Two weeks ago today i received that terrible phone call from a distressed Miles that sent our lives (and many of yours) into a tail spin. So much, and yet really, so little has happened since then...
Doug is still in ICU, still laying on the same bed, same revolving nurses, same threat of vaso spasms and same consistently sunny days.. but he is now down to a couple of IV cannulas and a head drain.. a plethora of lines, feeding tube, weeing tube, breathing tube are all gone as he tries to make sense of this absurd, immobile world he's been thrust into and move slowly out of it through a blur of fairly strong and mind altering analgesia.
I was laid low today with a bug that i've been fighting for the last few days so dependent on visiting friend/fam reports from the hospital... first day up in a chair which didn't go amazingly well, not surprisingly... sounds like a fuzzy. painful day for Doug where night and day just blur into one...
meanwhile they've started the three day preparation toward his head drain removal and soon as that has gone he'll be out of that bonkers, beeping, bleeping surreal world he's in...
Many of you are off on a well deserved easter break - enjoy...i'm trying not to be too envious :) - can't complain - we have a sunny 67 F (19.4 c) weekend to look forward to...
Thank you for the feedbacks from this 'updating' service...i know many of you appreciate it and are thankful not to feel as if you're "pestering me" - friends have made many comments about it - from my "British stiff upper lip" (ha ha - not sure about that) to emotional outpouring but think Ted summed it up best by saying "it's just one continuous string of consciousness"...i like that, so am going with that one!
Longest two weeks of your lives ever I am sure. Always thinking of you every minute of every day.
ReplyDeleteSounds like Dougey has made good progress, so if he carries on doing so, and every one keeps fingers and toes crossed, he will soon be out of there and sitting in the sun with a well deserved claret and cheese. Love Jilly and co.
So sorry to hear you are not well, not at all surprising given stress plus spending time in a world full of nasty microbes, lets hope Doug escapes soon! The claret and cheese sounds fantastic, must beat something slopping it's way down a tube.
ReplyDeleteKeep you spirits up, we all love you both so much and thank you for the stream of consciousness...... Love Mary and John xxx
Damn well better get on it already. We had a two week deadline if I'm not mistaken. Wellness is overdue. Tell Doug it's times up time! We can't wait much longer. I'll have to visit again and I'm sure that is NOT what he has in mind for a fun day. Hope to see him sitting up next with head tube out and no more pain please. Order up.
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Hi Jane... Was a little concerned that the stream (of consciousness) stopped yesterday. Hope you get well soon. I am sure you want to be near Doug, besides away from the nasty bug. I wish you could jump ahead 2 weeks from now where Doug WILL be more recovered and life less stressful. Keep trucking". Drink plenty of fluids, get lots of rest,.... That's what we are doing here in Colorado in spring break week, recovering from: Jason (a cold), Jaxen (strep), Jerry (a sinus infection) and me (making chicken soup) Wish I could send you some. Love you both. laurie
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