Checking In/Checking Out Version 1.0

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Im good at dishing out beatings to insubordinate people :beatdown:

Always violence with you, always [-(


I feel like crap for some reason :wha:

Because you aren't good at anything? :-k

[Goofy]

*pukes on Lance* :puke:


I seem to be good at aiming projectile vomit :)

[Teh One Who Knocks]

That's not a marketable skill :hand:

[Goofy]

:saysyou:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

And just where would you get a job doing that? :-s

[Pony]

In a haunted house?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Pretty sure that you have to be a ghost to work there :hand:

[Pony]

Why would a ghost need a job?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Exactly :nono:

[Goofy]

#jobsforghostsmatter [-(

[Goofy]

:yawn:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:suicide:

[Goofy]

:suicide:

:slap:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:x

[Goofy]

:x

:snapout:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:suicide:

[Goofy]

:shakehead:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Don't you shake your head at me :x

[Goofy]

:shakehead:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:shakehead:

:beatdown:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

41.05 hours of OT in the last pay period :|

[Goofy]

41.05 hours of OT in the last pay period :|

What are you gonna buy me with all that extra money? :D

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Just like last payday...a slap in the head :tup:

[Goofy]

Cheapskate [-(

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Good slaps in the head aren't cheap :nono:

[Goofy]

My boss's dogs remains were found earlier in a river a few miles away :(

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:( :rip:

[Goofy]

Yeah, poor bugger :( Someone mustve spotted him and called dog control, they came out with his collar earlier on.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Well, at least he knows what happened to him now, better than not knowing

[Goofy]

I think we all knew he was gone for good so yeah, its some closure at least.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Still sad though, I don't even want to think about how I'll be if/when something happens to one of my animals. :(

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Sofa king tired today :sleepy:

[Goofy]

Still sad though, I don't even want to think about how I'll be if/when something happens to one of my animals. :(

Yeah, when Tony goes i'll be fucking devastated.......... hopefully that's a long way off yet though.


Sofa king tired today :sleepy:

Same here, was late home from darts last night then couldn't sleep......... of course when the alarm went off this morning i could sleep no problem :lol:

[Goofy]

:yawn: bleh

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:suicide:

[Goofy]

*farts on Lance*

[Teh One Who Knocks]

*farts on Lance*

:beatdown:


:suicide:

[Goofy]

:shakehead:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:shakehead:

Are you shaking your head at me? I TOLD YOU YESTERDAY NOT TO SHAKE YOUR HEAD AT ME!!!! :x :x :x

:beatdown: :beatdown: :beatdown:

[Goofy]

Are you shaking your head at me? I TOLD YOU YESTERDAY NOT TO SHAKE YOUR HEAD AT ME!!!! :x :x :x

:beatdown: :beatdown: :beatdown:

:chill:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

It's already chilly enough today compared with yesterday [-(

[Goofy]

Pretty mild here today, 15C according to my weather widget thingy :)

[Teh One Who Knocks]

8C and rain all day here

[Goofy]

8C and rain all day here

:haha:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:haha:

:slap:

Snowing in the mountains too right now

[Goofy]

In for a few mins, off to the indoor bowls with a couple of mates tonight :tup:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I don't want to hear you complaining about being tired tomorrow :nono:

[Goofy]

I'm tired now :lol:

































Tired of your finger wagging! :x

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono:

[Goofy]

:lol:

I gotta go, might be back before you leave work, ciao for now :bye:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Later mate :bye:

[Goofy]

:yawn: sofakingtired

[Goofy]

Hurry up friday :tapfoot:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://i.imgur.com/5OtiBOe.gif

[Goofy]

:fart:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:suicide:

[Goofy]

:fart2:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://i.imgur.com/5OtiBOe.gif

[Goofy]

:maniac:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:maniac:

:snapout:

[Goofy]

:freakout:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:freakout:

:snapout:

[Goofy]

::bananadance:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

::bananadance:

:bananachop:

[Goofy]

:shakehead:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Well that was fun, phones and internet have been down for about an hour and a half, just came back on

[Goofy]

I swear i had nothing to do with it........ 8-[











:theyareontome:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:suspect:

[Goofy]

You cant prove anything [-(

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I can prove many things :hand:

[Goofy]

:shakehead:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

It's true! :x

[Goofy]

:wavey:

Ended up working late then went into the club on the way home (no, not for a drink :slap: ) to take a floodlight down from the pool room and put it up in the main hall for a darts comp tomorrow night :)

[Teh One Who Knocks]

So 'taking down a floodlight' is code for getting drunk now? :-k

[Goofy]

:shakehead:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

What? :-s

[Goofy]

You should know by now that i don't ever attempt to hide my drinking :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Oh yeah, you're Scotch, I forgot :doh:

[Goofy]

:willie:
















tosspot :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:dance:

[deebakes]

checking in tonight, but will be gone until next friday in the netherlands :wave:

[Goofy]

checking in tonight, but will be gone until next friday in the netherlands :wave:

Dawn stoner's [-(

Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

[Goofy]

Damn new phone adding a signature :x

Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

[Goofy]

:friday:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

S.H.I.T.


:suicide:

[Goofy]

S.H.I.T.


Super happy it's today? :-k

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Super happy it's today? :-k

:slap:

[Goofy]

Well I dunno [-(

[Goofy]

What was it you didn't like about the galaxy s6 btw? I'd been due an upgrade for a couple of months now so decided to go for the S6 since it was gonna work out £5 cheaper per month :nuts: Pretty similar to the s4 as far as I can see :shrug: Bought a rugged waterproof case for it too :)

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Well I dunno [-(

:slap:


What was it you didn't like about the galaxy s6 btw? I'd been due an upgrade for a couple of months now so decided to go for the S6 since it was gonna work out £5 cheaper per month :nuts: Pretty similar to the s4 as far as I can see :shrug: Bought a rugged waterproof case for it too :)

I didn't like the fact that Samsung screwed me with the phone when I tried to get it fixed. Nothing wrong with the phone itself.

[Goofy]

Only thing I don't like is the lack of an sd slot, other than that it's fine :) Also, Samsung have a new program that's taken over from kies so transferring everything from the old phone to this took no time at all :D

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Yeah, HTC has a tool that makes transferring things a breeze, love it. Plus there's a slot for you SD card on the HTC

[deebakes]

Dawn stoner's [-(

Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

maybe, we'll see :lol:

[Goofy]

Not sure if I like this predictive text or not :-k

[Teh One Who Knocks]

maybe, we'll see :lol:

:snapout:


Not sure if I like this predictive text or not :-k

What keyboard are you using?

[Goofy]

What keyboard are you using?

I dunno, haven't got that far yet [emoji38] Got a darts comp tonight so will play around with the phone more tomorrow :)

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Those tapatalk smileys suck [-(

[Goofy]

Goddamit, guess I'll have to refix that issue again after updating :|Can't even remember how I eventually cured it :( Had to edit something in the crapatalk server folder

[Goofy]

Gotta go for now, need to grab a shower before darts, have a good one mate :bye:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Later mate! :bye:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:tumble:





:friday:

[Goofy]

Hungover to death :suicide:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

No sympathy [-(

[Goofy]

:sad2:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Self inflicted :nono:

[Goofy]

I'm doing nothing today!

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Do something! :slap:

[Goofy]

I farted :tup:

[Goofy]

I made a bacon roll earlier with TEN rashers of streaky bacon :lol: It was a tight fit!

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:shakehead:

[Goofy]

:shakehead:

It was awesome :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

It was awesome :lol:

:shakehead:

[HyperV12]

I made a bacon roll earlier with TEN rashers of streaky bacon :lol: It was a tight fit!

Now that is a proper butty!! Nice!

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:tumble:

[Goofy]

You're in early today :-k Our clocks went back an hour right enough but you still seem earlier than usual.......

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Our clocks go back this coming Saturday here. And I did get in early, couldn't sleep and I had a pile of drawings still to quote that I didn't get finished on Saturday.

[Goofy]

Get working then! :x

















:oops:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I've been working, it's almost done :slap:

[Goofy]

:faint:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:faint:

:gtfo:

[Goofy]

:dance:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:dance:

:slap:

[Goofy]

:fart:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:fart:

:slap:

[Goofy]

You're no fun [-(

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Am too! :x

[Goofy]

Nuh-uh, you're like Buzz Killington [-(

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Nuh-uh, you're like Buzz Killington [-(

Buzz Killington this! :x

:beatdown:

[Goofy]

http://i.imgur.com/eAp4Hf8.gif

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:x

[Goofy]

http://i.imgur.com/OwJCtT4.gif

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:nuts:

[Goofy]

:yawn: Can i go back to bed?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:yawn: Can i go back to bed?

No :snapout:

[Goofy]

:sad2:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Plus you have to work late tonite :hand:

[Goofy]

Nope, playing darts :)

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:facepalm:

[Goofy]

:banana:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

No bitching about being tired tomorrow :nono:

[Goofy]

Im always tired regardless :hand:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

And who's fault is that? :-s

[Goofy]

And who's fault is that? :-s
Society [emoji106]

[Goofy]

Society [emoji106]

:slap: :x

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Your fault :hand:

[Goofy]

I guess the latest upgrade figured out my loophole :(

[Pony]

:suicide:

[Goofy]

:fart:

[Goofy]

Suppose i should get back to work........ bleh

[Goofy]

:yawn:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

What a day yesterday, and not in a good way

[Goofy]

Whats up?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Loooong story....

My dad hasn't been feeling well for almost a week now, blamed it initially on food poisoning. He's been staying up in his room mostly, hardly coming out except to shuffle off to the bathroom. We tried to talk him into letting us take him to the doctor over the weekend, but he refused and we really weren't aware how bad he was feeling. Finally he agreed on Monday evening to allow us to take him to the doctor, so the g/f stayed home from work to take him. Since he doesn't have a primary doctor because he never goes, she took him to a walk-in clinic. They were alarmed at his vitals and how we was behaving (g/f said he was in awful shape, had a hard time even getting him to the doctor). So they called the paramedics and off to the emergency room he went. The g/f let me know what was going on, so I left work to head to the hospital. When I got there he was still in the ER side of the hospital in one of the trauma rooms. He looked so frail and worse than I have ever seen him look. :( They took him away for more tests, told us to go home for awhile and come back later, by then he would be in the intensive care unit. So we go back and he's starting to look a little better, but he's still not anywhere close to himself.

Seems he had some kind of problem with his kidneys, when they drained his bladder he had almost 2 liters of urine backed up in his system. There was a test that came back positive for a possible heart problem, and late last evening they finally got him in to do an MRI and they found that he has also had another stroke within the last few days, the doctors think it was caused from dehydration. he's acting terribly confused and all he can basically say right now is yes and no. I dunno what I am going to do if I lose my dad. Or even worse, if he has now come to a point in his life where he can no longer take care of himself, which, if there isn't drastic improvement in the next few days, that actually looks like what will end up being the best case scenario at this point. :(

[Goofy]

Damm, thats shit mate, sorry to hear that :( Goes without saying my best wishes are with you, hope he gets better soon :(

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Thanks mate. We just don't know what to do at this point, we feel completely helpless. The latest news tests-wise was, they had the cardiologist examine him last night before we got there for the final evening visit, and although the initial test came back positive for some possible heart problem, the cardiologist said his heart was in good condition all things considered. They're more worried about possible long term kidney damage and they think the back-up in his system causing all that urine to not come out may have to do with his prostate. The bigger problem now is how much damage the stoke has caused and hopefully it gets better, because like I said, last night he was acting all confused and could only say yes and no. We all went to see him last evening and he couldn't remember the step-kids name when we were there (the nurse asked him who she was) and later after we were home, the ICU nurse called to ask a few more questions (because it was a new nurse after their shift change) and she told me that he couldn't remember the g/f's name and he couldn't remember my brother's name.

[Goofy]

Damn :( Well at least he's in the hospital now so hopefully he'll make good progress!

[Teh One Who Knocks]

It's a really nice hospital and it's brand new, just finished being built about a year or so ago. And everyone there was really nice, so I'm confident he's getting good care, it's just the not knowing and the helpless feeling that really sucks.

[Pony]

Damn dude, I'm sorry to hear. I hope he shows some improvement today.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Thanks bud, it's appreciated.

[Goofy]

It's a really nice hospital and it's brand new, just finished being built about a year or so ago. And everyone there was really nice, so I'm confident he's getting good care, it's just the not knowing and the helpless feeling that really sucks.

Yeah, i know the feeling mate, in the last two years or so my dads had a brush with cancer and heart trouble too, really worrying :(

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Yeah, all we can do is hope that there is a lot of improvement when we go see him today after work. Like I said, if the stroke did too much damage this time around and he's not able to care for himself any more, we don't know what we're going to do. :(

[Goofy]

Fingers crossed mate!

[Goofy]

I feel like crap today for some reason :wha:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Alcohol related? :-k

[Goofy]

Nah, not touched it since monday night and even then i only had maybe 6 pints, felt fine yesterday. Just got that kind of pukey feeling :puke:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Nah, not touched it since monday night and even then i only had maybe 6 pints, felt fine yesterday. Just got that kind of pukey feeling :puke:

http://i.imgur.com/1J2ZiEJ.jpg

:thumbsup:

[Goofy]

No thanks :hand:

[HyperV12]

Thoughts and prayers to you, your Dad and g/f and family Lance.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

No thanks :hand:

Drink it! :x


Thoughts and prayers to you, your Dad and g/f and family Lance.

Thanks mate, it's appreciated

[Goofy]

Drink it! :x


You want me to puke all over you? :-s

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I think you're kinda far away to reach me :-k

[Goofy]

I could puke through the router :-k

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I could puke through the router :-k

:worthless:

[Goofy]

Have to wait till i get home [emoji106]

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:fail:

[Goofy]

Fuckin ghey smileys! :x

:sad2:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Well, about ready to wrap up here at work and go clean-up and then check on my dad at the hospital. Hopefully there will be better news today and he will show some improvement. If not, we're going to have some tough decisions to make. :(

[Goofy]

Fingers crossed mate, stay positive, talk to you tomorrow :bye:

[Hal-9000]

Well, about ready to wrap up here at work and go clean-up and then check on my dad at the hospital. Hopefully there will be better news today and he will show some improvement. If not, we're going to have some tough decisions to make. :(

Yikes, sorry to hear. I didn't read back in this thread so not sure what's up with your Pa.

Hope he's okay Lance. (he's related to you so we know he's stubborn and a tough bastard)

[Hal-9000]

Thanks mate. We just don't know what to do at this point, we feel completely helpless. The latest news tests-wise was, they had the cardiologist examine him last night before we got there for the final evening visit, and although the initial test came back positive for some possible heart problem, the cardiologist said his heart was in good condition all things considered. They're more worried about possible long term kidney damage and they think the back-up in his system causing all that urine to not come out may have to do with his prostate. The bigger problem now is how much damage the stoke has caused and hopefully it gets better, because like I said, last night he was acting all confused and could only say yes and no. We all went to see him last evening and he couldn't remember the step-kids name when we were there (the nurse asked him who she was) and later after we were home, the ICU nurse called to ask a few more questions (because it was a new nurse after their shift change) and she told me that he couldn't remember the g/f's name and he couldn't remember my brother's name.

Not a doctor but the dehydration and kidney problems can actually be part of the bowels not working either. Prostate is number one cause but from personal experience, when one part of your body is not functioning, a lot of other systems suffer as well. My Dad is like your Dad Lance...they're too stubborn to admit there's a big problem until it gets worse. Mine had an ECG and the doc asked him - So are you aware you've had a series of mini-heart attacks? Hospital is best place for him and all you can do is wait for the doctors to do their thing :thumbsup:

Assisted living takes a lot of forms....you can hire people to come to your house part time. Don't think he has to stay in a home 24/7. And if that is the progression, while hard, it's the best choice. I hate the place my Mom is at, but they ensure she takes her medication, keeps her oxygen on and they bathe and dress her if necessary. And if something real serious is to happen, she's in a place with 7 floors of medical care 24/7. I beat myself up thinking my complaints were the catalyst for putting my Mom in a home...sometimes no matter how shitty, no matter how expensive, no matter how lonely you think your loved one will be, it's light years better than something serious happening in your home...imagine if your Pa had a problem and you didn't know how to handle it, or what you tried to do only made him worse? Those are the unforgivable things. 24/7 care may be his next step and if it is, try to understand it's likely the best step.

[redred]

Sorry about your news lance hope all gets better

[KevinD]

Damn Lance. Sorry to hear about your dad. Thoughts and prayers are with yall

[Goofy]

:morning:


:thursday:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Thanks everyone for the well wishes and thoughts, it's really appreciated. Especially since when we went to see him last night, things were worse, not better :(

[Goofy]

Sorry mate :(

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Yeah, it looks like he had another stroke while he was in the hospital, not last night, but the night before. Now he can't move his right side of his body at all. He looks confused and frustrated when you try and talk to him and all he is still basically saying is yes and no. He looks so frail, he doesn't look like my dad at all lying there in the hospital bed. :(

They were stuck because they couldn't give him the anti-stroke meds because of the kidney problems that were going on at the time. By the time they got his system all drained out, the nurse said he had almost 5 litres of urine backed up in his system.

[Goofy]

Jeez, thats terrible news mate :( Dont really know what to say

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Yeah, there really isn't much to say, we all just feel helpless here, there's nothing we can do except let the doctors do what they do best and hope that he gets better. But at this point, unless there are drastic improvements, I don't know if he will ever be coming back home to live with us, not if he can't take care of himself. Like Hal mentioned in his post, a 24 hour care facility, as hard as it would be to put him there, and as much as I know that he will resent it and us for putting him there, in his current condition, it will be the best place for him.

It's just hard to even think that way though, we just want him to come home. :(

[Goofy]

Just have to pray for the best and prepare for the worst i suppose....... life sucks eh :(

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Yeah, it sure does mate, sometimes it just seems like there's no hope. But we can't think that way, so we're trying to stay as positive as possible. Having the forum here to at least let it out a bit and having you guys listen helps a lot too. And the chance to be silly a bit helps take my mind off it as well.

[HyperV12]

So sorry to hear about your dads set back man. As Goof said, no words.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Thanks mate, it's appreciated, all we can do is hope for the best right now.

[Hal-9000]

Yeah, there really isn't much to say, we all just feel helpless here, there's nothing we can do except let the doctors do what they do best and hope that he gets better. But at this point, unless there are drastic improvements, I don't know if he will ever be coming back home to live with us, not if he can't take care of himself. Like Hal mentioned in his post, a 24 hour care facility, as hard as it would be to put him there, and as much as I know that he will resent it and us for putting him there, in his current condition, it will be the best place for him.

It's just hard to even think that way though, we just want him to come home. :(

Sorry to hear Lance. I know it sounds trite but it reinforces the saying about living life while you can, as much as possible...because you never know when something like this can happen to anyone.

We kept my Mom at home for six years and we were told later that was probably about four years too long. My Dad couldn't let go of his lifelong partner of 60 years...and she was horrible to him. Telling him to leave the house, not to touch her, not to advise her about health things...at 8pm at night she would literally look him in the eye while being really angry and say - Don't you have a home to go to??? Leave here now!!! I thought if I quit my job I could help my Dad look after her. I was wrong...

You already know this. If he leaves you and goes to a care facility, it's for him, not you. :(

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Just had two calls from the hospital, one asking me insurance questions (that I don't have the answers to) and another asking about the mental and physical state of my dad prior to his hospitalization. Because of the second call, I have to go straight to the hospital after work. Because my dad has no living will, power of attorney, etc in place, I have to sign paperwork to be the proxy decision maker in case things really get bad. Not looking forward to this and this is way more than I want to be dealing with at this time, but thinking that way makes me feel selfish. :(

And because of the first call, I need to try and find which Medicare coverage my dad has and get back with the hospital because I guess if he only has Part A it won't cover rehab and blah blah blah....I don't know the first thing about doing all of this. :(

[Goofy]

:(

[Hal-9000]

He needs you Lance, that's why you're going to do this. Today, get all of the numbers you need for medicare etc and maybe try to call some before you leave work. Tell them the situation and they'll likely be able to help with his information. Maybe ask for tomorrow off from work. You need time alone to sort through the information and trying to handle it from work isn't easy.

It's going to be tough but he needs your help right now. There's people at the hospital that have been through this situation before. They can advise you as to what you need to do and what they need from you. You can't help the will thing but his medical coverage is on file and you being his son and cohabitor should give you access to everything you need to find out.

[Goofy]

Damn thursdays :shakefist:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

What a difference a day made. I had to go to the hospital straight away after work to sign some papers. G/f left work early to meet me there even though she didn't have to, dunno what I would do without her right now. Anyhoo, we were to meet this staff member in my dad's room and when we got there my dad was sitting up in a chair instead of in his bed :shock: He looked miles better than he did just the evening before. He still can't move the right side of his body and he is having trouble speaking, but he looked so much better. They were even talking about transferring him today to another hospital where they will be doing the rehab to try and get him back on his feet. That of course is still the big unknown, whether he will be able to take care of himself again or not. But at least for right now, he's looking better. We went back to the hospital again last night to see him again and he was back in his bed. It's hard just hanging out in the room because he isn't talking and when you do try and converse with him, he either struggles to talk and then gives up or only answers yes or no still, but I know he likes having us in the room with him at the very least. We were getting ready to leave yesterday and I went over to his bedside and he took my hand and squeezed, I told him I loved him and he didn't want to let go and he started to cry. I almost lost it right there :( Breaks my heart to see him like this, he's always been so strong, but I had to be the strong one for him. I told him to get some rest and we'll see him again today.


Damn thursdays :shakefist:

Double Thursday's suck :|

[Pony]

Great to hear there is improvement, Hopefully he continues the uphill climb!

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Great to hear there is improvement, Hopefully he continues the uphill climb!

That's what we're hoping too :thumbsup:

Only problem is that the rehab hospital they are planning on sending him to is clear on the other side of the city, there's no way we can get down there to see him every day.

[Pony]

I'm surprised they don't have on-site rehab. I'm also surprised they are sending him off so quickly, I would think that's a good sign. Do they know what caused the initial problem?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I'm surprised they don't have on-site rehab. I'm also surprised they are sending him off so quickly, I would think that's a good sign. Do they know what caused the initial problem?

They are limited with what they can do rehab-wise they told us, he needs a more intense form of rehab than they offer. Also, for the first time, money has become an issue. because he only has Medicare Part A, he isn't covered for outpatient rehab which is what thsi would be considered, even though he will be staying at the hospital. So, they found a sister hospital in their network willing to take him in on an 'indigent' basis, so it shouldn't cost him anything. Which is good news because there is no way that we can afford what this would cost. I'm guessing just his stay this week at this first hospital will run somewhere close to $100K if not more, so hopefully Medicare covers it all. We too are surprised they are sending him off this fast too, especially considering how bad he looked just less than 2 days ago.

As for the initial cause, they are almost certain it was an enlarged prostate that caused everything to back up and then everything else happened in a domino effect.

[Goofy]

Thats great news mate! :cheers: Long way to go but good to see positive signs :tup:

[HyperV12]

Glad there's progress mate. The road back from stroke is long but hopefully he's taken the first step on it.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Thats great news mate! :cheers: Long way to go but good to see positive signs :tup:


Glad there's progress mate. The road back from stroke is long but hopefully he's taken the first step on it.

Thanks guys :)

We still have to decide what we will be doing after rehab, and now it's become more of an issue because the rehab hospital called and left a message for me yesterday saying they need to know our plan for my dad after he is discharged from rehab. How the hell can we come up with a plan when we don't even know what his condition will be when he's done? :wha: If he can take care of himself, then he will definitely be coming home, but if he needs care, we can't bring him home, neither me or the g/f have that kind of time or luxury to be able to stay home with him all day. Our house is 2 floors (3 if you count the basement) and if he can't at least go up and down the stairs from the ground level to the 2nd floor by himself, then there's no way we can have him at home because he would need constant supervision.

[Goofy]

What about one of those stairlift things? If he can manage to walk ok or maybe with the aid of a stick or frame then that might be feasible :-k No idea how much they cost right enough, probably expensive :wha:

As you say, how can you make plans right now when you have no idea how good his movement is going to be after rehab :wha:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

What about one of those stairlift things? If he can manage to walk ok or maybe with the aid of a stick or frame then that might be feasible :-k No idea how much they cost right enough, probably expensive :wha:

As you say, how can you make plans right now when you have no idea how good his movement is going to be after rehab :wha:

Just Googled the cost of those things...between $3,000 and $5,000 :|

And exactly, we have no idea how he will respond to rehab. If he can't get a good portion of control back on the right side of his body, he can't be left alone.

[Goofy]

http://i.imgur.com/4tBiLln.gif

I always used to joke with my gran that we'd install one of those for her then i'd hotwire it :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:lol:

[redred]

i was selling one of those around april this year

[Teh One Who Knocks]

The kind that go up the stairs at 100 mph? :-k

[Goofy]

i was selling one of those around april this year

A Gremlins dvd? :-k

[redred]

No a standard chair lift

[Hal-9000]

What a difference a day made. I had to go to the hospital straight away after work to sign some papers. G/f left work early to meet me there even though she didn't have to, dunno what I would do without her right now. Anyhoo, we were to meet this staff member in my dad's room and when we got there my dad was sitting up in a chair instead of in his bed :shock: He looked miles better than he did just the evening before. He still can't move the right side of his body and he is having trouble speaking, but he looked so much better. They were even talking about transferring him today to another hospital where they will be doing the rehab to try and get him back on his feet. That of course is still the big unknown, whether he will be able to take care of himself again or not. But at least for right now, he's looking better. We went back to the hospital again last night to see him again and he was back in his bed. It's hard just hanging out in the room because he isn't talking and when you do try and converse with him, he either struggles to talk and then gives up or only answers yes or no still, but I know he likes having us in the room with him at the very least. We were getting ready to leave yesterday and I went over to his bedside and he took my hand and squeezed, I told him I loved him and he didn't want to let go and he started to cry. I almost lost it right there :( Breaks my heart to see him like this, he's always been so strong, but I had to be the strong one for him. I told him to get some rest and we'll see him again today.



Double Thursday's suck :|


Good to hear Lance :thumbsup:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Good to hear Lance :thumbsup:

Yeah, we feel a LOT better than we did yesterday

[DemonGeminiX]

Wow. Sorry to hear Lance and I'm glad things are looking up.


I really should come into this thread more often. :oops:

[Hal-9000]

I'm going to see my Moms in a little bit....make sure she eats lunch and has her oxygen on. I hate going to that place and seeing her there.

[Goofy]

Im still at work :sad2:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

So am I :hand:

[Goofy]

Is it after 7.30pm there? :-s

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Maybe :-k

[Goofy]

And we're done!

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/30/12670e4e5b13742486f14e17e016f890.jpg

Painter was away to the doctors at 4.30pm, sods law a rush job arrives :x Lucky for my boss i can do everything :spy:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

'Bout time you finish it....damn slow workers [-(

[Goofy]

Less than 3 hours to do a 6 hour job :slap:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

6 hour job? :-s

According to you maybe :hand:

[Goofy]

I quoted it at 7 hours plus materials :banana:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

So you slack off when working by taking too long AND you rip off the customers? :-s


:facepalm:

[Goofy]

8-[










:theyareontome:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:watching:

[Goofy]

:yawn: Sofaking tired

[Goofy]

:friday:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:yawn: Sofaking tired

This ^^


:friday:

And this ^^

[Goofy]

:wavey:

How'd things go with your dad mate?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I dunno, we assumed he was still at the local hospital and were planning on going down to see him, but when I finally made it home yesterday, there was a message on the house phone saying they transferred him to the other hospital to the other side of town, easily an 90 minute drive in traffic on a Friday evening. We're going to try and get down there today after I get home from work and shower and clean up.

[Goofy]

Hope he's on the mend mate! :ok:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Thanks mate, we hope so too. Hopefully in the next few days we will be able to see how his progress is going and that will help decide where he will be after rehab.

[Goofy]

Damn customers interupting my "standing about drinking coffee" :x

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Damn customers interupting my "standing about drinking coffee" :x

That's the best part of working here on Saturday, no phones and no customers :cheers:

[Goofy]

The boss is doing the phone answering from his house but i have to deal with walk-in customers :( Never mind, only 35 mins until the weekend :woot:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

The boss is doing the phone answering from his house but i have to deal with walk-in customers :( Never mind, only 5 hours and 35 mins until the weekend :woot:

:ftfy:

[Goofy]

Home! :cheers:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Go back to work :nono:

[Goofy]

No chance :hand:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Do it! :x

[Goofy]

Nope :dance2:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Nope :dance2:

Get :beatdown: Back :beatdown: To :beatdown: Work :beatdown:

[deebakes]

its halloween, he has to go bang some tramp at the pub, leave him alone :)

[Goofy]

You always resort to violence when you don't get your way [-(

[Goofy]

its halloween, he has to go bang some tramp at the pub, leave him alone :)

Actually, the pub is off the menu this weekend, ordered a couple of christmas presents this week plus tickets for Chris Cornell in april so my wallet is begging for mercy :lol:

[deebakes]

but what about the tramps?!?!?!?