Sunday, March 24, 2013
Things are great. Until they're not.
Bob was feeling great yesterday. Wanted visitors.
Then when my family was visiting along with two of my great nieces who adore their uncle Bobby he dozed for just a second and then tried to bolt from the bed, still attached to the IV and the leg pumper things. I thought he was having a bad Vietnam nightmare.
I flew around the bed yelling at him to stop, I'm just imagining those screws in his spine are getting stripped at this point. My nephew is trying to grab him from the back, I'm attempting to tackle him like he's Andrew Luck and then Mount St. Helen erupted all over me, him and the bed. Panic was definitely in the room, I yelled at my niece to get a nurse, the walker was against the wall so my nephew and I are basically holding him up while he keeps saying he has to get to the bathroom. I was trying to get him to realize the damage was already done.
The nurses were finally able to get him unhooked and to the bathroom where he continued to get sick, which is just horrible given that he shouldn't be twisting his back at all.
The rest of the night was rough, had to take him off all pain meds. Has an intestinal obstruction. This morning they finally got approval to give him something which has only knocked off the edge slightly.
Said this was worse than Vietnam, but I suppose it's pretty close to the guys who were tortured in prison camp.
Up until Friday, he thought he was a man of steel. I think his girls thought he was too. Pain is the great equalizer. I'm sure the jumping up from bed wasn't on the doctors orders.
It's 6:20 a.m. now, and he's finally resting.
Thanks for the prayers.
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I thought i left a comment earlier.
You and Bob are in our prayers and that of our church.
Adrenaline is a powerful thing. Glad he didn't become unscrewed, but isn't being sick normal post op? Or too long since the surgery? Hugs to ya, babe. He is lucky to have ya.
Thanks so much for the prayers from you and your church Ed.
Coffey, I would take you up in that hug if you wanna drive up to snowy Indy.
Late March and we are getting 6 to 9 inches of snow tonight. I'm sure we aren't going home tomorrow anyway, so at least I don't have to get out in it.
RITA! I have had no computer for a few days so I'm so sorry I didn't know about all this. Ed B. emailed my computer and now, with the new modem, I saw his request for prayer for you and Bob and that I should get over here and see what's happening with your family.
I am so sorry about the loss of your cousin, thrilled you told your ex-sis-in-law off in that post below (good one) and concerned VERY MUCH about your Bob.
I thought I read the last few posts carefully but I missed a part about how Bob's surgery went and what the prognosis is. Obviously, that experience in his room you write about here couldn't have helped!
But, that you're going home today? (I hope) says things are good with him now?
Please let us know. Sorry, if you did and I missed it in my quick-read.
Praying for you all.
your buddy, Z
Thank you so much Z. I didn't realize Ed had emailed you.
Thankfully the spinal tumor nearly popped right out once they cut away his L1 and L2. The nerves were not entangled in the tumor at all, so the surgery was great, the recovery however has been very tough.
We are still at the hospital at least until tomorrow. Poor Bob, although he thought he had read and prepared for how bad it would be, realistically he's been very blessed in his life so didn't know just how bad it could be.
He's certainly on the mend tonight, they showed him how to walk upstairs today and he did great. He's not in any hurry to get home though which tells me that he's still really in a good amount of pain.
We certainly appreciate all the prayers.
RIta,
So sorry about all you and your family are going through. Even though I only "know" you through reading your blog, I truly feel for you and your situation. It's a tough road you are on, and I know it feels so overwhelming, but hopefully the bumps and potholes will give way to smooth road soon.
All the best to you and your family. Prayers and blessings are with you.
Thanks Babs.
Bob is much better today and it's likely we'll go home today. He's realistic about his limitations, which is not usually his normal reaction. The surgery and recovery wasn't certainly extremely tough, but he's on the other side of it now.
It's funny sometimes that although we do only know some people through blogs, it doesn't always feel like that. The prayers are always appreciated.
This post truly scared me. The twisting of his spine...even a sneeze would be scary, but lunging and turning? Thank God for a sister like you, knowing it was time to tackle him.
I have experienced FOUR intestinal blockages that required a hospital and morphine. I'm here to tell you that the pain is so unbearable that morphine doesn't help much.
Has he had a follow-up xray to detect where the blockage is, and if there was any damage to the screws?
I wish I could be there to run block while you run tackle.
LJ, I'm from Indiana, not Kentucky. We don't marry our brother's here. :-).
I probably confused you with the last few posts. Bob's my husband who had a spinal tumor removed last Friday, my brother is CnC, who's gone offline while his next ex-wife tries to take everything he has because she's a greedy witch.
And my cousin passed away around 1:30 a.m. last Saturday. He moved in with my brothers last November when his esophageal cancer returned.
Sounds like a bad novel with too many characters, I know. Unfortunately it's not fiction.
And the blockage was just because his intestines took a long nap. "Things" are moving now and he's doing we'll at home.
Uncharacteristically he is taking it easy. He never wants to repeat that hospital stay.
Merciful God, we remember before you all who are sick this day.
Give them courage to live with their disease.
Help them to face and overcome their fears.
Be with them when they are alone or rejected.
Comfort them when they are discouraged.
And touch them with your healing Spirit that they may find and possess eternal life, now and forever.
Amen.
Thank you for that wonderful prayer Mrs. W.
You are all in my prayers
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