like he would have to have permanent dialysis, which neither he nor my mom wanted. On Saturday, August 25th, he was moved to hospice. And the prognosis is any time to a few months. So, before I forget, I'm going to list the infections and everything else that is going on:
MRSA
Cdif
blood staph infection
UTI
perforated bowl/which has abscessed/rectal bleeding
kidneys are failing
congestive heart failure
diabetes
I think that's it. He is receiving no meds, except for pain medication at hospice. He's sleeping all the time and has started to get agitated. I love my dad, but I'm praying for this to end sooner rather than later. Mom is exhausted. I know I was wiped out being there almost 2 weeks. She's been doing this for 5 months! My brother and his wife have been there almost 2 weeks, they are returning home tomorrow. My sister bought a one way ticket to come in, so she isn't set on a particular flight home, but she has a son going to college in a few weeks and a daughter still in high school. We all need to get on with our lives.
And while I was there, I managed to lose 3+ pounds, so old habits really are changing.
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