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I'm sorry this has happened. My dad had a stroke also, then a couple weeks later, had 2 more (in different areas-brain and brain stem). He also needed a feeding tube and couldn't speak well.
He must have known what was happening. He pointed to himself then pointed to the clock. It took me a couple minutes to figure out what he meant. "It's my time" (to pass away)." I cried and told him that he'd get better. He passed away a few days later.
A stroke is from a blood clot or plaque cutting off the vessels in the brain, causing those parts of the brain to die. That causes the damage from a stroke, can't speak, can't use one side of body, etc.
Your dad is probably depressed, (who wouldn't be?) He can't speak but he can feel your love by you speaking to him, holding his hand, kissing him on the forehead or cheek. Sit with him as he rests/sleeps.
You need to be proactive. You need to request a time you can speak FACE TO FACE with his doctor. Call his office and ask his secretary to schedule a small appointment with you. Maybe you can meet him at the hospital.
Your dad has multiple physical problems.
You need to ask very hard questions and prepare yourself for some very difficult answers.
1. How serious is my father's condition?
2. What are his chances of recovery from all the illnesses?
3. What are the chances he'll have another stroke?
4. What is his prognosis (health in the future)?
5. Is he close to dying now?
6. What can I or my family do?
It's so hard to prepare for a bad situation. I hope you have good answers from the doctor.
God be with your family.
If the Nurse says she can't get the doctor or won't, ask for the number of the Hospital's Patient Advocate number.
Call that person and explain that no one is talking to you about what is going on with your dad and you are needing information in orderto make a plan for dad's care.
I am going to the hospital in the morning. And going to speak to the doctor if I have to wait all day
Thank you again x
I am so sorry you are going through this. Do you have anyone to lean on? Siblings? Friends?
You say "no real diagnosis, but deteriorating". Welllll.....a stroke is a MAJOR health issue. His brain has had a bleed, and that's never good. At his age, another one is now much more possible.
There's no "happy answer" for why he is deteriorating so fast. Unless the drs know exactly where in his brain the bleeds happened, they won't know exactly how compromised he is. And even then, it's really a guessing game.
Just be there for him. No one on these boards can tell you how long he has, or really say anything but what I have said. All the things wrong with him now are directly related to the stroke.
You have to TALK to the dr. A lot of them are good at being DRS but bad at being HUMANS. Try to be at the hospital when his dr is making rounds. If you have authority to speak for your dad, ask the dr the questions you are asking us. Yes, the Dr will tell you, but these days, you usually have to ASK.
Good luck.
traditionally, drs do "rounds" first thing in the morning, depending upon the dr, it can be as early as 5 am, as late as 5 pm....you need to ASK the nursing staff WHEN your dad's dr will be in, and then make it a priority to be there.
Barb is right--if you can't get the dr, talk to an advocate. I know trying to get through a hospital is like being in a maze.
The reason they aren't saying much, is that they don't KNOW much. All they can do is look at his vital signs and make their dx from that.
A brain cannot go w/o oxygen or blood. It dies, slowly or rapidly, depending on the pt. I KNOW it's hard to sit there and watch.
This won't make you feel any better now, but perhaps the time will come when you can see that your dad coming back from something like this, living a very compromised life and never being "himself" again is MUCH worse than dying fairly young.
I don't think there is a person on this board who has not been exactly where you are sitting right now. We know that pain. We feel it too. Just spend as much time with dad as you can, tell him you love him and he will sense that.
((Hugs)) I'm sorry you have no one to shore you up. We're here-just keep posting.
Bring in hospice, they will be a good guide for you now
It is agonizing watching and waiting, and having no clear answer, and seeing someone you love suffering and not knowing whether all that suffering would even be worth it in the end. In my sister's case, it wasn't. She was in awful pain for months on end and her quality of life was terrible, and it was painful for all of us to watch.
I feel for you. I wish I could say it would all work out. I hope the doctors have some answers for you. I hope you can find some peace and comfort just being there for you Dad and sharing your love with him through these difficult days.
I guess I'm hoping someone will say. Oh yes seen it before he will be fine. .
I don't think I can accept that something beyond my control is going on.
There's only me I'm 28yrs and ny little family. No one else.......
I can never make doctors rounds. But I'm going to try tomorrow.
I looked at his catheter today. There's was lots pink in the bag too?
He wasn't talking much.
When you say hospice. My grandad went there when he died.
No one has told me my dad is dieing!
When I ask the nurses they say he's been fine today.
I'm so confused.