Yesterday was not the ideal way I wanted to spend my Saturday, but it is what it is.
For the last few weeks, the Old Man has had some shortness of breath and some times when he felt weak. He would eat something and then feel fine. For the past two weeks, he hasn't had much of an appetite, either. When this started, I told him that he needed to be straight up with me and tell me when he felt he needed to go to the hospital. Well, yesterday morning was the time. I had gotten home from the grocery store, and he and I were watching Gunsmoke when he said it was time to go. He wasn't gasping for air or anything severe like that, but he said he wanted to feel better.
We got to the hospital in record time thanks to no traffic. I dropped him off in the ER and got him checked in and while I was parking the car, they had already taken him back and given him an EKG.
The xrays and tests showed he was anemic, and also has some bleeding in his stomach. We are praying it it is just a bleeding ulcer. To make the long story short, they doubled his pee pill for the night time dose from one half to a full one. And while there they gave him an IV of Lasix (pee pill) and two IV's of meds to help coat his stomach. I will call his heart failure center doctor tomorrow morning to follow up, and will call a gastroentologist to get an appointment to see exactly what is going on with his stomach. He's not thrilled about the two more pills he will have to take a few times a day, nor is he happy with having to see another specialist, but as he said, it is what it is.
He had a good day today - his appetite came back a bit, thank the Lord. And he's been "peeing like a race horse" as he said.
Thank you in advance for your prayers and thoughts. I will keep you posted.
Stay tuned.
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