Just When Things Were Looking Up
November 01, 2003
They fall right back down.
Yesterday was Friday and I spent the day where I usually spend my day offs now, helping out at my girlfriend’s store. They got a call from the hospital. It appears that the surgery, even though went well, had some complications. As I mentioned before, they had connected the esophagus to the intestines and had removed the stomach. However, it turned out that the connection didn’t heal over too well. Fluids such as saliva and were spilling out of the esophagus into the chest cavity. An infection occurred and it didn’t look good. He had a fever and had fallen unconscious. Also, he lapsed in and out of consciousness sometimes and was hallucinating and pulling out tubes and stuff. Not fun.
So I think last night everyone pretty much had thought the worst had come and we all went to the hospital at 2am. Eri and I stayed the night at the hospital and didn’t leave until 1pm today. Nothing worse happened – they had given antibiotics and also put him on the respirator. I have no idea how bad things are.
Anyway, I’m exhausted beyond exhaustion. I’m pretty sure I can say confidently that I have spent more nights in hospitals than the most of you and let me tell you out of experience – it’s very very not nice. We fell in and out of naps all night and all the while nurses and the doctors were walking in and out checking up on the dad. Hospitals at nights are also very creepy too.
I was asked if I wanted to continue working in their family business – if I would, they’d keep it open. The place makes a nifty profit and it’s just a shame to close a profitable company. Anyway, it hinged on the dad being able to teach us everything about the place. From where it stands now, they may have to close the place and I’ll have to keep to my teaching job (oh that will be great). I hate this feeling that everything in my life is out of my control – everything as it stands depends on the father.
I am one stressed out cheese bagel.
