To those who don't know...my dad attempted suicide on 6/22. We'd been adjusting his medications under the care of his neurologist, and Daddy was not in his right mind. The depression was too much. He is alive. He was care-flighted to the hospital.
But...it was a very long day. He was in surgery for about 4 1/2 hours. He did major damage to his neck with a knife. Please understand that I don't want to go into further details.
He did NOT hit his carotid arteries or the veins; the nerves did not appear damaged; his larynx and trachea were injured, but appear to be o.k. after surgery. They are keeping him sedated for obvious reasons. He has had to have a tracheotomy.
However, his blood pressure was so low that stroke is a possibility. We'll know more tomorrow when they 'un-sedate' him to see if he's had a stroke.
Thank you to those of you who came to the hospital to be with us...words will never be able to express how much that meant to mom and me. For those of you who were praying, I saw the answer to your prayers when the surgeon came out and reported all the things that had NOT gone wrong.
Unfortunately, Mom is the one who found him and she needs extra special prayers for now. Images that won't leave are the greatest burden right now.
We love you and appreciate your prayers. My husband will man the phone, but please understand that email will probably be the easiest way for me to update you, as I don't want to go into details where my boys can overhear.
This is the text of the email I sent out the first night. How I could do that I don't know. God is amazing. He protected Daddy.
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