Re: Re: OT: surgery update

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone, it sounds like things are really coming along. The docs are happy.

My Dad will probably stay a few more days at Mayo and then fly home to WA to

rest and recover. He was more of a mess than they thought. I need to get the

full skinny. I think my mother is in the early stages of Alzhemier's disease

(that's a story unto itself!) so it's hard to get details from her. She said

that since his earlier valve transplant (cow) had failed, his aorta had dilated

and could have disected at any time (eg poor Ritter). When they did the

presurgical Echo, he was only supposed to be gone an hour and they did more than

two hours of imaging because they were so disturbed by what was going on with

the aorta. It is kind of scary b/c the local guys (Dad's coworkers, he's a

cardiologist) had no idea there were so many problems. He's out of ICU and

taking small steps. , I appreciated the reminder that little brothers are

made to be annoying.

Here's one of his texts, I had to laugh out loud: Dad walked out of this room

a little ways with the aid of a walker then flipped a b* & ^h and got into bed.

So I'm resting a bit easier. It was pretty hard to focus at work last week. I

need to wind down and get a lot of reports done since my last day is 10-20. I'm

second guessing myself, sad about leaving my wonderful patients, and wondering

if I should really be leaving after all. I head for the VA on 10-26 and I'm

nervous about starting a new job and dealing with an hour long commute. I did

get a possible reminder that I was doing the right thing when a little bird told

me that a secretary was sending out nastygrams about me saying I was " difficult

and uncooperative " . I'm leaving due to burnout and lack of administrative help.

Maybe I should take " difficult " as a compliment.

Thanks again for all your thoughts and prayers through another tough week with

the Foley-Fair family. I also wanted to share that my sis had her first 3 month

CT scan and NO CANCER, so I think she's done a fab job beating back lymphoma.

Boys are in bed and I'm headed for the DVR and a cup of tea.

Hugs, Kate F

[Guest guest]

Kate,

I'm glad that your dad is doing better. I hope your new job is great.

Sue

On Oct 3, 2009, at 10:59 PM, Fair wrote:

> Hi everyone, it sounds like things are really coming along. The

> docs are happy. My Dad will probably stay a few more days at Mayo

> and then fly home to WA to rest and recover.

[Guest guest]

Oh Kate, I am so happy for you and your Dad that he is doing so wonderful.  Nice

happy news.

I wish you good luck on your new job.  I hope it is everything that you want.

 

Hugs,

 

Barbara

From: Fair <kalfoley@...>

Subject: Re: [ ] Re: OT: surgery update

Date: Saturday, October 3, 2009, 10:59 PM

 

Hi everyone, it sounds like things are really coming along. The docs are happy.

My Dad will probably stay a few more days at Mayo and then fly home to WA to

rest and recover. He was more of a mess than they thought. I need to get the

full skinny. I think my mother is in the early stages of Alzhemier's disease

(that's a story unto itself!) so it's hard to get details from her. She said

that since his earlier valve transplant (cow) had failed, his aorta had dilated

and could have disected at any time (eg poor Ritter). When they did the

presurgical Echo, he was only supposed to be gone an hour and they did more than

two hours of imaging because they were so disturbed by what was going on with

the aorta. It is kind of scary b/c the local guys (Dad's coworkers, he's a

cardiologist) had no idea there were so many problems. He's out of ICU and

taking small steps. , I appreciated the reminder that little brothers are

made to be annoying.

Here's one of his texts, I had to laugh out loud: Dad walked out of this room a

little ways with the aid of a walker then flipped a b* & ^h and got into bed.

So I'm resting a bit easier. It was pretty hard to focus at work last week. I

need to wind down and get a lot of reports done since my last day is 10-20. I'm

second guessing myself, sad about leaving my wonderful patients, and wondering

if I should really be leaving after all. I head for the VA on 10-26 and I'm

nervous about starting a new job and dealing with an hour long commute. I did

get a possible reminder that I was doing the right thing when a little bird told

me that a secretary was sending out nastygrams about me saying I was " difficult

and uncooperative " . I'm leaving due to burnout and lack of administrative help.

Maybe I should take " difficult " as a compliment.

Thanks again for all your thoughts and prayers through another tough week with

the Foley-Fair family. I also wanted to share that my sis had her first 3 month

CT scan and NO CANCER, so I think she's done a fab job beating back lymphoma.

Boys are in bed and I'm headed for the DVR and a cup of tea.

Hugs, Kate F