thats such great news that he is on the mend!!! its scary! and from what im learning with SIL being in a similar situation is that there are no medications that they can give for the actuall panreatits. SIL is still not able to eat/drink. Hugs to you and to you Dad!!! hope he keeps improving!
Well, things were going great. Dad was doing really well and even getting out of bed, but early this afternoon he had another massive temp spike which has brought him right back down again
He also had a disaster that ended with my Dad screaming and in tears for ages. I've never seen my Dad get teary... EVER. He is pretty traumatised by what happened last night.
So, back we go a little. Not all the way back just a few steps.
I think I will give him a call tomorrow, and let DS have a chat to him to cheer him up a little, and then we will head back in and visit on Weds.
They have told him best case scenario is that he takes 4 weeks to recover after going home. There is no talk of when he will be going home as yet though, as they need to have 48 hours of no temp spikes before they will consider it.
There is currently no talk of surgery, but that is all dependant on the AB's he is on. They are going to give them another 48ish hours to do their thing, then they are going to see what else is going on.
It's heartbreaking that he was doing so well yesterday but has had a bit of a slip up today. I hope that that is the worst of it and it's all up from here.
Oh hun that's no good but sometimes it's two steps forward one step back. I'll keep him and you in my thoughts.
I'm a bit attached to my pancreas, i had part of if taken out after a bad car accident I was in years ago so we've been through a bit. I have a nice big scar (27 stitches worth) down my tummy but really no major problems from the surgery. It was touch and go for a little while. It was 11 years ago and they have only gotten better with their techniques.
Still have you in my thoughts Nicky. I hope that you are feeling better about things. Dr's and Nurses don't like to panic ppl about what could possibly happen because if it doesn't then they get ppl upset about nothing and ppl tend to complain about that.
Sounds like he is still touch and go a bit but it all sounds positive. Suprised that they didn't have him on ab's! I take it they do now? Why do they think he is spiking a temp?
Thanks girls.
Went to visit today.... he's still having temp spikes but apparently that's to be expected until his bloods cald right down. They are getting better, but not quite there yet. He's having horrid back pain that they are not sure if it's related or not. Possibly a bone infection?? They still haven't really confirmed pancreatits.... his gall bladder and pancreas are inflammed/infected, but they said something like that's not where the infection started. He's still on AB's.... he's had about 8-9 litres now. LOL. They took him for a scan on his back today to see what's happening there to cause all his pain (he got 1 hr total sleep last night).
He was asleep when we got there today so we took Mum for a drink, but she was called back as he had an episode... temp went up a little, but he was just staring into space.... the hurse freaked and hit the fun button that causes everyone possible to rush to his room. Checked him right over including his heart, but he was ok. Glad I didn't see that.
Sometimes he seems like himself... back to normal seding my husband text message jokes. Then other times, he's just so sick.
They will not consider letting him home until he's had 48 hours clear of temp spikes.... but he had one this morning and I can't see him going home anytime this week.
It's like our own personal episode of house.
I just wanted to let you all know that my Dad has come home today. They think the infection started in his gall bladder ( nothing came up on back scans), so they want him back for some tests next week... but YAY!
He was just pottering around, even cooking dinner. He's just sick and tired of being on his back.
Mum's got a week off so far to take care of him, although it's going to be a few weeks before he starts feeling like himself.
Thank you all so much for your posts. I really appreciate you taking the time to reply to me. It's been a crazy 8/9 days and I'm hoping that's the worst that happens with my family for a while.
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