Posted by noa on March 15, 2003, at 7:46:08
In reply to Re: Stressful week, but I'm ok, posted by coral on March 15, 2003, at 5:47:03
Thanks, all.
I'm at my brother's home. He picked me up last night at the airport and we went to see my father last night in hospital. He looked pretty good. He had moved yesterday to a regular room on the cardiac floor, so he was only hooked up to a couple of things--IVs and a mobile heart monitor, which is pretty cool, so if he gets up to walk on the unit, they can still see his heart readings AND his location (I told him it was like "mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom"). Saw my mom last night, too. I'll go back to the hospital today and supposedly my dad is going to be discharged either today or tomorrow. He has to wait a few weeks until he can have the next procedure to open up the other arteries. Apparently the dye from the angio affects the kidneys and they want his to be completely ok before they inject more dye.
I'm a bit worried about his ability to do the stairs at home, but I'll check with the doc myself about that. If need be, we'll rent a bed for downstairs.
Thanks for the support. I am enjoying the visit, especially since Dad is doing much better. It's also nice to wake up and cuddle with nieces this morning.
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