It has been a long day after a very short night, but we are finally home -- and the news tonight is a fair bit better than we were expecting.
It seems that Master's father's bowel obstruction has resolved itself, and we now believe that he will not need surgery to correct that issue. He remains in what the nursing staff is calling controlled Atrial-fib.
Tomorrow, he will see the cardiologist. They will do another x-ray in the morning, and if things still look good, they will remove the N-G tube and begin introducing food. Assuming that everything proceeds well, I imagine Master's dad might be home again by Monday or Tuesday.
Thank you all for all your good wishes and thoughts this day.
And, morningstar, I did have a doctor's appointment today. The best guess is that I may be experiencing some sort of degenerative spinal issue, likely the beginnings of arthritis. I'm scheduled for an MRI next Thursday, and that will give us some better idea what is going on (maybe). It seems that this may be yet another "joyful" aspect of aging, but does not appear to be anything particularly awful or scary.
swan
My goodness - you are getting so efficient you resolved this one before I found out about it! So glad things are turning out so well, so sorry for the distress and fear along the way.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you took care of that appt. Do keep us posted. It is a bit distressing the way we seem to be falling apart one bolt at a time at this age, isn't it? There is a lot of living left to do, and between pasting ourselves and our parents back together, and the work aspect of life, not much time spent doing it.