About dad

Pghmomma
Pghmomma Member Posts: 141
edited March 2014 in Esophageal Cancer #1
He is still in the ICU listed under critical condition. He has what they are calling ARDS. So its very important he stays sadated and controled. So far everything is well now that he has a different vent. Its one that they use on babies to matture their lungs when born premmies. They will continue to take xrays on his lungs, today showed very little improvement. They said this could be a 2 wk process. They said people do recover from this but it takes time. We are hoping he recovers as well. This is from having the pneumoina and them not fixing hole in time. We are in contact with a lawyer because when he was admitted we were telling them GREEN means BILE.. Then on sunday ecoli was showing in the lung and they still never consulted Dr. l's team. They waited for him to arrest and then the ICU DR said that green stuff that is coming out of him, did it just start, when we said no,its been happening since thursday being admitted. He freaked cause no one listened to us and then called DR. L's team.
Ive been reading alot which I know is bad, but at the same time my dad was healthy before this whole thing, never smoked so his lungs shouldnt be this bad but its from dumping for a wk before being transfered to presby and fixed.

Its just a matter of time and waiting for him to get better now.

Please contiue to pray

God bless
Tina

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  • mumphy
    mumphy Member Posts: 440
    #2
    So sorry Tina,
    Tina,

    I am so sorry that they didn't listen to you in the first place!!!It makes me very angry.
    Now your dad has to suffer for it. Thankfully he is at Presby now and is in very good had, a little improvement every day is better then none.

    I word of advise for an old pro YOU MAKE THEM LISTEN, I HAD TO THROW A FIT ONCE WHEN AL GOT ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA AND TOLD THEM WE WEREN'T LEAVING UNTIL I EITHER TALKED TO DR. CHRIST WHO IS DR. L'S RIGHT HAND MAN, NEEDLESS TO SAY HE WAS DOWN IN THE ER IN 10 MINUTES. YOU GET NAMES AND ANY INFO YOU CAN ON ANYONE WHO ISN'T LISTENING TO YOU AND YOU REPORT TO THEM!! JUST THROW A FIT I WORKED FOR ME!!!

    YOU TAKE CARE AND MAKE SURE TO GET REST.

    GOD BLESS,
    KATH
  • MOE58
    MOE58 Member Posts: 589 Member
    #3
    HANG IN THERE AND FIGHT FOR YOUR DAD I DID


    Tina,

    i am so sorry to hear this about your DAD, I too had to fight for my father in the same kind of situaiton at one time. I am like Kathy throw a fit, go to the head administrator, I did with my father before he passed at the hospital he was in, and head administrators, don't like to get bad reports on patient circumstances, cause it make them look bad if you don't complain and throw a fit, then the next patient might not do as well. We never thought we would have to take care of our parents after they took care of us for 18 years or longer but you have to be strong on this and do it, you will be surprised the old saying goes the wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the job done, so go out there and DO IT TINA.

    I don't know what ARDS is so I would like to know for furture, if you or anybody can explain it to me.

    You have more than a bump you have a BIG HURDLE TO CROSS, when you don't post nothing on FB i get worried and think the worse. I truly know how hard this is on you, i had kids at home when my father was so bad, but working in a hospital i know the ins and outs of things, and what i can and cannot do.

    here is a instance I had on Jeff during one of his outpatient procedures, they were preping him for his outpatient surgery, the tech could not get his IV started after 2 times, and laid the needle on the bed and she said I am going to try this one more time and I SAID NOT WITH THAT NEEDLE YOU ARE NOT, THAT IS CONTAMINATED AND YOU ARE NOT STICKING HIM WITH THAT, she looked at me like how do you know this, until i told her who i worked for which keep in mind i worked for the same hospital he was getting operated on.

    So you see tina unless you throw fits, they will get away with anything.

    My prayers are with you and your family, and keep us posted about dad we love you all

    Love and prayers
    Lori

    OKAY IF ANYBODY NEEDS MORE INFO LET ME KNOW I AM PRETTY PERSISTENT


    ps, the other inside of this is when Jeff was in ICU himself I am the one that found his SINUS INFECTION, AND BROUGHT THAT TO THEIR ATTENTION, so don't let nobody run over you and remember this:PUT YOUR BIG GIRL PANTIES ON AND FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT, AND IF YOU NEED A NEW PAIR I AM SURE I CAN SEND SOME YOUR WAY.

    BIG GIRL PANTIES, ARE AWESOME THEY DO ALOT FOR YOU, EVEN IF THEY START SLIPPING PULL THEM UP MORE AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
  • Tina Blondek
    Tina Blondek Member Posts: 1,500 Member
    #4
    MOE58 said:

    HANG IN THERE AND FIGHT FOR YOUR DAD I DID


    Tina,

    i am so sorry to hear this about your DAD, I too had to fight for my father in the same kind of situaiton at one time. I am like Kathy throw a fit, go to the head administrator, I did with my father before he passed at the hospital he was in, and head administrators, don't like to get bad reports on patient circumstances, cause it make them look bad if you don't complain and throw a fit, then the next patient might not do as well. We never thought we would have to take care of our parents after they took care of us for 18 years or longer but you have to be strong on this and do it, you will be surprised the old saying goes the wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the job done, so go out there and DO IT TINA.

    I don't know what ARDS is so I would like to know for furture, if you or anybody can explain it to me.

    You have more than a bump you have a BIG HURDLE TO CROSS, when you don't post nothing on FB i get worried and think the worse. I truly know how hard this is on you, i had kids at home when my father was so bad, but working in a hospital i know the ins and outs of things, and what i can and cannot do.

    here is a instance I had on Jeff during one of his outpatient procedures, they were preping him for his outpatient surgery, the tech could not get his IV started after 2 times, and laid the needle on the bed and she said I am going to try this one more time and I SAID NOT WITH THAT NEEDLE YOU ARE NOT, THAT IS CONTAMINATED AND YOU ARE NOT STICKING HIM WITH THAT, she looked at me like how do you know this, until i told her who i worked for which keep in mind i worked for the same hospital he was getting operated on.

    So you see tina unless you throw fits, they will get away with anything.

    My prayers are with you and your family, and keep us posted about dad we love you all

    Love and prayers
    Lori

    OKAY IF ANYBODY NEEDS MORE INFO LET ME KNOW I AM PRETTY PERSISTENT


    ps, the other inside of this is when Jeff was in ICU himself I am the one that found his SINUS INFECTION, AND BROUGHT THAT TO THEIR ATTENTION, so don't let nobody run over you and remember this:PUT YOUR BIG GIRL PANTIES ON AND FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT, AND IF YOU NEED A NEW PAIR I AM SURE I CAN SEND SOME YOUR WAY.

    BIG GIRL PANTIES, ARE AWESOME THEY DO ALOT FOR YOU, EVEN IF THEY START SLIPPING PULL THEM UP MORE AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

    Your Dad
    Dearest Tina,
    WOW!!! that is the first thing I want to say. Now...let me take a deep breath, count to ten, and tell you that you are doing a fantastic job!! That hospital on the other hand......NO. Three cheers for Kath and Lori! You go get em girls! Unbelievable!!! You do whatever you have to do to report that hospital, those drs, those nurses. That is in now way acceptable. By the way....how is your poor mom holding up? Give her a big hug. MY GOSH!! I am steaming mad here, you must just be out of your mind. Hang on there sweetheart, keep keeping on, say a lot of prayers, put this in God's hands. Please let us know what is going on with dad. I do not like the fact that he is critical. I am saying a prayer for all of you right now. Hugs and love to all of you.
    Tina :)

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