Life is Precious - GOOD NEWS

Wednesday July 11th
Dad has been home for 2 weeks now and making good progress, still tires easily and our very hot weather isnt' doing him much good at the moment as it too hot to go very far for walks! It will take a while for him to recover fully but I'm sure he will take his time and build his strength up gradually.  So far so good!
One week and 6 days til they all arrive....

Thursday June 14th

We have progress, Dad is OUT of the Intensive Care Unit,  fingers crossed it stays that way.... Although Dad is still very weak he is becoming more mobile day by day, his heart is no longer in failure, and the wound and the infection are healing and clearing up nicely.  He does have some pneumonia but the hospital gave him Anti B's for that as soon as it was suspected.  All in all it has been a really stressful 18 days. He will still be in hospital for a few more weeks to gain his strength, then home to enjoy the summer and camping once he is strong enough.

His granddaughter (my daughter)  and her hubby and 5 great grandchildren (my grandchildren) are coming over from England on July 24th for 5 weeks,  

Did I mention its only 5 weeks and 5 days until they arrive now :O)  :O)  :O)

Sunday June 10th

Things are still not great, Dad is still in Intensive Care after 2 weeks, after the first few days we were seeing Dad start to make a slow recovery from the Operation.  Last Monday he was in such pain in the abdomen they took him for  a CT Scan and found an abcess under the wound, so it was back for another CT Scan to insert a drain.  This and other complications have caused other problems with his heart and breathing and now he has thrush in his mouth and throat from the antibiotics.

Please keep my Dad and my Mum in your thoughts and prayers, Its so hard to be a part of this and stay positive for them.  I wish my family were here.....

Lovely Flowers my work sent to us.....

May 28 2012

On Sunday afternoon around 2.30 I had a call from my Mum to say she had called an ambulance for my Dad after he was taken ill with severe stomach pains.

He has been ill since Christmas with a diagnosis 3 weeks ago of Ulcerative Colitis, he was given medication and things looked like they were improving.

Dad was taken to our local hospital, then rushed to the main Hospital in Calgary for an urgent CT scan, He was diagnosed around 10pm Sunday night with a perforated bowel and booked for Surgery ASAP, around 2am he went in for Surgery, which was a success, however they found out that he had a heart attack during the operation. We have a had scary 36 hrs.... doing ok now (fingers, toes and everything else crossed)

The reason I have written this post is to say if you have someone with severe stomach pains DO NOT WAIT to get them to a hospital, If Mum hadn't called the ambulance when she did, and the doctors at the first hospital hadn't sent Dad for the CT scan when they did, this could of been a very different story......

Thankfully things are looking good and Dad should be out of ICU tomorrow (Wednesday)

Treasure your family and friends and tell them you love them, as they say 'Tomorrow is promised to no one'