Good evening everyone! Or should I say good morning. Its almost midnight and my Mom and I are hanging out in the ICU waiting room. Its very interesting because you would never sit so close to someone you don't know until your in an ICU waiting room and a complete stranger is sleeping right next to you. Literally I can reach out (without moving anything but my arm) and touch her. The dynamics of this waiting room seem so complex, so many different families all here for different reasons. Some people crying tears of joy and others tears of sorrow. All within 10 feet of each other. But, wer'e all here for the same reason. Family. Someone is ill, hurt, in surgery, and others they don't know for sure what is wrong. But family is why were all here. And that is something we can all relate to. At any point it could be families that are here because of a sick child, a tramatic accident, a surgery, a cancer patient that is not doing well or an elderly patient.
On Monday March 29th my Dad went in for bypass surgery. They were going to do either 5 or 6 bypass grafts around his heart. The surgery didn't seem to take very long. I think they got started somewhere between 8 and 9. Closer to 9 I think and they were done around 12 or 1. They said he did really great and it went well. They ended up doing 5 and they explained why they didn't do the 6th but its too hard for me to explain?? Earlier this morning (Tuesday) he was pretty calm and didn't say to much. When I came back after work he was sitting up and eating and talking. They moved him into an actual ICU room (he was just in recovery)and he got up and did some walking. After the walking they had to put him on some oxygen because he ended up walking farther than he had the previous times. They ended up having to move him back into the recovery room because they needed his room for a patient that needed more attention. Overall, they say he is doing great. His blood pressure, heart rate and oxygen seem to be doing good. His oxygen will kind of waver back and forth to where they need to put him on some oxygen but then he usually goes right back off of it.
Mom and I are just hanging out just in case he needs one of us. Thank you all for your prayers, phone calls, and support.
You truly never know how much someone means to you until there is some chance that that person won't be with you anymore. I love my Dad and all the things He has done for me and just regret being that crummy teenager that always talked back and fought with him on a lot of things. I love you Dad!
Lord, thank you for guiding the doctors' and nurses' hands and giving them the knowledge and wisdom to complete this procedure. Thank you for the strength you gave my Dad and my family and just all the encouragement and support from family and friends. I ask Lord that you would continue to strengthen and encourage my Dad physically and give my Mom strength to continue being there for him. And Lord I ask that you wrap your arms around all these families here tonight. You know what their going through and just ask that you give them peace and rest and that they would trust in you. Amen.
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