My father's in the hospital. Apparently, he has some sort of bleeding in his brain. They're trying to treat it without surgery, but there is a neurosurgeon ready if nesessary. He was diagnosed with leukemia some time ago, and his doctor aparently believes the brain problem, which has probably been going on for a few weeks, is related.
Anyway, I'm heading up to northwestern Massachusetts, where my parents live, tomorrow. I don't know how long I'll be there.
A, I'm really sorry to hear this. I'll keep you and your dad in my thoughts.
I'll be thinking about you and your family Al.
-MJB
My complete sympathies, my mother suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm a few years back, it's not something i'd ever ever wish on anyone, I wish the best for you and yours in this time of trial.
Be strong Alaric. I honestly hope this works out for the best, whatever that may be. I'll be praying for you and your family. I know htis has been hard on you and I magine for them as well.
All my best, A.
I'm very sorry to hear this, Alaric. My thoughts are with you, and I wish you and your father the best.
I'm keeping you and your dad in my thoughts and prayers, Al.
EC
Very sorry to hear this Al. I hope you and your family can stay strong though this and I wish your father all the best.
I'm sending up a quick prayer now and more to come... I pray that you will receive encouraging news, that your father will recover, that you have all of the grace that you need to deal with things as they come. God bless.
Alaric, I'm sending some prayers and some strength to you and your dad.
Godspeed Alaric...my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Alaric, for once words fail me. I don't think I can express my hope that you and your father make it through this relatively unscathed with such petty words as "Good luck", but that's the best I can come up with. Here's hoping all the best, and I'll keep you both in my thoughts.
I'm very saddened to read of your father's ill health, Al. :( I wish him the best and a swift recovery as well. Please keep us posted on his condition.
ow_tiobe_sb
P.S. If you need any assistance, my family and I are located in the Boston area. Please feel free to call upon us and any aid we can furnish you via PM.
Good Luck Alaric. I dont know how much pull I've got, but I'll be pulling for you.
Stay strong, Alaric :(
I'm back. I've been helping my parents with various things- since my father was in the hospital for a week, and when he got out was supposed to take it easy for a while, they needed my help.
It turns out my father has a subdural hematoma, a pooling of blood between membraines covering the brain. It's being treated through medication, rather than surgery (which would have been done if the treatment hadn't been effective), and the treatment is working so far, though the hematoma has not completely gone away as yet. The cause is unknown, but apparently has nothing to do with my father's leukemia.
Thank you all for the good wishes, prayers, offers of help, etc. This has been a scary couple of weeks.
Anyway, I have to go get some sleep now. Thanks again.
Glad to hear some good news Alaric. You get some rest and thanks for the update. Good to hear the family is doing better.
Good to hear things are looking up.
My thoughts and prayers continue for your father's safe recovery, Al.
Thanks forthe update, and we'll keep you in our thoughts....
:direwolf
Great news, Al - here's wishing continued health to your father. My Dad is in town for heart surgery, so I'm acutely aware of the stress you've been experiencing. Best of luck going forward.
EC
Great to hear Al! My prayers are with you!
Sounds like you've been through the wringer this past while Al, but its great to get the good news. I wish your dad all the best with his recovery.
Glad to hear of some improvement. Good news is always welcome. Although a bit behind here, I will keep you and yours in my thoughts and prayers as well. Best...
Yesterday, my father was taken to the emergency room. He stayed at the hospital all night, and was sent home early this morning- the doctor was halfway inclined to keep him at the hospital, but decided he'd be more comfortable at home. He seems to have several things going on at once. The hematoma has gotten worse, and may need to be drained, after all, his potasium was way down (they don't know why, but they had to intravenously feed him two bags of potasium before they would let him go home), and his red cell count is way down (the leukemia). Because there seem to be several aparently-unrelated things going on, the doctor wants my father to see his general practitioner, rather than a specialist. He's apparently very weak right now.
I'll keep you posted.
I'm so sorry to hear this. I hope everyone in your family is taking it as well is possible.
Thanks for the info Alaric. It's gotta be really hard for you all. I hope it all works out for the best.
Hang tough, Al. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
EC
I'm sorry to hear this Al; my thoughts are with you all at this time.
My father's probably having surgery tomorrow. I'm going to be away for at least a few days.
Of course. Best of luck to your father. We'll be thinking of you.
Here's hoping for the best Alaric. Be strong. I'll light a candle for you and your family on my lunch today.
Good luck to your father and his physicians, Al! I'll be thinking of you and your family as you weather these stressful times. Take care of yourself, sir.
ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and The Prat in the Hat
Take all the time you need, Al. Family comes first. Everything else will fall into line after that. My best wishes are with you. (never really know what to say about stuff like this)
Just to update-
My father's still in the hospital. He currently seems to have no less than four more-or-less-unrelated conditions-
1) He's still recoverering from his surgery. As the surgical site was inside his skull, next to his brain, his mental condition varies a lot, depending partly, aparently, on how the scar tissue arranges itself. Both his ability to speak and his rationality vary a lot- he can go from talking almost perfectly, rationally, and intelligently about complex things in the middle of the day to having trouble doing more than grunting while trying to pull out his IV in the evening of the same day, or anything in between. The other morning, he was convinced that my family, except for him, had all been kidnapped by Nazis- he was frantically woorried about us, apparently. The next day, he was talking very rationally with my mother about various complex financial matters, such as bills that needed to be payed (he brought up the topic). The two neurosurgeons seem to be happy with his recovery, though. They say that the fact that he shows a strong sense of humor and uses sophistcated vocabulary are very good signs.
2) In addition, he still has the luekemia. He's needed serveral blood transfusions while he's been in the hospital. No one has indicated that this condition is particularly worse than normal, though- at least, no more than would be expected under the circumstances.
3) He also has pneumonia, which has been the single thing most worrying to his doctors. They've been unable to determine the cause, and for a while it wasn't getting any better. Within the last couple of days, though, his lungs seem to have suddenly cleared, which sounds like a very good sign.
4) To add insult to injury, dispite the fact that he hasn't been eating much, he has a bad case of gout. He's being treated with standard gout medicine now- the only reason it got as bad as it did was that it took them a while to figure out that it was gout.
Overall, considering everything that he's going through, I'd say he's not doing that badly. He has certainly enjoyed seeing my brothers and myself during our visits. He's been in the hospital for over two weeks now, though, which, even without the other prolems, is very hard to take (I spent two weeks in the hospital some years ago, I know what I'm talking about...).
just keep hanging in there. It's a tough ride. I know we're all rooting for your family!
Never lose hope. My prayers go with you and your family.
Hospitals aren't fun by nature. Still, I'm glad he's not doing badly despite everything. Do keep us posted.
My heart goes out you and your family. I'll add to the pray pool
Thanks for the update, Alaric. We've all been thinking of you. My best wishes to you, your family and your father.
Wow. I'm really sorry to hear about these health issues, and my thought will go out to you and your family.
My father's doing much, much better now- almost back to normal. Even the luekemia seems to have gotten inexplicably better (though it hasn't gone away)- his blood doctor has no idea why.
I want to thank everyone for their posts, PMs, and e-mails- sorry I haven't responded to those who sent more private forms of communication, I'll probably go back and respond to each of you within the next week or so (most of the responses were in this thread, anyway). This community is absolutely amazing. The support meant a lot to me.
Incidentally, I should be around a lot more.
I got the quick skinny on CoV earlier - but very glad to hear the good news.
Also very glad that you'll be around more again. Does this mean you'll be restarting the game?
Quote from: Uncle Yuan on October 21, 2007, 04:28:36 PM
I got the quick skinny on CoV earlier - but very glad to hear the good news.
Also very glad that you'll be around more again. Does this mean you'll be restarting the game?
Heh. It's very possible, if people are still interested. Not this week, though.
Game? What game?
-MJB
Glad to know your father is feeling better. :)
Good to hear things are doing better for you Alaric. They say there's power in positive thinking so I hope your Dad continues to get good vibes.
And I'm still interested in playing if you ever decide to pick back up again. We were in the middle if a fight scene as I recall.
MJB: this game (http://freedomreborn.net/archive/index.php?topic=42536.0)
Glad to hear your father's getting well. I hope he keeps getting better and better. :)
And it's good to have you back, Alaric.
That is great news Al, thanks for the update.
That's beyond good - it's spectacular news! It's always great when health improves beyond what a doctor can explain. I hope this continues, Al!
EC