Part 2--How His Day Went

Dad was ok, not great but ok. If you're going to see him late morning-early afternoon is the best. After 4 pretty much sucks because he's worn out. I didn't get to see him until after 4 so this will all be later in the day info.

We got there and I got to see him for about 10 minutes before they took him for his MRI. They are now doing one on his neck be alas he has 2 bulging discs in his neck. Everyone keeps saying, "No that has nothing to do with this." So now they're thinking it could? Dad was doing ok when I got there. Quite the smart ass he was being. It was extremely nice to see!

Papa got to see his girl in her dress & then they took him off for his MRI. When he came back crap kind of hit the fan. They've taken him off of ALL of his depression meds, cold turkey. His psychiatrist does NOT know this. How is it possible that they say he needs depression meds but then take him off of all of his.. cold turkey?!?! Moving on...Dad didn't look good when he came in. He was sweating, he was shaking and the tears started to flow. He laid back on his bed and had mom and I's hands held tightly and pulled to his chest. "Daddy ARE YOU OK?!?! DADDY!" Through nods he answered. He gave me a shrug for if he was ok. Apparently being enclosed for the MRI made him extremely claustrophobic. His head was pounding. I went out to the nurses station and asked for something for pain and sort of whispered he's not doing good. The nurse came in & Checked his sugars they were 90, checked his blood pressure--175/93.

The nurse paged his gp and they gave him a dose of Ativan.. ANTI-ANXIETY! Give him his damn depression meds back and you wouldn't have had to do that! (So frustrating!) Mom and I had to leave to go pick up the littles and dad was doing ok when we left. Mike stayed there & J was walking in the hospital doors when mom and I left. Kaitlyn left w/ Mike so she could soak up a little bit more of his time.

I'm unsure how today is going to play out...the weatherman predicted 1-3 inches of snow but we were on the cusp of 3-6, now that I'm looking at the weather channel we're under a warning for 4-7. So I'm not sure who's going where today.

Keep the prayers coming.. something is working. Pray for this new neurosurgeon to figure out what's going on with dad. Anything to make him ok.