I guess he's always been my Superman. My dad, that is. But now, reality has hit. He's been ill before, but never like this. In the past I've shrugged it off. He's strong, he can get past anything. My Superman. Indestructible. He's had two separate bypass surgeries. He's had other hospitalizations. I've never see him like this. So incredibly helpless.
I feel like we are living in an episode of House minus the sarcastic Dr. It started last Tuesday with him waking up at 4:30am with excruciating pain in his hand and his hand was swollen. Fast forward just briefly and it turns out to be gout. Fast forward to the end of the week and he's having lower back pain. Sunday, he calls the hospital and they tell him he should come in. By Sunday night he's in ICU because of blood in his stool. By Wednesday his entire body is wracked with so much pain he can barely move. The doctors hesitate to do the bone scan because he needs to be still for 10 minutes and cannot do so because of the pain. They do a colonscopy which only reveals old blood, no bleeding. They finally do the bone scan which reveals everything to be okay. So why the pain? Today, it was determined he has a blood and urine infection. He's blocked up from no bowel movement. His body has too much fluid so they put an NG tube in to get rid of some of it. He has pneumonia. They are still stumped about the lower GI bleeding. He's jaundice. It all started with gout.
My dad has been through so much. He is my Superman. I pray for healing. I love him.
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