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| CrunChy | Date: Friday, 2014/February/28, 4:46 AM | Message # 1 |
 Saturday, July 10th, 2010
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| Hello,
Over the course of the last few years my mom (grandma - 86 years old) has been dealing with an issue known as a bowel obstruction.
This is caused when scar tissue from previous operations squeezes around the lower intestine/bowel and prevents blood flow as well as any intestinal movement.
This issue could be corrected by surgery in which the scar tissue is removed. However, this can simply lead to more scar tissue. Provided her age as well, surgery for an 86 year old woman is extremely hard on the body. Human parts just tend to wear out after a while. The older you get, the harder it is to cope after a surgery. Being my mom is very stubborn, she has refused the surgery for years.
These obstructions are completely random and can happen any time. Sometimes my mom would go months with no complications, sometimes it would happen every few weeks. You just don't know. Since she refuses surgery, the only thing they can do is give her general medical treatment at a hospital for however long she needs it until the obstruction passes.
Bowel obstructions are extremely painful and hard on the body. Imagine your whole intestinal system being shut down for a week, or weeks on end. Nothing can pass, not even blood flow. You can't eat, you can't drink. You lose weight, get dehydrated, etc. Your body and organs such as stomach, liver, etc continue to produce fluids/waste whether there is an obstruction or not. If it can't go through the backdoor like normal your body will force it out the front door (Vomiting).
My mom has been in the hospital for almost the whole month of February with a bowel obstruction. Earlier today (2/27/14 - 7pm) I received a phone call at work that my my moms bowel had ruptured. Being a lot of fluid/waste in there with no where to go resulted in it rupturing. She was transported to a larger hospital for emergency surgery. I left my job 3 hours early to rush there. Luckily I had the chance to talk to her, tell her how much I love her, and tell her thank you for everything shes ever done for me and get anything that I ever needed to tell her off my mind.
So I went to the waiting room and I waited, knowing that I might never see her again.
After 2 hours the surgeon came out, sat down with me, and told me "She made it".
So now she is in the ICU and will remain there for at least 3 days under sedation, and with a someone who is watching over her 24/7 to help ensure that all goes well. Provided all goes well, she will then be admitted to the regular recovery unit and could remain their for up to 2 weeks. Then if that goes well, she will will either A) Have to go to a nursing home for a few weeks until she is able to come home, or B) Come home and have an AID for a few weeks.
She is not out of the wood yet however. But she made it through a MAJOR surgery. They ended up taking 2 feet of intestine/bowel out, cutting out scar tissue, etc.
On top of all this, I've been having to take care of house hold chores, including taking care of my dad (her husband/my grandfather - 89 years old), medicine management, meal management, financial management, working my own job, spending time with my girlfriend, and making myself happy.
I have a great deal of care for my mother and seeing her pull through this surgery is the most uplifting and exciting feeling that I've ever had in my entire life.
Even with all this happening, it should not have that great of an impact on my activity. It may be a little less during these next couple of days with all the running around I will be doing. But overall, there should not be a dramatic change.
I wanted to take the time to share this with all of you. I am not posting this to receive attention, or remorse. It means a lot to me that I can vent to all of you. ConFed and all of it's members I consider to be not only my friends, but a part of my family as well.
Just as a side note, I've had the assistance from my Aunt/Uncle, they have been here and helped me through a lot of this. So, this isn't something I'm doing all by myself.
Thank you for reading. I will keep this updated.
*Salutes*
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| FalseMotive | Date: Friday, 2014/February/28, 4:57 AM | Message # 2 |
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| Stay strong brother.
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| Faded | Date: Friday, 2014/February/28, 10:44 AM | Message # 3 |
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| I hope all works out for you man, we are here for you always. Shoot me a text whenever.
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| ZZZ | Date: Friday, 2014/February/28, 9:35 PM | Message # 4 |
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| Glad all went well.
Stay tough 
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| DaFoo | Date: Sunday, 2014/March/02, 12:21 PM | Message # 5 |
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| *Salutes* Stay strong friend
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| CrunChy | Date: Sunday, 2014/March/02, 7:01 PM | Message # 6 |
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Saturday, July 10th, 2010
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| Thanks guys! She is recovering and is not needing assisted breathing anymore.
The recovery road is long, but it looks like shes going to make it and life will eventually get back to normal.
She is still in ICU at this time.
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| Belgarath | Date: Saturday, 2014/March/08, 6:36 AM | Message # 7 |
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| Unfortunatly Crunchy, That comes with old age, the body just cant keep up anymore, my grandfather is going through something similar
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