hope he gets well...

Awwww, Yngwie!

I been following this thread, and I am so so sorry to hear this!
I hope your Dad get's well! My girlfriend is a nurse here in Vegas and I hear stories about what sometimes goes on at hospital's.

I think you did the right thing, by going to the higher up people involved with the hospital. Otherwise, I think (like any job) thing's get repetitive.

It takes a certain type of person to be able to deal with sickness and surgery and loss, life...ect. Good thing, you got on it when you did. We wouldn't want them to look at your Dad's case and get lazy. He is your Dad, your Mom's husband, a grandfather, son ect.. not the doctors and nurses loved one.

Not saying all Doctor or nurses are bad, sometimes you just have to show people, how much a certain person means to you in order to get the ball rolling.

Best Wishes babe!!! Be strong for your Dad and your family.

XoXo

Wow,
this thread shows that people care... even on gfy. I wish you and your dad the best. I don't like to speak about myself but I am a cancer patient and lost everyone in my family in a very young age to cancer. I was barely 21 when they removed my uterus, ovaries, right kidney, then mom hit her head and the doc.s realized she has brain cancer so I moved into her to take care of her 24/7... she passed away and I lost my voice in like 4 mo. Throat cancer, 3 surgeries, I cannot speak or make a damn phone call for almost 2 years.
I feel no more tastes, smells, cannot eat properly, I am on fluids most of the case and in the past weeks I am throwing up blood and my esophagus and/or stomach hurts. I am so tired of all this I cannot tell you. My immune system is pretty much dead after months of radiation and chemo, the side effects are sometimes worse than the way I feel.
I wish you a happy ending, you are a great son and all the people posting positive vibes, wish I could have shared a more uplifting one.

wish you all the best

i bet that can be some hard shit to go throught...im sorry ")

Very sad ... I wish your dad all the best and hope everything turns fine in the end.

ya, not all doctors are bad, but sometimes you have to make sure things get done. I just want to know that everything that could be done was done. Hell, if I wouldn't have done what I did they wouldn't have drained the fluid from his brain. Only after I contacted the woman from the board of directors did anything get done.

Yesterday when I went to the hospital there was 250ml of fluid in the bag that is connected to the shunt. I will keep on their asses and make sure they do what's needed. If he makes it out of this ok, awesome, but if he doesn't at least I will know that I did everything that I could to make sure that he got the proper treatment.

wow! I'm sorry to hear that. All of that can't be easy, but at least you are trying to fight. Hopefully things turn around for you and you can go back to your normal life. Life can be a real bitch sometimes. Even though you were going through all of that you still went to take care of your mother. I'll bet that it meant the world to your mother.

Reading your post really makes me think about how I haven't spent much time with my dad. He is in bad health as well. Im gonna tell him I love him when I see him next time. I really do care about him I taken having him in my life for granted and I think I need to start spending more time with him. I hope your dad pulls through man I don't know you but your post really touched me. Maybe Im not that close to my dad. There is still time though I need to take advantage of these years I have him in my life.

yes, spend as much time with him as possible. Show him that you love him.

Yngwie, i dont know you at all but i feel for you man. that shit is down right horrible and im sorry you have had to experience it.

:Oh crap

do you have anybody helping you?

what the fuck

Sorry about your dad, but you have some very strange ideas about God and his role.

I don't believe in "god". What I said was just a IF type thing. In no way was I saying that all of this is "god's" fault and he/she/it should do this and that. This is why I mentioned the doctors and what they did and didn't do, what they should be doing etc..

Must have read it wrong.

Do your dad a favor, and don't have that attitude around him. He needs his faith. :2 cents:

yes, that comment was not a serious one. May have sounded like it, but if anyone who is religious was offended by that comment, I'm sorry. I don't have that attitude around him. No talk of "god" is even mentioned by me when I go see him. I keep my opinions to myself when it comes to that.

Yngwie I don't know you or your dad and words I'm sure seem to empty at a time like this, I'm sure. I do believe in God and hope it's okay with you that I pray for him and your entire family. My mom is battling an elevated white blood cell count that mimics leukemia, but wow nothing like what your dad is going through. My heart goes out to you. You sound like a loving wonderful son and your pain is evident.

Life is a bitch! I lost my mother on July 1, 2004. I have my grandmother, who is 87 years old and she will be 88 on February 13, 2008. She lost her child and a cat. SHE STAY STRONG!!! That what I thing you should do! As a grand son I tell her the same - very simple! :pimp

you're free to believe in god and pray. Other people are allowed to believe even if I don't. this is what makes us all different. :)

I always stay strong. I've been through enough in my life and have learned to stay strong even if it hurts.

So, stay stong! You are a MAN! It hurts, I know. But you have to be strong and do what you have to do. Don't let it hurt you. I know you're are a pimp and you can deal with it, like I do... :pimp

Yngwie, if you don't mind me asking what hospital did your dad go to when he got sick?


just to make sure i or my family don't ever get close to that place
thanks

and a cat? She must be a very strong person indeed.

Very sorry to hear about this Yngwie :(

sad to hear that buddy.

The neighbor's taking me for treatments.. and I have a little sis who does the errands, I am on fluids and alone most of the time.:Oh crap

Any updates hope he is getting better

Well, I don't think you'll have to worry about that unless you live in Sudbury, but the hospital is St Joseph's Hospital (Was General Hospital before)

he doesn't seem to be much better yet. When I get more info I will post it in this thread.

:thumbsup

Wishing your dad's progress and recovery....

I hope you'll come back with better news this time.

I hope so to.

i am so sorry to hear about all of this. i am keeping you and your father in my thoughts. best wishes to his continued recovery. <3

I'm sorry for your sufferings pal. But I hope its not too late before you to turn your back from God and think of the bitter things you have gone thru. I think God gave you so much blessings that he gave you your dad and he gave you time to let you show how you appreciate and love your dad before his time. Remember death is a part of our human life, we never know when it will come to us. Hope I can help you so I wish you the best man! Just think of the good things that happen to you and let go your pain! :thumbsup

I'll be going to see my dad on Friday. I wish I could go sooner, but I have no choice.

I was informed today that they will be putting in a permanent shunt.

Also, was also told that one of my uncles (brother of my dad) said something along the lines of

"Tell the kids to get a lawyer and sue the fucks.. I know I will and if I win they will not get anything. I'm keeping it all"

ok, all fine, BUT this fucking "uncle" has barely talked to my dad in the last 15 years, hasn't visited us (the "kids"), hasn't called us or my dad, hasn't visited him in the hospital yet he wants to benefit from my dad's situation and leave us and my dad's wife out?

Funny how he only did this AFTER I threatened legal action when I contacted a member of the board of directors. I guess my mom told her sister which is married to one of my dad's brothers than he told the idiot uncle who spends 6 months a year in Florida about it the fuck figured that he could profit from it.

This is not the fucking time to be getting greedy or even thinking about money. Christ! He has absolutely no information on the situation, we do. We know all that has been done, not done, what should have been done etc.. If he does this he will cause more problems in the family.

I know for a fact that he's not doing this to help my dad. It's all about him! Why else would he basically say if he would win all the $ is his? I'm gonna have to have a talk with the stupid fuck. Forget the damn $.. Your brother, our father might die god damn it!

What a selfish idiot... I hope he doesn't have kids and that you win this.. best would be if your dad would get better. This s one sad Christmas for you, full of worry, uncertainty, I hope things will improve.

he has 2 kids actually. yes, the best would be if my dad got better. makes christmas shitty having him not with us.