Been a couple months since I asked you generous folks for prayers for Pop.
He took a tumble at his ladyfriend's apt down the hall from his on Tuesday. He never let me know. They took him to a nearby horespistol for X-rays and declared him ok at 87. Back he goes.
Then he tells me a day later. Finally I get a call that he has to ask the nurses from the resident nursing facility next door to come help him position in bed! What the???
He's so stove up he can barely move... and made a doc's appt for this AM at 8. Shoot... last day of deer season...had a tag left, but you bet that I'm there to get him to the doc...
Only one problem, if he can't move in bed on his own, how's he gonna get dressed down to the front and into my F150 in his condition???
I call his doc and apparently, Pops hitting the pain pills too hard...they never knew his state of soreness, so I'm meeting his doc at the facility when he's done with the morning office patients and will stop to see dad on his way home.
At 87, he just got over horrific pain from having to lie flat for a catscan, then a catherization from a mild heart attack several months back... and now this. Not sure what this topplin back stuff is about either.
Prayers requested that nothing major is wrong and he can mend well enough.... He's living on a razor's edge as it is with his failing heart valve and clogged artieries...now this.
Lord in your mercy...
Amen Dave! Praying for God's best
Prayers sent from here....
Continue prayers as always.
In HIS service
Dave
Thanks. They have pop up sitting ina chair. Gave him a bath somehow...good thing, he was starting to smell like an ole billy goat after that long in bed without moving.
He's not happy about the pain. Dad hates pain. He wants to take a pill, go to sleep and wake up all better! :)
They're doing blood work ups (cause they can) and more x-rays to be sure being in bed he doesn't get pneumonia.
Sure appreciate the prayers. Hopefully, they can reduce the pain a bit, keep him washed and get him and his bowels moving so he can migrate to rehab.
prayer sent. hope he gets better soon.
eric
You got 'em, bud. My dad is 86, and I know the angst that accompanies the escapades of the aging.
I am praying for your dad, yes, but also that you have the ability to deal with all the emotional fluctuations that accompany the ups and downs in your father's life.
It seems as though they nail themselves to the perch, and all we can do is try to prop them up when they seem to lean. Bless you and your dad, Dave.
Killdeer
Amen and the same to you and your father Killdeer
Thanks, Kathy. Sorry that you know the angst so well. Dad's had a full life. Doc's told he and I that with his heart valve issues, he'd have approximately 5 years +/-. That is up in the spring.
Seeing his Mom and one sister go through dementia, I'd rather he lived to enjoy his time and then Lord just take him vs. living in a cloud not knowing anyone.
You're right, too, Killy, about the roller coaster. Saturday was the end of our deer season, a perfect weather day and I was packed and ready to go salute the end, but parents come first.
He's in good care and if nothing's broken, and if they can keep him from getting pneumonia now, he should be into rehab sometime toward mid-week.
He just got out of that in Oct! Nobody's even focusing yet on why he just keeled over backwards. :(
Benson, thanks for the continued prayers. You're always right there like so many others.
Peace to all.
Prayers continue for your Dad.
Dave
prayers going up
Dave, more prayers are sent for both you and your dad.
Prayers sent
Thanks, guys. I got a call that he will be moved from the hospital to the nursing facilty attached to the apartment community in which he lives.
He's had a rough go since August with one thing after another..now he has to fight back through all this trauma induced pain and learn to walk and motivate all over again...been 3x since August...
HOpefully, he's up for the task and can get back on his feet and back to his apartment and idependent living. I don't know I want to be around him if he has to go assisted living in a one room setting and give up all his "stuff."
Thanks for the prayers. He wants to make 90! He's got 2.5 yrs to go! :)
Thanks for your support. It means a lot... from those who post and many I know who do not...but offer a prayer for ole Titus. :)
Prayers sent for your dad.
Prayers for dad and family. Take care Dave.
Prayers up for your Dad!
Thanks, Guys. Dad is in rehab, at the nursing facility attached to his apt. They have no phones there so it's hard to keep up on his progress. I watched him in rehab/PT yesterday and that was painful to watch.
He's struggled back so often since late Summer with one thing after another...and this time... he really shows a lot of weakness and seemingly MORE pain...but this was a hard fall backwards, so perhaps it's to be expected.
Care in those/this facility seems marginal at times. I had to fight the nursing team to get his surgical full length support socks on him. He was up all day till I got there yesterday without ANY on! :(
Looks like he'll be there for Christmas for sure... and beyond.
Thanks for the prayers for his Healing.
Lord, in your mercy...
Praying for strength and comfort. God's best to you and your father.
Prayers sent for you and your father.
James
Prayers are continuing from Georgia for you and your Dad.
In HIS service
Dave
I will pray for you Pop as well. I know that most of those places are under staffed because they are poorly paid. I have seen some well kept assisted living homes and the staff is well paid for their work. They are few and far between. For the money they charge you would think you would get better care but that is not the case. More money for the crew is less money for the owners. It is a sad fact all over. I will pray for you as well as you have to take all this extra time to insure people are doing what they are getting paid for. It will wear on you after a while. We went thru this with my Grandma back a few years ago. The Lord took her after a short time living like this. I praise him for that. Lord please help my brother with this load as it will be a heavy one for him and his family. Please allow him to show mercy toward those whom should be taking care of his Pop's but don't. You are in control of it all and we ask you to stand in the gap as you have promised you would on our behalf. Lord I trust this into you hand and know you are on the job 24/7. Thanks for hearing my prayers this day and for being with our brother right now as he continues to walk this path. I love you Lord because you loved me first. It is in your name I ask this thing.... Amen.
PRAYERS FOR POP!
I will pray for your dad as well. It is a hard thing to see any loved one in so much pain. I recently lost my father to congenative heart failure. He was 48 years old and there is not a day goes by that I do not remember the times and memories we had together, like my first taste of beer and when he fell through the Ice on the platte river. I could go on for days with stories but I prob should not as I need to get back to work. Dave I will also say a prayer for you and your family as I know it is not easy for a family to go through things like this but keep God in your hearts and it will all be ok. God Bless you all and have a Merry Christmas
its been awhile since i've been on. lots have been happenin. Doc, you've got prayer from me brother and your pop needs you more than he'll admit. my dad never admits it but we need each other. partly to keep each other sane around mom but still. prayers sent and call anytime you need anything. God bless
Contine prayers for you and your Dad my brother.
In HIS service
Dave
Thanks, everyone! Good to see you on line Matt!
Got permission from doc to take dad up to his apt today for a few hours...rustle up some dead deer meat for him and I and get him a change in scenery.
thanks for the prayers. He seems to be improving slowly.
dave,
i hope things are well and went well for you and pop on christmas.
prayers are always comin to ya!
Good to hear Dave. That dead deer meat has some good healing power. ;^)BTW stay away from the live deer meat you might get your teeth kicked out. :knothead:
Great news and continued prayers from Nebraska
Prayers sent!!
Thanks for all the continued prayers for Pop. Thanks for the humor, too, Benson. You're right. I'd not try to "rope a deer". Some might remember that story that hit the internet, fable or not--it was hilarious.
We had a very quiet, simple Christmas. I got Pop and he used his motorized chair to run up to the apartment...I followed along pushing his walker.
We had deer steaks, taters and some veggies. A piece of pumpkin pie finished our feast. I called the Aunt where we WERE to spend Christmas Dinner and she and Titus talked a bit. Later, his lady friend stopped on her return from her kids and visited.
Mid-afternoon, he was ready to head back. He really seemed to enjoy the outing and it renewed his desire to get outa rehab and back to his apartment.
Pop doesn't understand much of the internet, but appreciates knowing that there are people that he, nor I, have ever met praying for his full recovery back to independent living.
Thanks. Happy New Year to one and all.
Keep the Son in your eyes!
Might I ask yet more prayers for Pop?
Today, around mid morning, they will take him up to his apartment and do a "home assessment" It is some anal formality they have to go through to run through his place and make "suggestions" for any changes in furniture etc, so that they can legally releasee him from rehab to return to his apt and independent living.
Dad is about at wits end. His "roomate" is quite needy and creates a lot of angst for Pop...Dad's quite ready in his mind to return home and be on his own and continue PT as an outpatient from the connected apt. :)
Thanks for all the prayers and support. Be a blessing, if he's ready, to see him back in his own domicile!
Prayers sent for peace of mind, strength, and courage to go forward.
Prayers sent for both you and your Dad. Hang in there!
Claudia
Continue prayers my Brother.
In HIS service
Dave
Good news! Tite (Titus) is going home tomorrow mid-morning!! Thank you, Lord!!!
They're going to walk him back up to his apt from the rehab center and allow him to continue outpatient PT!
He's so ready! I've got bunches of work to do as he's really littered his apt with junk on the floor here and there. I've got to get all that crap outa there to ensure he doesn't take any tumbles in his OWN apt now.
Nobody told us that raising parents was such tough work! :knothead:
Thanks for all the prayers.
Good news Dave. Praying for strength and wisdom for your father as he readjusts.
prayed for you and your dad. remember that just about anyone can be a father,but it takes a special person to be a dad.