david

I really appreciate the responses. The past week has had some slight complications. My dad is still in the hospital and last week they found that the RNY connection they made had been leaking bile. My dad was blouted and complaining of slight pain in his stomach area. At this time he had just started to eat (wouldn’t you know). They took him off of food and water and put in the feeding tube and were pumping antibiotics in him as well. During this time I actually felt like I had my dad back. He was speaking clearly, watching TV and even doing a little bit of reading. Best of all was the breathes of fresh air I would get when he would actually call me from the hospital. Well today (Tuesday) they checked the area of the leak again w/ X-ray and found that it was no longer leaking ! The doctors said he could resume eating again and needed to be up and around, etc. Now we will see if he wants to eat. The past few days when he couldn’t eat he would talk about how much he wanted to, now we will see if he was just pulling our chain, heh.
We have a bumpy road ahead, but I know God is using all of this to do work in us. My dad’s appreciation for life is already changing and that makes me feel good. Thanks again for responses and support. This web site is inspiring in the respect that I know that we aren’t alone in dealing w/ these types of set-backs. God bless all of you.

-David