# Dad in hospital. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2010, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123 "2010-02-08T07:13:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123/21 "2010-02-09T02:11:19Z")
Best wishes for a uneventful recovery to BosdaDad. Keep us posted. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123/22 "2010-02-09T02:12:55Z")
Ouch, Bosda, I’m sorry to hear about your dad ! Sending good thoughts and wishes for a speedy recovery. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123/23 "2010-02-09T02:20:00Z")
Good luck and best wishes to you and your Dad. ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123/24 "2010-02-09T03:54:15Z")
Best wishes to your dad for a speedy recovery. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123/25 "2010-02-09T12:48:09Z")
No news overnight. One of my brothers is driving up from Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123/26 "2010-02-09T15:46:13Z")
Praying for a speedy recovery for Dad, wisdom for his doctors and patience and strength for his family. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123/27 "2010-02-09T17:53:30Z")
Best wishes for your Dad, same happened to my father couple of years ago. A worrying time for you x ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123/28 "2010-02-09T21:55:07Z")
Visited there today. Dad semi-awake. Still on morphine. Low blood pressure. On meds for this. Less swollen than he was. Still in critical care. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123/29 "2010-02-09T22:16:48Z")
I thinking good thoughts for your Dad, you and the family. I hope he has a speedy recovery. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123/30 "2010-02-09T23:05:27Z")
You and your dad are in my thoughts, **Bosda**. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123/31 "2010-02-10T06:15:02Z")
Bext wishes for the both of you, Bosda. My father was diagnosed with an aneurysm during a routine med exam and was whisked nto surgery the next day. The doctor who was going to operate said he would also look to see if Dad’s femoral arteries needed attention too, as they often deteriorate when an aneurism exists. “While we are in the neighborhood, we’ll check them out,” he said. Result: A teflon aorta and two teflon femoral artery sections. Dad was in his early seventies then, and made a complete recovery, living to be 92. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123/32 "2010-02-10T12:17:34Z")
Keeping your Dad and family in my thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123/33 "2010-02-10T22:01:34Z")
Meds for BP & pain discontinued. Dad awake enough to refuse pain meds. Still on vent, still in crit ward. Not out of the woods yet. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123/34 "2010-02-10T22:03:57Z")
Thanks for the update, **Bosda**. We’ll continue sending good thought your way. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123/35 "2010-02-10T23:52:42Z")
Still thinking of you and your family. Thanks for the update. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123/36 "2010-02-11T01:28:03Z")
Dad the same. My brother Tom showed up today. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123/37 "2010-02-11T01:40:43Z")
The Quasi’s are also still right here with ya , **Bos’**. Keep thinking the good thoughts and give him your strength. Your pal Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123/38 "2010-02-12T00:49:08Z")
Dad can sleep without meds, now. Slept most of the day, he was awake for the 5PM visit. Local friends of his, who work at Kroger visited. Still on ventilator, still in Critical care. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123/39 "2010-02-12T01:00:00Z")
**Bos’** , Having worked with ventilator patients for over 17 years, I have found that being able to sleep without meds is a very positive sign that your Dad’s getting his strength back. Hopefully his therapists are working on weaning him off the vent completely and he’ll be off soon. Continued best wishes and thoughts for you, your Dad and other loved ones. Bill ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123/40 "2010-02-12T01:07:18Z")
Sounds like he has turned a corner. Sending out continued good thoughts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-in-hospital/528123.md?page=3)