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I really hate to hear all of this. My prayers are going out to you and your family. You are not too far from me and I went through a similar situation 2 years ago with my husband. Thankfully we caught his in time. If you ever need someone to talk with just call 540-616-6960. I have been in your shoes with little children too. We live in Pulaski. I will help you through as much as I can or just listen if need be.
Kristi
Just got off the phone with my husband. The doctor came in and told him when they opened him up to do the surgery he had so much infection in him that he was lucky he didn’t die. If our primary doctor had not switched his antibiotic then he probably would have.
On a good note however he may be coming home either tomorrow or Friday. He has to come home with a JP tube but I am OK with that. That really is easy to take care of not to mention it is not forever. It is only to drain all of the fluid off of him and the infection. Once all of that is over it will be removed and he will finally be tube free. We still have not got the final pathology reports back but the preliminary showed negative margins. Keeping our fingers crossed on that one. He got to eat solid food today and is tolerating that well. He is walking around so much now that they are telling him to slow down before he hurts himself. He said he actually feels good. He is in some pain but as long as he stays on top of it and takes the medicine like he should he can work with it. They took the pain pump away from him. He had quit using it. He is now taking medicine orally.
This is twice now since he got diagnosed that I almost lost my husband because the doctors didn’t catch something. These doctors knew he had an infection and just kept changing his tubes hoping that would help it. All it did was aggravated it more. I am so thankful for our family doctor because he has actually saved my husband’s life twice now.
As far as his attitude it is getting better. I know he has a long road ahead of him but if he will keep the good attitude then I know he can make it through anything. I just hope we can make it.Thank You everyone for the great advice. I am not at the hospital with him because I had to come home and go to class. If I miss I don’t get a paycheck and I am our only income right now. He is actually doing better since my last post. He told me Sunday night that he is giving up and I told him when I got home on Monday I was going to take a picture of the two little boys he is giving up on and send it to him. His whole attitude changed Monday morning. He is pushing himself (still within his limits) so he can come home healthy. He actually got to start eating today and the doctor said he could probably come home in a couple of days. I hope he sticks with it. He seems to be doing a whole lot better without me there. That kinda hurts some but the main thing is he is getting better. The nurses have already talked to him about a social worker and I think one is coming in today. I hope he gets the help he needs. He seems to be getting a positive attitude now. I just wish he would let me vent my emotions too. I am very glad I have found you guys because it has helped me more than you will ever know. Just to find people going through the same thing you are.
