Is August over soon?

    • Gold Top Dog

    Is August over soon?

    More craziness...
     
    On tuesday evening, my brother went into the hospital...
    He had to have emergency stomach surgery....
    He had a ruptured bowel and they had to remove 8 inches of his large intestine...
    He has a colostomy bag, and will have to have it for 3 months...
     
    The surgeon told me if he had waited until morning he would have died from the crap in his abdominal cavity....
     
    My SIL called me to go to emergency to be with my brother, until she could get a hold of someone to watch the 2 kids, while she packed the newborn and headed across town to emergency...
     
    The surgery went well, he's resting now and had some tea today....woohoo...
    I think he can have beef broth and jell-o tomorrow...
     
    I want some of his morphine though....
    Will I get any sleep in the month of August???
    I certainly hope this "Comes in Threes" thing is not real......
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    So sorry you have had such a rough month.  My dad recently had a similair problem only we were lucky and it didn't rupture.  Hope your days get better and the rest of the year is uneventful.
     
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    Maria, I'm so sorry that you're struggling with so many stressful things at once right now.  I don't know why, but things seem to happen all at once like that.  Last year, when Tonka first started showing some health trouble, my cousin, her fiance and 3 dogs moved in with us for a month, and my MIL had a heart attack and bypass surgery days before her multi-state relocation was scheduled.  DH had to go to Utah to pack her house, and take more time off to move her into her new place here.  Honestly, there were a few weeks when I thought I'd collapse. 
     
    I hope your brother has a smooth recovery.  I can't imagine the kind of pain he must've been in.  Thankfully he made it to the ER in time!  What a scare for everyone.  Keeping all of you in my thoughts . . .  here's to some calmer days ahead for you.
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    So sorry to hear that Maria. I know what you mean though. When it rains it pours.[&:] I'm hoping it stops pouring here too.
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    Woo...things have been far too eventful for you. Hope things calm down soon.
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    Good grief.  I hope that's it for you.  I hope from now on all good things happen to you and yours...