Monthly Archives: April 2013

My Dad is coming home on Wednesday and we are happy

Posted on April 29, 2013 by quirkycharm

None of us (including the doctors) thought he would make it out of the ICU and considering he spent over six weeks in there, it is amazing he survived at all. I thought myself the worst daughter in the world … Continue reading →

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Grateful

Posted on April 24, 2013 by quirkycharm

Yesterday my husband had his exercise stress test. Basically, that meant wiring him up, exercising the crap out of him and then giving him an angiogram. He passed on all counts. This is good. This is really good. Of course, … Continue reading →

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Better

Posted on April 22, 2013 by quirkycharm

I saw my father on the weekend for the first time in two weeks and I was so pleased to see him looking better. Of course, I’ve had daily updates and I’ve phoned and written emails but it was so … Continue reading →

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I must be feeling better

Posted on April 17, 2013 by quirkycharm

obviously I am because I am writing again. I spent most of the last week either asleep or wishing that I was because awake was simply no fun at all. It turned out that I had two separate types of … Continue reading →

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I find it very irritating that I’ve developed this horrible infection. Since my husband’s heart attack last year, we have an extremely healthy lifestyle. Lots of exercise and a diet that focuses on vegetables and fruit, lean protein and almost no … Continue reading →

Posted on April 11, 2013 by quirkycharm | Leave a comment

The worst thing about this ear infection is probably the pain. The second worst thing, though, is the deafness. You know how you have depth perception and you need two eyes for it? Well, there is the equivilent for hearing … Continue reading →

Posted on April 10, 2013 by quirkycharm | Leave a comment

Waiting…

Posted on April 9, 2013 by quirkycharm

My dad is in theatre. If the operation goes well, he will end up with a colostomy bag. I think they will find that the reason he has a fistula is that the primary cancer is in the bowel (the … Continue reading →

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9/04/12

Posted on April 9, 2013 by quirkycharm

They are taking my dad into surgery again, for a fistula repair. Then to intensive care. I am worried because he is so weak. I can’t even call because my own infection is so bad and I am too deaf … Continue reading →

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8/04/13

Posted on April 8, 2013 by quirkycharm

I wondered why I was writing updates about my dad here. After all, most people who read here don’t know him and they don’t care. But I think it is because it is a record of it all. After Ron, … Continue reading →

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More slippery down snakes in this game of Snakes and Ladders

Posted on April 7, 2013 by quirkycharm

I went in to visit  my Dad on Saturday. Me, the husband and the number 2 daughter.  We found him wired up to an IV (antibiotics), a drainage tube (abcess) and oxygen. I thought he looked not much better than Thursday, … Continue reading →

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