Hello everyone

Hello to all of you! I hope you’ve been doing fine. Today me and mum spent a lot of time with dad. He seemed a bit helpless, lost today, easily moved to tears but then a bit later he started telling the stories from his youth again and we got relieved .

He is doing pretty well – the catheter was taken out and one other tube as well. Just one tube remains together with epidural anesthesia mechanism.

He can go to the toilet on his own, started eating and asked us to bring some light food from home too, he feels hungry. He asked for natural yoghurt, boiled eggs, curds. I’ll read what he can eat more throughly too but we’ll bring him the food he asked for.

He says he is happy I’ve found this site. He thinks it’s great to hear other people’s stories and to share his own.

Another good news is – there’s one man in their ward whom we I can say made friends with – he had cancer in his stomach and his stomach was removed. Before, he had chemo treatment and today the doctor told him good news that cancer hasn’t spread and is in control and he is quickly recovering. We got very excited about the news and are keeping our fingers crossed for that great man who encourages my dad too. also, he gives him info about many things, they talk, share things, simply laugh and sure wish everyone all the best.

I hope this complication free period will continue though I’m sure scared a bit too.

Hi again! An update on my dad – his temperature went down, the doctor said it was a reaction to the surgery and not an infection. He started eating a little and seems it is fine so far. Now the doctor says they keep their fingers crossed that the stiches inside heal well. They took one tube out of his belly already but one remains.

He is in a good mood and talks a lot. I know he always talks when he is nervous. We hope for the best possible outcome.

Thanks everyone for the support and good pieces of advice again. Things seemed very well with dad but later he had temperature 38,3. We’ll see why. I’ll know more about his condition a bit later today and will sure update.

The funny thing was that my dad kept remembering some funny episodes from his youth we have heard hundreds of times about It was great to listen to them again, when mum asked him to stay calmer, not to disturb himself, he told her he hadn’t spoken for 3 days and thus needed to talk.

Another funny thing was that some other woman was looking for her husband in the ward and mixed my dad with him lol. She kissed him and then my dad told her it was cool but she chose the wrong guy to kiss

My dad is so funny – he also observed the nurses in IC unit – he said one day all were dar-haired, the next day all were blond and then they all mixed up. The thing that annoyed him was the sounds from the machines in IC.

I wish to believe his temperature is a reaction of his body to the operation. Now we hope to see him getting better. We miss him so much at home. We all live close and often visit one another, their home seems so empty now. But mum is suported by us too – we buy her food, sit, talk, laugh all together. She started blaming herself about dad’s desease, she says she was too spoilt, grumbled about trifle. It is complete nonsense and we’re trying to make her sure we just get ill because of many unknown factors.

Dad misses home and his buddy – the cat Murphy who he takes as his family member too. We visit dad but Murphy cannot so he asked mum to spoil him a bit from his side too

I’ll update on his condition later today. I wish for a bright, sunny day for all of you.

Hugs from Lithuania