My dad is in the hospital...

Original post by cw0904

Sep 02, 2002 11:50 PM

because he collapsed at the gym this morning. It turns out he had 5 stitches on the back of his head and also may have an anuerism (sp?)!!!!!
My dad is such a workout freak, a healthy eater and I just can't understand why or how this could happen to him. But the neurologist said that after reviewing his cat scan, they thought he would have been unconscious but he was wide awake by the time he got to the hospital.
How can something like this happen?!?!?!
Even though the doctor said he should be okay and the blood leaking out will dry out I am still scared. He is still in ICU and they are going to do another cat scan tomorrow morning. He looks so helpless lying there.
I know I have to be strong for my mom. When we came home from the hospital to pick up my dad some things, my mom started crying b/c she had made my dad hard boiled eggs to have as soon as he got back from the gym, but he never made it home to eat them

Can someone tell me what exactly what an aneurism is and is there anyway to prevent this. I am sorry for writing about something so upsetting I just need to talk about it.

cw0904 Posted: Sep 04, 2002 02:04 PM

Re: My dad is in the hospital...

You guys are so nice!!
I had my sister reading this post last night for encouragement!!!
I even printed out the aneurysm stuff for my mom so I can translate it to her so she knows more of what my dad is going through.
Today he is heading into recovery so by the time I get to the Hosp. he will be upstairs. He scared us last night b/c he wanted to use the bathroom and began wripping all the iv's he had attached and patches and my poor mom started crying and laughing at the same time. My dad looked like a little kid who had bad clothes on and was trying to take them off and whining that its ridiculous he has these stupid things on and he can do whatever he wants. He looked looney! He even yelled at me for telling him not to do that-so he is normal! But he is a lot better now and is out of that bed! All he keeps saying now is: I can't wait to get back to the gym! This man is going to drive my mom, my sis and I nutty!! Didn't I say he was a health freak?

Thanks again so much for your kind words. Bless all of you.