My Son-in-Law needs help! - Page 3

**doorgunner** · 06-29-2012, 05:42 PM

Doctors sent him home yesterday afternoon...

He tried to do too much walking & now his stomach incision is leaking...

Their going to put him on antibiotics to get it under control....

**Mark_88** · 06-29-2012, 06:39 PM

Some people's children...hmmmm...you know what to do and I'd do it too...tie him down till he heals...or limit his attempts to try to be what he was before the operation...this has got to be the hardest thing for some people to accept...that their body is healing and they can't do it all in one day...he's probably a bit impatient but, as my mom used to say..."It's better to be patient than to be one..."

**doorgunner** · 06-30-2012, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Mark_88

Some people's children...hmmmm...you know what to do and I'd do it too...tie him down till he heals...or limit his attempts to try to be what he was before the operation...this has got to be the hardest thing for some people to accept...that their body is healing and they can't do it all in one day...he's probably a bit impatient but, as my mom used to say..."It's better to be patient than to be one..."

Yep....but he's a hard worker....doesn't know how to slow down...But midnite last night we had to bring him to the emergency room...his incision looked like raw steak...so the doc slowed hin down......

he'll be in the hospital until the infection goes away.

det107 · 06-30-2012, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by doorgunner

......he'll be in the hospital until the infection goes away.

Here we go again..............Hope this is a wake-up call-

**doorgunner** · 07-03-2012, 12:01 PM

The docs sent him home.....again....with an open incision....so it will heal from the inside to the outside.....

aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhhhh.. ....(shades of combat in Nam)

we'll go see him this afternoon...he's catching up on the 3 days of NO SLEEP this time around while he was being watched every hour/cut was scrubbed 2x's a day because of the infection....

the cut looks much better now...much better....!

rtg143 · 07-03-2012, 03:40 PM

Great news. Still praying though.

Baby Raptor · 07-03-2012, 04:18 PM

Staying Positive is the best thing to say/do here. Get well soon, it's a rough and uncomfortable ride. Prayers sent.

**doorgunner** · 07-03-2012, 11:06 PM

We just got home from visiting him at his house...he has a portable vacuum pump/hose/canister connected to his incision that sucks all the excess fluid out....no stitches or staples--just surgical tape holding him together until the infection completely goes away....he's on pain pills in the meantime.

det107 · 07-03-2012, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by doorgunner

...he's catching up on the 3 days of NO SLEEP this time around while he was being watched every hour/cut was scrubbed 2x's a day because of the infection....

WoW !! That must have been painful !! I recall a hyperbaric chamber that uses carbon dioxide(?) to kill dead/ infected skin. It was called "taking a dive" in the medical community & had a very high success rate-

**doorgunner** · 07-05-2012, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by det107

WoW !! That must have been painful !! I recall a hyperbaric chamber that uses carbon dioxide(?) to kill dead/ infected skin. It was called "taking a dive" in the medical community & had a very high success rate-

It is rough....pain meds 24/7...he rode in the car for an hour yesterday to visit his sister for a few hours to get out of the house....he's worn out today from the visit......

Monday is a visit to town to the surgeons office for blood tests/opened incision scrubbing....(makes me shiver thinking about that)

Then Tuesday--back to town to have a "talk" with the cancer specialist about different "treatments".....

**Mark_88** · 07-05-2012, 09:36 PM

Hoping for good news...praying for good healing...and if I win the lottery some day I will come down and visit..that will scare the bacteria out of anyone...just tell him Mark from Canada is going to pay a visit...say it over the wound...the bacteria will jump to the nearest tube of antibacterial hand wash to end their lives rather than have to sit and listen to me breathing on them...

**doorgunner** · 07-06-2012, 01:28 PM

Mark...........you say some GOOFY stuff...but you outdid yourself this time...

thanks, men....for all the kind words/thoughts/prayers

(we'll go see him tomorrow...he hasn't been eating much...lost 15 lbs so far...)

06-29-2012, 05:42 PM	#25
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06-29-2012, 06:39 PM	#26
Mark_88 Einstein I'm NOT Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Uxbridge, Ontario Year: 1988 Make: Ford Model: Multi-year Ranger Engine: 2.3 Carbureted Class: 2wd Used For: Space travel Posts: 13,404 Rep Power: 76 iTrader: (0)	Some people's children...hmmmm...you know what to do and I'd do it too...tie him down till he heals...or limit his attempts to try to be what he was before the operation...this has got to be the hardest thing for some people to accept...that their body is healing and they can't do it all in one day...he's probably a bit impatient but, as my mom used to say..."It's better to be patient than to be one..." __________________ Rome and my Ranger were not built in a day...
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07-03-2012, 12:01 PM	#29
doorgunner Lab Rat for V.A. hospital Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New Orleans (8' below sea level & sinking) Year: 1989/1936 Make: Ford Model: Ranger XLT Engine: V-8...Carbed/fo-barrel Class: 2WD Street Used For: FUN on a daily basis! Posts: 11,677 Rep Power: 72 iTrader: (0)	The docs sent him home.....again....with an open incision....so it will heal from the inside to the outside..... aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhhhh.. ....(shades of combat in Nam) we'll go see him this afternoon...he's catching up on the 3 days of NO SLEEP this time around while he was being watched every hour/cut was scrubbed 2x's a day because of the infection.... the cut looks much better now...much better....! __________________ *******My Stupied Build Thred! http://www.therangerstation.com/foru...ad.php?t=30561***** *All the people who's freedom of speech I fought to defend are now telling me to shut up* ******The Congress that gave me a Machine Gun to kill as many enemy as possible now wants my Winchester Model 1894 because I have PTSD!********
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07-03-2012, 03:40 PM	#30
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07-03-2012, 04:18 PM	#31
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07-03-2012, 11:06 PM	#32
doorgunner Lab Rat for V.A. hospital Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New Orleans (8' below sea level & sinking) Year: 1989/1936 Make: Ford Model: Ranger XLT Engine: V-8...Carbed/fo-barrel Class: 2WD Street Used For: FUN on a daily basis! Posts: 11,677 Rep Power: 72 iTrader: (0)	We just got home from visiting him at his house...he has a portable vacuum pump/hose/canister connected to his incision that sucks all the excess fluid out....no stitches or staples--just surgical tape holding him together until the infection completely goes away....he's on pain pills in the meantime. __________________ *******My Stupied Build Thred! http://www.therangerstation.com/foru...ad.php?t=30561***** *All the people who's freedom of speech I fought to defend are now telling me to shut up* ******The Congress that gave me a Machine Gun to kill as many enemy as possible now wants my Winchester Model 1894 because I have PTSD!********
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07-05-2012, 09:36 PM	#35
Mark_88 Einstein I'm NOT Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Uxbridge, Ontario Year: 1988 Make: Ford Model: Multi-year Ranger Engine: 2.3 Carbureted Class: 2wd Used For: Space travel Posts: 13,404 Rep Power: 76 iTrader: (0)	Hoping for good news...praying for good healing...and if I win the lottery some day I will come down and visit..that will scare the bacteria out of anyone...just tell him Mark from Canada is going to pay a visit...say it over the wound...the bacteria will jump to the nearest tube of antibacterial hand wash to end their lives rather than have to sit and listen to me breathing on them... __________________ Rome and my Ranger were not built in a day...
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07-06-2012, 01:28 PM	#36
doorgunner Lab Rat for V.A. hospital Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New Orleans (8' below sea level & sinking) Year: 1989/1936 Make: Ford Model: Ranger XLT Engine: V-8...Carbed/fo-barrel Class: 2WD Street Used For: FUN on a daily basis! Posts: 11,677 Rep Power: 72 iTrader: (0)	Mark...........you say some GOOFY stuff...but you outdid yourself this time... thanks, men....for all the kind words/thoughts/prayers (we'll go see him tomorrow...he hasn't been eating much...lost 15 lbs so far...) __________________ *******My Stupied Build Thred! http://www.therangerstation.com/foru...ad.php?t=30561***** *All the people who's freedom of speech I fought to defend are now telling me to shut up* ******The Congress that gave me a Machine Gun to kill as many enemy as possible now wants my Winchester Model 1894 because I have PTSD!********
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