happy new year...sunday night visit

hello all and thanks for all the comments and support...i read most of them to dad tonight, and he really loves to hear them. the greatest part of the day is that he is SO MUCH MORE lucid today than he has been...the last three days have been really rough and they all seemed to revolve around his multiple infections and their side effects. let me see if i can break it down...see, he has a massive intestinal infection that was causing, or at least contributing to, huge abdominal swelling...remember most of his ribs on his left side are broken, and of course his shattered pelvis is healing, but still awesomely painful...so, all this pressure from a bloated abdomen really hurt, on top of the fact that it was also crowding his lungs (any women reading this who have been pregnant can fully understand this feeling...) which were still full of fluid, (they have since done two procedures to drain TWO LITERS of blood from). he is also septic from a blood infection that seems to have come from an arterial line that has since been removed. plus, he has a bladder infection. and pneumonia. so yeah, he is on massive antibiotics and they seem to finally be kicking in. he is eating soft foods and enjoying them, and like i said, he is so much more lucid.

however, as much as he enjoys it, please don't visit for the next few days, because as you can see, the big guy's immune system is under major stress and even the mildest germs could really beat him down. once he is out of ICU, i am sure he will be much stronger and everybody can come back! he is demanding his phone back, so i will be giving it to him tomorrow. so you may try and call him. however, i hope you let him call you, since we need him to do a bit more resting now that he is finally starting to feel better. you all know dad, ever the performer. he never rests when anyone is in the room, not really.

so, that is it for tonight.

namaste,

christene