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It's been a stressful two weeks, but it looks like Saturday was a turning point and we're on the right way again.
Two weeks ago today my father got a triple bypass. The operation went well. But in the days after the operation he didn't improve like he should. He was having heart fibrillation, a low blood pressure and he was often feeling dizzy and nauseous. On the Sunday after his operation they changed his medication, to see if that would help, if it didn't he would get a light anesthetic on Monday and his heart would be shocked.
But that evening we got a phone call that he was on his way to the operating theater because they discovered that there were blood clots in the sac around his heart. Probably a left over from the operation they said. That operation also went well.
But again, there wasn't much improvement. And again, last Wednesday at 10.30pm we got another phone call, that they did an ultrasound and there were again blood clots in the sac around the heart. This time they found a teeny tiny bleed from an artery/vein, which they fixed.
He slightly improved, until Friday evening, when he again had a fibrillation attack. He got another ultrasound, there were no fluids around the heart. The next morning he still felt unwell, so they did a CT scan and didn't find anything. But he soon started to feel better.
He occasionally still has fibrillation, but it's getting less frequent and less severe each time. He's still weak (having three serious operation in eight days). But yesterday he walked with a walker to the door of his room and back to his bed. He is also complaining and grumbling a lot when he talks to us, so that's a good sign.
Yesterday, the hospital talked to him about that he won't be needing hospital care soon, since he's improving rapidly. But that it might be a good idea to go to a rehab facility for one or two weeks to get his strength up before returning home. I'm glad to say he agreed. I wouldn't be able to take care of him, my mother, the house and the store.
My mother and I also talked. I don't need to keep her company in the evening, like my father wanted me to do. So I have a bit more time to myself (unless it's my turn to visit my father, then it's a long day). And my mother is going to look into getting help cleaning, you can do that through the council and get most of it subsidized, but currently it takes seven months from requesting the help for the council to get back to you to approve or refuse it. Also, she talked about it before and my parents never took it any further. So we'll see where that ends up.
Then there is the issue with my aunt, but that a rant for another time soon.
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