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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
another dad update/vent
My dad is STILL in the hospital. It's been over a month.
They put 2 drains in to help move fluids, but they're not working.
He's had to have 2 blood transfusions.
Docs said it'll be months before he can actually eat again--he'll have to get his nutrition through an IV for 8 hours/day, or he'll risk re-inflaming his pancreas to the point they would have to remove it, which is definitely NOT a good thing (he'd have to be on insulin and a few other things for the rest of his life).
We're going up this weekend to visit...
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Re: another dad update/vent
That's the worst part--they don't really know. They say they figured it out, they do something about it, and then there's a "complication." Like earlier this week--apparently he had been "leaking" at the drain site, but not through the drain (sorry if TMI. it's totally gross) and they didn't know why. They had to do CT scans, etc, and still don't know why it's not working the way it's supposed to. So they probably will have to do another procedure to move the drains.
And they have no reasons why his red count is dropped, and he's needed 2 transfusions. Transfusions freak my mom out, so she's even more stressed than she was to begin with and she's been out of her mind from commuting back and forth to philly, paying tolls/parking, hasn't been eating/sleeping well, etc.
I'm worried about my dad because this shiit is scary, I'm worried about my mom because she's stressed to the max, and the worst part is I can't do a thing about it. Completely helpless.
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That sucks; I'm sorry for your dad and your family.
Can your mom take a LOA so she doesn't have to keep commuting? I would be going out of my mind if I had to work and commute while my DH was hospitalized.
She's actually not working, but still has to go home to pay bills, take care of the dogs, chickens, geese, etc. She also doesn't sleep well at the hospital (there's only a recliner available for her) so she goes home to get a good night's sleep too.
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