Fucking hell
May. 22nd, 2023 07:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soc_puppetNo official biopsy results yet (as in,, I haven't been called to discuss them), but the words "benign breast tissue" on the MyChart test result page has left me cautiously optimistic.
With the good news out of the way, here's the bad:
My dad had a very bad fall this afternoon. He's currently in the hospital, either waiting on or in surgery.
Mom told me that he fell on his face; his eyeglasses made a cut in his forehead, both of his eye sockets broke, and he has brain bleeding. When she called me about three-and-a-half hours ago, she said he was hooked up to some anti-seizure meds via IV, and would be going in for brain surgery to deal with the brain bleeding. Mom told me the doctors expect everything to go well, which is about all I can hope for just now.
I'll update when I know more.
Update: 20:14, US Central time: Dad needs to be in the hospital overnight; he's getting a scan at 01:00 tomorrow, after which we'll know more.
Update 21:45: Mom stopped home to pick up a few things and eat something, and shared some more details. Turns out things are a lot less dire than the impression I had! Dad is actually conscious, and has been the entire time. He says he's not having a problem with pain, though I suspect they at least have him on something at this point. They also let him eat something, so there's not going to be surgery at least until that passes; we'll learn more after the 01:00 scan. He's got a whole team of doctors looking after him, and it's a very good facility with very good staff.
Anyway, I'm a lot less worried now than I was. I am now also cautiously optimistic about Dad's outcome, whereas when Mom first told me that the doctors expected Dad to make a good recovery, I had been fully prepared to temper my expectations.
With the good news out of the way, here's the bad:
My dad had a very bad fall this afternoon. He's currently in the hospital, either waiting on or in surgery.
Content Warning: Injury details
Mom told me that he fell on his face; his eyeglasses made a cut in his forehead, both of his eye sockets broke, and he has brain bleeding. When she called me about three-and-a-half hours ago, she said he was hooked up to some anti-seizure meds via IV, and would be going in for brain surgery to deal with the brain bleeding.
I'll update when I know more.
Update: 20:14, US Central time: Dad needs to be in the hospital overnight; he's getting a scan at 01:00 tomorrow, after which we'll know more.
Update 21:45: Mom stopped home to pick up a few things and eat something, and shared some more details. Turns out things are a lot less dire than the impression I had! Dad is actually conscious, and has been the entire time. He says he's not having a problem with pain, though I suspect they at least have him on something at this point. They also let him eat something, so there's not going to be surgery at least until that passes; we'll learn more after the 01:00 scan. He's got a whole team of doctors looking after him, and it's a very good facility with very good staff.
Minor update on one of the above injuries
So there's two places he's got bleeding in his brain, one in the front and one in the back. Apparently the doctor says the one in the front has been there "forever" so they're not worrying about it? That one is news to me, at the very least.Anyway, I'm a lot less worried now than I was. I am now also cautiously optimistic about Dad's outcome, whereas when Mom first told me that the doctors expected Dad to make a good recovery, I had been fully prepared to temper my expectations.
