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Last Wednesday morning, when he was at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital. A week earlier, he had a taken too much of one of his prescriptions and had to be taken to the hospital. After they got him back to normal, they didn't like the way his blood sugar looked, so they kept him overnight (special note; they made this decision at 2 am
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Friday, he was OK but was in an anxiety attack mode. They put him on Oxygen to try to calm him and control his breathing, but about 10pm, I got a call he was in arrest. He had what is called Diabetic Acidosis and that triggered a heart arrhythmia.
If he had not been in hospital, he would have died right there. They had to put him on a respirator and he was on it all day Saturday, but he was aware and responsive.
Sunday they took him off the respirator and he was back to himself, even joking with the nurses and paramedics. They decided to send him to the Heart hospital in OKC and when he left, he looked great. I get home later and get a call from my brother telling me they had to shock him twice on the way.
When I got to the hospital Monday, my brother told me they had to shock him a couple more times over night and put him back on the respirator. When we talked to his doctor, Dr Adamson one of the best heart doctors in the world, he said based on their tests, my dad should have dead years ago. He was amazed that my dad was not only alive, but functional. All of his arteries had blockages, his heart, which has three arteries, had one 100% blocked and another 95% blocked. The arteries in his legs had created their own bypass.
We knew his wishes and agreed to the DNR, Do Not Resuscitate. Of course after we decided this, he slowly improved all day Monday and Tuesday. Tuesday night was my night to stay with him, so from 3:30am I watched over him. Wednesday morning they removed him from the respirator, he was alert and responsive. He talked to the doctor and confirmed the DNR. They gave him a breathing treatment, a few tests and he was OK, then all of a sudden the heart monitor went red and he was gone before all of the nurses were in the room.
It was fast and painless.
He wished to be cremated and he always joked he wanted to have his ashes dispersed over a lake to get revenge on all the fish he never caught. Well, my brother's boss has a plane
(And he has been known to drop Twinkies on employees houses on their birthdays)
Now comes to chore over the will and changing everything that was in his name. And of course dealing with the fact that my life has been my job and taking care of my dad and now both of those are gone now.
)Friday, he was OK but was in an anxiety attack mode. They put him on Oxygen to try to calm him and control his breathing, but about 10pm, I got a call he was in arrest. He had what is called Diabetic Acidosis and that triggered a heart arrhythmia.
If he had not been in hospital, he would have died right there. They had to put him on a respirator and he was on it all day Saturday, but he was aware and responsive.
Sunday they took him off the respirator and he was back to himself, even joking with the nurses and paramedics. They decided to send him to the Heart hospital in OKC and when he left, he looked great. I get home later and get a call from my brother telling me they had to shock him twice on the way.
When I got to the hospital Monday, my brother told me they had to shock him a couple more times over night and put him back on the respirator. When we talked to his doctor, Dr Adamson one of the best heart doctors in the world, he said based on their tests, my dad should have dead years ago. He was amazed that my dad was not only alive, but functional. All of his arteries had blockages, his heart, which has three arteries, had one 100% blocked and another 95% blocked. The arteries in his legs had created their own bypass.
We knew his wishes and agreed to the DNR, Do Not Resuscitate. Of course after we decided this, he slowly improved all day Monday and Tuesday. Tuesday night was my night to stay with him, so from 3:30am I watched over him. Wednesday morning they removed him from the respirator, he was alert and responsive. He talked to the doctor and confirmed the DNR. They gave him a breathing treatment, a few tests and he was OK, then all of a sudden the heart monitor went red and he was gone before all of the nurses were in the room.
It was fast and painless.
He wished to be cremated and he always joked he wanted to have his ashes dispersed over a lake to get revenge on all the fish he never caught. Well, my brother's boss has a plane
(And he has been known to drop Twinkies on employees houses on their birthdays)Now comes to chore over the will and changing everything that was in his name. And of course dealing with the fact that my life has been my job and taking care of my dad and now both of those are gone now.
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