by Ty Davison | Oct 28, 2005 | News & Commentary
Things remain serious. My dad has a high fever (102 degrees) which is resisting attempts to lower it. His heart function is not good, and he has been defillibrated three times, twice this evening. He was stable again when I left at 9:15 PM. The CCU nurse would not...
by Ty Davison | Oct 28, 2005 | News & Commentary
I spent two hours this morning in Dad’s room. Some of this time I spoke with his nurse; for 5 to 10 minutes I was able to speak with one of his doctors. The situation remains serious. He has a fever, is on dialysis, and has had some heart issues, among other...
by Ty Davison | Oct 27, 2005 | News & Commentary
I have just returned this evening from the hospital. Dad is now in the Critical Care Unit, or CCU. They were inserting a breathing tube and taking chest X-rays when I arrived, so I didn’t actually see him today, but my mom was with him all day. Things have taken...
by Ty Davison | Oct 26, 2005 | News & Commentary
I saw Dad this afternoon up on the fourth floor of Salem Hospital. He was sleeping relatively comfortably while I was there, though the nurse said that he’d had some discomfort throughout the day. Despite this, I suspect that today’s discomfort...
by Ty Davison | Oct 26, 2005 | News & Commentary
It’s apparently my dad’s turn on the “your health sucks” merry-go-round. I took him into ER this evening, after he began complaining of severe abdominal pain. They took some care to make sure it wasn’t a heart attack—it...
