It has been the longest two weeks of my life. Mike has been so sick. The pneumonia is under control. He was taken off the ventilator while he was in ICU and the next day took the NG tube out. He has been in so much pain from the surgery and the cancer it has been exhausting for all of us. What would I have done without our kids. Marrit came back up, took over the yard and the house. Curt has been amazing giving Mike a blessing when he needed it and checking on him every day. He has stayed over night with Mike as did Michelle and Scott. Scott fixed the sprinkler system so it all comes on automatically. He installed a garage key pad and stayed with his Dad overnight. They all have spent many hours at the hospital withhim. The nights are very rough. Mike sleeps only a few minutes at a time. He is still being fed intravenously but today they are starting to cut back on that. Hopefully Mike will start to eat more solid food and have an appetite.
Last night Michelle stayed with him even though she had to go to work at 6:00 a.m. It turned out to be a long and awful night. She said they had a picnic at 2:00a.m. But even when he did sleep he had nightmares and panic attacks. He has had a lot of panic attacks and feels like he can't breath. He had another episode with his heart. His heart rate went up over 200 beats. this is so scary for all of us.
Humor is a good thing and I don't know what we would do if we couldn't laugh. I have to tell on him since they all had stories about me last Feb. with my knee surgery. So, humor whenever we can. Mike made a trip (via his meds) to Boston where the game at Fenway got rained out. Today he asked me if he had, had acupuncture. Wonder where that came from. But the best story of all is on me and my kids will never let me forget it. They had put a phentynal patch on him. Well I thought a patch right? There was a piece of tape on his back and I pulled it off. Guess what the piece of tape was? Yah, the phentynal patch. It looked like an ordinary piece of tape. Who knew?
Medicines are changed and that is a good thing. He ate a little lunch and seems to be doing much better today. I need to have him home and he wants to be here. Please let that day come soon. To all who are praying for Mike and thinking about him, thank you, we love you and we are hoping the best. Love to all. Barbara
Last night Michelle stayed with him even though she had to go to work at 6:00 a.m. It turned out to be a long and awful night. She said they had a picnic at 2:00a.m. But even when he did sleep he had nightmares and panic attacks. He has had a lot of panic attacks and feels like he can't breath. He had another episode with his heart. His heart rate went up over 200 beats. this is so scary for all of us.
Humor is a good thing and I don't know what we would do if we couldn't laugh. I have to tell on him since they all had stories about me last Feb. with my knee surgery. So, humor whenever we can. Mike made a trip (via his meds) to Boston where the game at Fenway got rained out. Today he asked me if he had, had acupuncture. Wonder where that came from. But the best story of all is on me and my kids will never let me forget it. They had put a phentynal patch on him. Well I thought a patch right? There was a piece of tape on his back and I pulled it off. Guess what the piece of tape was? Yah, the phentynal patch. It looked like an ordinary piece of tape. Who knew?
Medicines are changed and that is a good thing. He ate a little lunch and seems to be doing much better today. I need to have him home and he wants to be here. Please let that day come soon. To all who are praying for Mike and thinking about him, thank you, we love you and we are hoping the best. Love to all. Barbara
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