laney
What a journey
Jan 02, 2007
Well I've had quite a six months. Things that have happened have made my surgery kind of seem like background noise. After my surgery, things went well. I had a lot of trouble adjusting to solid food, and still only eat 1 to 2 meals a day of solid food.
Two days before my surgery, my brother in law had a stroke, he was 36 years old. After 6 weeks in the hospital and rehab he came home. Two weeks later he was back in the hospital on a ventilator with double pneumonia from aspirating food. Things only got worse from there.
Two more strokes and a case of MRSA later we decided to let him go. At the end of August he passed, and the family fell to peices. It's been a very rough few months.
At the same time, My husbands company transfered us from Richmond VA to Raleigh NC. We were given a Mid October move deadline. I'm not so good with deadlines and was very greatful when it was changed to Mid November.
Mid November came and I still wasn't ready. My husband had been working day and night, and traveling constantly and was unable to help. So, on Nov. 15th, he moved to Raleigh without us. It wasn't until Dec. 6th that we joined him.
On Dec 3rd my StepDad went into the Hospital for severe bronchitis. Very normal for him as he is a severe asthmatic with a heart condition. By the 7th, things were not looking so good. On the 8th, when we were in our new apartment in Raleigh, he was on a ventilator, and was bleeding out into his spine.
He had a compression fracture from the bleeding and would be a quadraplegic if he recovered. He was awake and aware and able to make his own decisions, but very agitated and upset at the thought of being a burden to his family.
After a week the decision was made to give him a trache and a g-tube... he never recovered from these surgeries due to infections that set in after. After another week of doing everything to try to save him, my mom was faced with the heartbreaking decision to let him go. He passed peacefully in his sleep that night.
And that brings me to now. My StepDad will be buried on the 6th month anniversary of my surgery. I'll be seeing my Mom for the first time since I had the surgery, not the way that I wanted to see her.
Having been widowed by my first husband, my heart is absolutely breaking for my mom.
Laney
Two days before my surgery, my brother in law had a stroke, he was 36 years old. After 6 weeks in the hospital and rehab he came home. Two weeks later he was back in the hospital on a ventilator with double pneumonia from aspirating food. Things only got worse from there.
Two more strokes and a case of MRSA later we decided to let him go. At the end of August he passed, and the family fell to peices. It's been a very rough few months.
At the same time, My husbands company transfered us from Richmond VA to Raleigh NC. We were given a Mid October move deadline. I'm not so good with deadlines and was very greatful when it was changed to Mid November.
Mid November came and I still wasn't ready. My husband had been working day and night, and traveling constantly and was unable to help. So, on Nov. 15th, he moved to Raleigh without us. It wasn't until Dec. 6th that we joined him.
On Dec 3rd my StepDad went into the Hospital for severe bronchitis. Very normal for him as he is a severe asthmatic with a heart condition. By the 7th, things were not looking so good. On the 8th, when we were in our new apartment in Raleigh, he was on a ventilator, and was bleeding out into his spine.
He had a compression fracture from the bleeding and would be a quadraplegic if he recovered. He was awake and aware and able to make his own decisions, but very agitated and upset at the thought of being a burden to his family.
After a week the decision was made to give him a trache and a g-tube... he never recovered from these surgeries due to infections that set in after. After another week of doing everything to try to save him, my mom was faced with the heartbreaking decision to let him go. He passed peacefully in his sleep that night.
And that brings me to now. My StepDad will be buried on the 6th month anniversary of my surgery. I'll be seeing my Mom for the first time since I had the surgery, not the way that I wanted to see her.
Having been widowed by my first husband, my heart is absolutely breaking for my mom.
Laney
