We picked up my dad from my oldest brother's house on Thursday morning to go get him a new cell phone. We decided to bring him back to our house for awhile and as we were about 4 minutes away he stopped answering us. He was awake but couldn't talk. When we got in our driveway I was asking him to squeeze my hand but he couldn't. I called 911 and he was care flighted to the hospital. Care flight landed in our cul de sac.
He suffered such a severe stroke that he cannot talk, or swallow, and his whole left side is paralyzed. He is only 66. The doctors told us that it is irreversible and everything is getting worse. He has a whole host of problems. We all decided (he has 5 kids) that he wouldn't want to live like this by being on life support so we are letting him go. They are taking comfort measures but that's it. They are also giving him morphine and some anti-anxiety to supposedly make his passing smooth. I am against that because it is so not natural.
It is really sad and hard for us because my Dad knows who we are, he looks at us when we talk to him and can squeeze our hands with his right hand. When my Dad saw us crying yesterday he started to cry and get very emotional but he cannot talk. It is an absolute nightmare to think of laying there seeing you kids crying and not be able to talk and tell them anything.
The doctors said it could take a couple days to a couple weeks. He will basically starve to death. It makes me sick to think about but then again I feel at peace with everything. I just hope it happens soon. My Dad held my 7 week old for the first time in the car in a parking lot right before his stroke.
He suffered such a severe stroke that he cannot talk, or swallow, and his whole left side is paralyzed. He is only 66. The doctors told us that it is irreversible and everything is getting worse. He has a whole host of problems. We all decided (he has 5 kids) that he wouldn't want to live like this by being on life support so we are letting him go. They are taking comfort measures but that's it. They are also giving him morphine and some anti-anxiety to supposedly make his passing smooth. I am against that because it is so not natural.
It is really sad and hard for us because my Dad knows who we are, he looks at us when we talk to him and can squeeze our hands with his right hand. When my Dad saw us crying yesterday he started to cry and get very emotional but he cannot talk. It is an absolute nightmare to think of laying there seeing you kids crying and not be able to talk and tell them anything.
The doctors said it could take a couple days to a couple weeks. He will basically starve to death. It makes me sick to think about but then again I feel at peace with everything. I just hope it happens soon. My Dad held my 7 week old for the first time in the car in a parking lot right before his stroke.
