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I will be posting only intermittently because of a very slow dial-up connection from my parent's place for 6 days.
So my flight was an hour late yesterday because of bad weather in NYC. On the way home my parents tell me that my dad went for his regular checkup at the VA hospital Monday by himself and that he had an irregular heartbeat. They wanted him to stay overnight to be monitored and he said no way --his wife was home alone, his daughter was coming the next day, and forget it. So...he checked himself out.....
My mother and I dragooned him back to the hospital today (we warned them we were coming back and he said he should go straight to the ER to be checked in, no problem. We brought some stuff for him to have while in overnight. The ER room was pretty empty and they took him in right away. After about half an hour my mom and I were able to go in and sit with him while doctors came and examined him and questioned him (it was good that my mom and I could fill in some gaps about his recent health) and got him ready to be registered for an overnight stay. He was hooked up to the monitors and getting meds to slow down his heartbeat and thin his blood (for now). He most likely will not remain on the blood thinners once he gets out because he has bad balance and if he falls on blood thinners it would be very bad.
We didn't know when he'd actually get a bed so we bought him some lunch at the canteen which he ate like he was starving (my dad gets extremely grumpy when he's hungry). He was charming with the docs and nurses--a resident saw him and then an intern and he'll be seeing a cardiologist either tonight or tomorrow. We left around 3:30 and soon after we got home he called and gave us his phone # in the room he was taken to. They're hoping to find out why his heartbesat is irregular but warned us that often they never find out what the problem is.
Hopefully everything will be ok and he'll be checked out tomorrow. We shall see.
I'm not worried (yet) but I'm really glad this happened while I'm down here because I know it totally freaks out my mom.
Meanwhile, the weather is balmy and the moon is a gorgeous hug disc in the sky.
Sunday update: We picked my dad up today and he's home, napping. He slept terribly all three nights in the hospital. He's off some meds and on some others (he doesn't need many, considering his age). No more caffeine for him.
Thanks for everyone's kind concern over the past few days.
So my flight was an hour late yesterday because of bad weather in NYC. On the way home my parents tell me that my dad went for his regular checkup at the VA hospital Monday by himself and that he had an irregular heartbeat. They wanted him to stay overnight to be monitored and he said no way --his wife was home alone, his daughter was coming the next day, and forget it. So...he checked himself out.....
My mother and I dragooned him back to the hospital today (we warned them we were coming back and he said he should go straight to the ER to be checked in, no problem. We brought some stuff for him to have while in overnight. The ER room was pretty empty and they took him in right away. After about half an hour my mom and I were able to go in and sit with him while doctors came and examined him and questioned him (it was good that my mom and I could fill in some gaps about his recent health) and got him ready to be registered for an overnight stay. He was hooked up to the monitors and getting meds to slow down his heartbeat and thin his blood (for now). He most likely will not remain on the blood thinners once he gets out because he has bad balance and if he falls on blood thinners it would be very bad.
We didn't know when he'd actually get a bed so we bought him some lunch at the canteen which he ate like he was starving (my dad gets extremely grumpy when he's hungry). He was charming with the docs and nurses--a resident saw him and then an intern and he'll be seeing a cardiologist either tonight or tomorrow. We left around 3:30 and soon after we got home he called and gave us his phone # in the room he was taken to. They're hoping to find out why his heartbesat is irregular but warned us that often they never find out what the problem is.
Hopefully everything will be ok and he'll be checked out tomorrow. We shall see.
I'm not worried (yet) but I'm really glad this happened while I'm down here because I know it totally freaks out my mom.
Meanwhile, the weather is balmy and the moon is a gorgeous hug disc in the sky.
Sunday update: We picked my dad up today and he's home, napping. He slept terribly all three nights in the hospital. He's off some meds and on some others (he doesn't need many, considering his age). No more caffeine for him.
Thanks for everyone's kind concern over the past few days.
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When does BST start?
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Nice interview with you--informative. Congratulations on it.
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Nothing serious, a stiff neck and depression creeping in (but the latter's not so serious).
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So far the nose is fine. No colds yet!
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Why the stiff neck? Injury or illness? If illness don't ignore it.
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Don't worry, feeling much better by now.
Take care.
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thanks
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I hope you come to NY and that I'm there--I think I was out of town last year.
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Bundles of good thoughts coming your way, dearest E.
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He just called us and said they had done some tests (I think another EKG) and mentioned that they forgot to feed him dinner last night (or "ran out of food" or something bad--and considering my dad's disposition when not fed regularly, I'm surprised he didn't kill someone). But he did have a good breakfast this morning.
My mom and I are heading over there in a little while.
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My fingers are still crossed.
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My mom and I picked him up and wheeled him back upstairs (I've never wheeled a chair before so it was a little tough maneuvering into the elevator.
He couldn't leave today because they haven't figured out that dosage but hopefully tomorrow. He was pretty grumpy that he couldn't leave but he seemed great otherwise. I brought him some magazines (he was reading one I left for him yesterday. Each patient (two in a room) has a flatscreen tv.
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He's bored (he called tonight) --doesn't want to watch tv as it's the same stuff he watches at home ;-)...
I did tell the resident and intern we talked to today about the meal lapse last night. I never did find out exactly what happened there.
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Hope your Dad's okay, and good for him and your Mom that you're there.
Jeff P.
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He's on beta blockers for the heart rate and they're still monitoring him although they don't see any reason that he can't come home tomorrow. He is really bored--no tennis all ball games on the tv today/tonight.
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sorry to hear...