Creating a special thread apart from the fun 500s.

People generally go the 500 to escape the crap the world has deposited on their shoulders and that of friends and loved ones.

So, if it is medical related, and you want to share things going on, support others, or share dark, dry, or gallows humor, here is a place for it.

Dedicated to the brothers who laughed as they left. Exemplified by JackConrad.

Peace be with ya’ll.

8trackdisco wrote:

I can think of more than a few things from my illustrious career as a Corpsman in the USN, and a 40+ year stint as a LabTech in a small community hospital. :-"

jespear wrote:

I can think of more than a few things from my illustrious career as a Corpsman in the USN, and a 40+ year stint as a LabTech in a small community hospital. :-"

jespear wrote:

Creating a special thread apart from the fun 500s.

People generally go the 500 to escape the crap the world has deposited on their shoulders and that of friends and loved ones.

So, if it is medical related, and you want to share things going on, support others, or share dark, dry, or gallows humor, here is a place for it.

Dedicated to the brothers who laughed as they left. Exemplified by JackConrad.

Peace be with ya’ll.

8trackdisco wrote:

you ain't going nowhere mutha fuqua

frankj1 wrote:

Creating a special thread apart from the fun 500s.

People generally go the 500 to escape the crap the world has deposited on their shoulders and that of friends and loved ones.

So, if it is medical related, and you want to share things going on, support others, or share dark, dry, or gallows humor, here is a place for it.

Dedicated to the brothers who laughed as they left. Exemplified by JackConrad.

Peace be with ya’ll.

8trackdisco wrote:

My dad has been in the hospital for a week for issues with his kidneys. It's been an ongoing issue for a few months. This one is the last attempt. They've been pumping him with fluids and antibiotics hoping that they would fire up again.

Got a call today from my brother today, the kidneys are not working. Options are to do surgery and get him on dialysis machine. He would need dialysis every other day (5 hrs on dialysis, one day to recover, then another 5 hrs the next day). Even then, maybe one year of keeping him alive on a machine.

Gotta do that family meeting this week to discuss options (or lack of options). Discussion with him, the doctors, mom, brother, sister and me (I'm gonna have to do it via video call.) Ultimately it's my Dad's decision on what to do. He has a DNR but he's responsive so the DNR is not applicable. He's going to have to make the final choice. As much as it sucks for me to deal with it, it probably sucks even worse for him to decide weather or not to sign off on his death warrant

I just hope I can be there to give him a strong hug before he passes.

BuckyB93 wrote:

Thanks for the support.

I was planning on flying back home to take my turn to babysit my dad while my mom got a new hip installed late May/early June. My brother, sister, and cousin have been carrying the load since I'm a time zone away (kinda feel guilty of that).

It's looking like that trip back home is going to be expedited. We all knew that this was on the horizon, maybe a year or two away not a month away. Franking sucks when denial turns into reality.

It's all part of life we have to deal with. I'm sure there are many folks that had to deal with more heart wrenching things than my situation. For me, this one will be especially hard and I gotta stay strong.

With that said, I can still do a....

NINE! teen.

BuckyB93 wrote: