What a week it has been!
On Tuesday my dad ended up backing in the ER again with the A-Fib. This time it only took them 4 hours to get it under control, and since he's been under surveillance and they've been doing all sorts of tests on him since the last time, they sent him home.
They have absolutely no idea what is wrong with him or why this is happening. He did the sleep test and his sleep apnea is mild to moderate. The average person has 5 episodes of apnea in an hour, he had 7. So they've ruled that out as a major cause of the problem. They can't find anything wrong with his heart, physically, and all his blood work is coming back ok.
Yesterday he was absolutely exhausted and had an appointment with a specialist to try and get his diet and body back on track.
Last night he called to tell talk to me....just to tell me he loves me.
My mom said he wasn't doing any better this morning and was still really exhausted and starting to not feel well. By 1:30 by dad was calling my mom to tell her his pulse was up and his heart was going out of rhythm. They went to the specialist again and she tried for 5-6 hours to get him to relax and get his rate/rhythm down, but nothing was working. Back to the ER he went. This is twice in two days.
This is getting to be so frustrating. I can tell my mom is besides herself with worry and at the end of her rope...she can't even think straight or be coherent most of the time. My dad is literally telling everyone his final goodbyes, because he thinks this is going to kill him. I don't even know what to think or how to respond....I just sort of "am" for lack of a better word.
The specialist did say that she thinks that my dad's heart is very weakened from the A-fibs, because of the severe kidney/bladder infection he had in January as well as a bunch of other things he's had going on. She's thinking that part of the recurrence of the A-fib is because of the weakened state of his heart.
He was freaking my sister out this morning; asking her to forgive him and look after our mom, and how she's going to have to be the one to hold the family together etc etc. He did the same thing tonight to Matt telling him to tell me he loves me and Ave, and take care of everyone etc etc.
All I know is I'm not ready for my father to die...he's 55 for crying out loud.
4 comments:
I am sorry your dad has heart problems. It is scary, and I hope that they will be able to treat it somehow.
Oh, honey :( That is so scary. I hope they find out what's going on soon.
(((hugs)))
He's really young! I hope they sort this out for him soon. I'm thinking of you guys.
So sorry to hear about this. You guys are in my prayers.
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