Long time since I posted but a lot of stuff has been goin' on here.
My Dad, (not my birth Dad, my step dad so as not to confuse people) recently stopped drinking,.....((Sighs)) again. A week after stopping drinking he started to self detox. We've all been through this countless times and know the drill. The shakes, dizziness, sick stomach etc... So, when he started complaining about being dizzy, we paid little attention to the complaints as it's sooo typical. And when he complained about his stomach, again very normal. However, little did we know, this wasn't him detoxing.
This past Saturday we had heard enough complaining so we decided to take him to the ER to get him checked out. As we're getting ready to leave for the hospital, he began looking more pale then usual. He wanted to wash up before going to the hospital and walked into the bathroom. But yelled for some help immediately fearing he was going to fall over. So, Mom standing behind him guiding him and me acting as his walker, took him back to the sofa where he collapsed quite creepily on the sofa. He was unresponsive. The ambulance was called and he was taken to the hospital while me and Mom followed in the car.
Not knowing if he survived the hospital trip made the drive pretty long. Neither me or Mom thought he was going to make it this time. When we arrived, we were told that he was internally bleeding and had lost 75% of his blood. Had it been another hour, or if this had happened in the middle of the night, he'd have died for sure and they were trying to get blood into him as fast as they could. For 4 days he stayed in the ICU, and finally yesterday he was brought down to a regular room. He's had many tests done, however so far none have shown what's caused the bleeding. We know what it wasn't. It's not from an ulcer. He has to go for another test soon.
So, that's why I haven't been writing. Kinda insane here. Stressful, and exhausted. It's been very peaceful without him here. Kinda sounds mean, but when you have to deal with this as frequent as we do, it's just nice when you have a break from it.
My Dad, (not my birth Dad, my step dad so as not to confuse people) recently stopped drinking,.....((Sighs)) again. A week after stopping drinking he started to self detox. We've all been through this countless times and know the drill. The shakes, dizziness, sick stomach etc... So, when he started complaining about being dizzy, we paid little attention to the complaints as it's sooo typical. And when he complained about his stomach, again very normal. However, little did we know, this wasn't him detoxing.
This past Saturday we had heard enough complaining so we decided to take him to the ER to get him checked out. As we're getting ready to leave for the hospital, he began looking more pale then usual. He wanted to wash up before going to the hospital and walked into the bathroom. But yelled for some help immediately fearing he was going to fall over. So, Mom standing behind him guiding him and me acting as his walker, took him back to the sofa where he collapsed quite creepily on the sofa. He was unresponsive. The ambulance was called and he was taken to the hospital while me and Mom followed in the car.
Not knowing if he survived the hospital trip made the drive pretty long. Neither me or Mom thought he was going to make it this time. When we arrived, we were told that he was internally bleeding and had lost 75% of his blood. Had it been another hour, or if this had happened in the middle of the night, he'd have died for sure and they were trying to get blood into him as fast as they could. For 4 days he stayed in the ICU, and finally yesterday he was brought down to a regular room. He's had many tests done, however so far none have shown what's caused the bleeding. We know what it wasn't. It's not from an ulcer. He has to go for another test soon.
So, that's why I haven't been writing. Kinda insane here. Stressful, and exhausted. It's been very peaceful without him here. Kinda sounds mean, but when you have to deal with this as frequent as we do, it's just nice when you have a break from it.
