Waiting is all too familiar
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geminigirlI did this same waiting for answers and having none a year ago.
I've spoken to my family a few times today. As of last night, they moved my Dad to the CCU (cardiac care unit) and were proceeding as if it were a cardiac issue. No explanation for the fever though.
Early this afternoon, I got a call from my brother who told me that they were now suspecting meningitis. Because he was on IV antibiotics already they opted not to do a lumbar puncture. (I forgot to ask at the time what the CBC showed and I don't know if my brother knew.) While the heart enzyme was worthy of concern, as of that phone call, it wasn't the most likely cause for what happened, and the delirium and all that was probably related to infection. In light of the fact that my father passed a stress test three weeks ago, even the cardiologist doesn't think it's cardiac. But they're planning another cardiac stress test on Monday just in case.
Then around five or six this evening, I got a call from my Mom-a second neurologist looked at last nights MRI and thinks there might be signs of something amiss, but not sure what. So now they're back to talking about it perhaps being neurological, and they're going to do another scan of some sort (I don't know if it was an MRI or a CAT scan) and a 24 hour brain wave scan. Mom and my brother both say that Dad's mental state is still altered. He's apparently sleeping a lot too.
I haven't heard anything since then. I don't like waiting. I don't like not knowing and not being able to help. I'm still not booking a plane ticket-Mom will tell me when I need to do that, despite the fact that I want to be there and not here, I'm better off here with my kids rather than there doing nothing. At least if I'm here and not there, I don't have to worry about finding babysitting for my kids while Cayne goes to work, and all that kind of stuff.
My brother, when I spoke to him this morning, made a very good point. My mother, is, understandably, freaking out in her own way. The cardiac event would be bad but it can be dealt with. If my father is mentally/cognitively not okay, that's a whole different situation and a much scarier one.
Keep your thoughts/prayers/healing energy coming please?
I've spoken to my family a few times today. As of last night, they moved my Dad to the CCU (cardiac care unit) and were proceeding as if it were a cardiac issue. No explanation for the fever though.
Early this afternoon, I got a call from my brother who told me that they were now suspecting meningitis. Because he was on IV antibiotics already they opted not to do a lumbar puncture. (I forgot to ask at the time what the CBC showed and I don't know if my brother knew.) While the heart enzyme was worthy of concern, as of that phone call, it wasn't the most likely cause for what happened, and the delirium and all that was probably related to infection. In light of the fact that my father passed a stress test three weeks ago, even the cardiologist doesn't think it's cardiac. But they're planning another cardiac stress test on Monday just in case.
Then around five or six this evening, I got a call from my Mom-a second neurologist looked at last nights MRI and thinks there might be signs of something amiss, but not sure what. So now they're back to talking about it perhaps being neurological, and they're going to do another scan of some sort (I don't know if it was an MRI or a CAT scan) and a 24 hour brain wave scan. Mom and my brother both say that Dad's mental state is still altered. He's apparently sleeping a lot too.
I haven't heard anything since then. I don't like waiting. I don't like not knowing and not being able to help. I'm still not booking a plane ticket-Mom will tell me when I need to do that, despite the fact that I want to be there and not here, I'm better off here with my kids rather than there doing nothing. At least if I'm here and not there, I don't have to worry about finding babysitting for my kids while Cayne goes to work, and all that kind of stuff.
My brother, when I spoke to him this morning, made a very good point. My mother, is, understandably, freaking out in her own way. The cardiac event would be bad but it can be dealt with. If my father is mentally/cognitively not okay, that's a whole different situation and a much scarier one.
Keep your thoughts/prayers/healing energy coming please?
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Date: 2010-10-10 03:36 am (UTC)Absolutely. Thank you for the update. Big strong hugs to you.
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Date: 2010-10-10 06:41 pm (UTC)Unfortunately I am going through a similar situation with my own dad right now, and we have no clue what is going to happen next either. It really sucks and is incredibly scary.