Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Week 4 (Assignment 2 of 3)


My wife is flying up in the morning to see her favorite father in law at the icu.  I am really excited she will get to come up and see my dad.  I was not happy with the plane tickets, because her round trip flight was $730.  It is a little pricey, but the cost is surely outweighed by the importance of the trip.  It would be nice to see all four of my daughters too, but they do not need to see their Papa in his current state, plus then the cost of the airfare would have been almost four thousand dollars and that does not come close to fitting into our budget.  Last night they installed the fourth trachea set of hardware for my dad.  They said he has some kind of calcium deposit in his throat which keeps popping the balloons which seal off the tracheostomy.  This new hardware goes further into his bronchial tubes and should not be ruptured.  His vital signs are decreasing and they have put him on methadone to help keep him calm.  This is a really troubling time.  My dad is one of my best friends in the whole world, I talk to him on the phone at least once a day and that has been going on for about the last twelve years…

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