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This is not the way to start 2009.
Kel called me a couple of hours ago. It seems that Da woke up with his tongue so swollen he couldn't talk, and Ma was afraid it would impede his breathing, so she took him straight to the hospital. They must have been worried about his breathing too, because they intubated, then had to give him a sedative so he could sleep because the tube was bothering him.
They don't know what's wrong yet. Ma said that he didn't eat anything out of the ordinary so she can't see how it could be an allergic reaction, which was everyone's first thought. His neck is a bit swollen too so it might be glandular, but they couldn't say for sure if it was that either.
I can't imagine what it must be like...and I'm betting that his attempts to talk probably made him sound like he'd had a stroke or something, which must have been scary for Ma. I don't know how he managed to communicate to her what was wrong if he couldn't talk at all.
Why does this stuff always happen to him?? He'll be turning 70 in a little over a week, but something like this happening so suddenly (like the mostly-blindness in his left eye years ago--he just woke up with it that way one morning and it was irreversible)...I can't see it having to do with his age.
Ma told us not to bother coming (yet) since he's asleep anyway. Now we just wait for her to call with updates.
My poor Da. ;_; *sniffles*
ETA: Talked to Ma a couple of hours ago. She said that it was evident right away that Da's tongue was swollen when he woke her up in the morning to tell her something was wrong (so at least nobody was ever worried about a stroke). Inside his mouth was nothing but tongue. He got seen in the trauma center right away and is now in an intensive care room in what Ma describes as a "light coma" from the sedatives. I don't know how long they'll keep him under. They have him on Benadryl to try to bring down the swelling, but so far they still don't know what's wrong.
Apparently the previous night his left hand was swollen (and still is), and he was scratching at it, although he may have been scratching because of the swelling stretching the skin. Ma said they have been trying to cut off his wedding ring. Da has put on a lot of weight since he got married 38 years ago, and for years his wedding band has been so tight on his finger that it doesn't even turn. During previous surgeries they stopped trying to remove it and just covered it with plastic during the procedures. But now with his hand swelling like it is, they're fearing for his circulation and want to cut it off. Which to me is incredibly sad even if it is necessary :(. Thing is, it's on so tight now that Ma said they've tried and can't even cut it off. I don't know what will happen with that.
Kel called me a couple of hours ago. It seems that Da woke up with his tongue so swollen he couldn't talk, and Ma was afraid it would impede his breathing, so she took him straight to the hospital. They must have been worried about his breathing too, because they intubated, then had to give him a sedative so he could sleep because the tube was bothering him.
They don't know what's wrong yet. Ma said that he didn't eat anything out of the ordinary so she can't see how it could be an allergic reaction, which was everyone's first thought. His neck is a bit swollen too so it might be glandular, but they couldn't say for sure if it was that either.
I can't imagine what it must be like...and I'm betting that his attempts to talk probably made him sound like he'd had a stroke or something, which must have been scary for Ma. I don't know how he managed to communicate to her what was wrong if he couldn't talk at all.
Why does this stuff always happen to him?? He'll be turning 70 in a little over a week, but something like this happening so suddenly (like the mostly-blindness in his left eye years ago--he just woke up with it that way one morning and it was irreversible)...I can't see it having to do with his age.
Ma told us not to bother coming (yet) since he's asleep anyway. Now we just wait for her to call with updates.
My poor Da. ;_; *sniffles*
ETA: Talked to Ma a couple of hours ago. She said that it was evident right away that Da's tongue was swollen when he woke her up in the morning to tell her something was wrong (so at least nobody was ever worried about a stroke). Inside his mouth was nothing but tongue. He got seen in the trauma center right away and is now in an intensive care room in what Ma describes as a "light coma" from the sedatives. I don't know how long they'll keep him under. They have him on Benadryl to try to bring down the swelling, but so far they still don't know what's wrong.
Apparently the previous night his left hand was swollen (and still is), and he was scratching at it, although he may have been scratching because of the swelling stretching the skin. Ma said they have been trying to cut off his wedding ring. Da has put on a lot of weight since he got married 38 years ago, and for years his wedding band has been so tight on his finger that it doesn't even turn. During previous surgeries they stopped trying to remove it and just covered it with plastic during the procedures. But now with his hand swelling like it is, they're fearing for his circulation and want to cut it off. Which to me is incredibly sad even if it is necessary :(. Thing is, it's on so tight now that Ma said they've tried and can't even cut it off. I don't know what will happen with that.
