R.I.P.

It's been a rough few weeks around here lately. My father in law got through the prostate cancer surgery without any complications. The surgery was on a Friday and he got to go home on Sunday. It was rough for him from that point on. Having to wear a catheter for anyone is just plain uncomfortable. As Wednesday rolled around, he wasn't getting hardly any sleep and he was having a lot of pain at the surgery site. Tim went to help his mom get him back to the hospital but, opted to call the medics because he just wasn't responsive enough. The medics came...and they were pretty much unprofessional jerks. Asking what hospital several times in hopes they would change there minds on where to transport him.. and once they got going Tom told us they didnt know how to get there.

Once at the hospital, the nurse told Tim and his mom that he is a very sick man. He has Septic shock. (septic shock is when the body has to much infection and inflammation in it, and the body can't fight it off fast enough. Eventually, the bodies systems and organs start shutting down.)
It was touch and go all night that night for him. Thursday, Tim and I went to the hospital, and it was very grave. We made the decision to stay the night at the hospital that night. It was good then bad then good back and forth for several hours. At 1am, the doctor came to Tim and told him he needs to come with him. Tim woke me and his mom and we all went to Tom's bedside. There were doctors and nurses surrounding Tom. A doctor approached us, and said that now is the time that decisions had to be made.

His oxygen levels were drastically low, there were so many machines and tubes it was so "unreal". The decision was, keep doing CPR and the electro paddles each time he goes below the limits, or let him go. The doctors told us that his oxygen levels were so low that much longer and he would suffer major neurological damage. The decision was made to let nature take its course. We lost my father in law on November 21, 2008 at 2:20 am. He is no longer with us physically, but forever in our hearts.

R.I.P.