When John had his radiation implant, I was told how long the surgery would be and I did OK with the waiting. But when everyone else was leaving to meet there loved ones coming out of surgery, and I'm the only one left in the waiting room, I was close to tears. I just knew the doctor had found something unexpectedly in there. Finally, the chaplain came in and I told him my concerns. He went looking for someone to give me some answers. Finally, someone came in and said they had to send out for more radiation implants and that had taken longer than expected. My thought was, how long would it have taken someone to come out and tell me that ,instead of leaving me to worry myself to death. Emma > From: antique1931@saber.net > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:15:27 -0700 > Subject: Re: [ML] My life as I see --Sully > > Sully, so sorry you have to have had all this going on. When Ken had the > first heart problems, I didn't know any thing about this stuff. I didn't > even know they could do by pass surgery at our hospital, as it was he was > about the 100th that they did. Had a hot shot surgeon from NY. He was good. > But with him, a nurse came out each time they went into a new area of the > surgery and told us what was going on. She would tell us when she would be > back, that was alot easier. As at that time it was 8 hours. When he was > going to be going into ICU they told us just how he was going to be hooked > up to every thing tubes every place, and also the throat thing. He had been > a smoker made it harder for him. > The loved one laying there and not responding is so hard. Don't want to do > that one again. We have had other episodes of stents and all, but nothing > like that first time. I have learned to ask questions and questions. If you > don't understand you ask again in your language. They will tell you or at > least ours does. We have had the same heart Dr. now since then. I know now > it is more keeping Ken from having any more surgery and on an even keel. > Takes pills to not have as many chest pains, but now they are starting to > get more frequent. > Last Sat. family was here doing some tree work Ken had some chest pain, he > thought he should stay out there and try to help even though he wasn't > needed. our oldest daughter just Carol, just took his arm and said come on > dad, lets go inside. And he went. > Sure hope your husband continues to improve, but takes time. Hard to get > the energy back at this little older age. We are a little older I think. > Louise in northern Ca. >> From: "Shirley Sullivan" <sullysoil66@msn.com> > To: "memory-lane" <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 8:29 PM > Subject: [ML] My life as I see it > > > > > I am sorry it's been so long since I posted a letter, but life as I knew > > it is long gone. On May 24, my husband went into the hospital with fluid > > gain, a lot of fluid gain. He was weak, he was having trouble breathing, > > he was very ill. It seems he had collected fluid in the sack that > > surrounds the heart, and the heart couldn't beat strong enough, so his > > heart went into heart failure. The doctors spent three days deciding what > > they were going to do, changed their minds twice, finely they set the > > surgery date for May 27, they said it was a procured, but it seemed more > > like surgery to me. He went in at 8:30 AM, and said it would be about one > > and half hours, but when two hours went by and I had heard nothing, I > > started getting scared. They said the surgeon would come down and talk to > > me after they were through, but no one came down, I finely went up to the > > counter and asked if she could fine something out for me. At about about > > 11:30 AM a lady came down and said the doctor had ! > > to do another surgery, so she was taking me up to his room, he was now in > > the CCU. When I first saw him he still had the respirator still in his > > throat, and they weren't going to take it out any time soon, his lungs > > weren't working. They didn't answer any of my questions, just told me they > > were leaving the respirator in over night, there must have been five > > nurses in his room, all so busy. I was really afraid, they had told us > > what to expect after he came out of surgery, and nothing was ever > > mentioned about a respirator being left in his throat, the worst was he > > was they were keeping him heavily sedated. He looked so pale, and weak, I > > have never been so scared for him in my life. > > that I can ever remember, when it starting to get light out side, our > > son called and said he had opened his eyes, and they had a call in to the > > doctor. I got dressed fast and got to the hospital as fast as my car could > > get me there. When I went into his room, he did have his eyes open, and he > > tried using his hands to sign to me. I was so relieved, and than the > > doctor came in and with the nurses removed the tube in his throat, > > > > he's been home over a week now, and he is getting stronger, > > > > I don't know it's because I was so scared, but I go to sleep tired and I > > wake up tired. Seems like there always something that needs doing, and > > there's only me to do it. > > Sully, in Sunny California > >