Monthly Update time!this one will be for the month of Jan and for Feb so far.
This year, there has been some health issues in my family, first it was my niece Marliene twisting her anckle and had to barrow josh's car to take her home, then it was my dad. He had another stroke and had 2 aneurysms on either side of his head, those bags are the blood they drained from his head... for about 2 1/2 weeks he couldn't talk clearly, his speech was slurred and with all the drugs he was soo drowsy. I was talking to my mom about his condition recently, and she was saying that the docs said he might not be able to come back home. He has improved alot from where he was when we took him to the emergency room, but nowhere near were he was 6 months ago... He was getting so much better before he fell and broke his collar bone, why did he have to fall? Ever since then hes been too afraid to get up on his own and has been wheelchair bound. And when he did want to get up to like use the bathroom or get a glass of water, we would lose balance and fall down again. It has been so tough for him these past 7-8 months, but through all of these hurdles, he's been such a trooper. The doctors say his memory is fading. He still recognizes people and can hold a conversation but after a while he forgets what he was doing and its like he just saw you walk in. Its only sometimes, though, but its one of the signs that the strokes and heart attack have really started to take their toll on his brain. The doc said his walking was bound to go out first, because of his back surgery when he was younger, but its still heartbreaking to see such an independent man become a dependent patient in a matter of months.
I love him so much, we are all going to visit him this Sunday.
Soon after my dad went into the emergency room, my little niece, Melany, followed on toe. She was having a really bad cough and turned as pale and a sheet of paper. Turns out she had pneumonia. How does a child of only 7 get pneumonia in this day in age you say? Well, shes had health issues since she was born. Especially with her breathing. shes had many surgeries to correct her breathing, her nasal cavity, and her ear canalBefore the surgery, it was very difficult to understand her. She had a bad speech impediment , not the ones where she stutters, but the ones where she slurs everything together. Not to be cute and get attention, but because thats how she heard everything, she thought thats how everything sounded. Her doctors said she couldn't hear high pitched frequencies like the "ts", "k", "ch", and "sh" sounds. All of these corrective surgeries meant she had to lose some of her filters, and on a such young age the immune system sometimes cant handle certain viruses on its own. So one night it just got too cold for her... Once she was in the hospital, they were amazed that such a young girl had pneumonia, then they saw her medical history and understood why. They put her on oxygen and other meds right away, you could tell they was work, cuz she started to talk and respond normally again. If she took off her mask, she would start coughing uncontrollably and this phlegm like liquid would come out of her here. she was so strong thru it tho, she didnt cry and she knew she needed to cough so she did want to put the mask back on till she got it all out. Believe me, it was really hard for me to just to watch.
She is much better now. It went away after about 2 weeks and she got to stay home for a few more days from school after that, she was very pleased lol. Oh and btw she can speak normally now, and can hear all sounds =) The surgeries weren't all that bad , thats what I told my sister. She was so mad that Melany kept getting sick, but I reminded her that all of it was necissary for her to lead a normal life in the future. She thanked me for calming me down and bought me some tacos lol.
I love my family and I am thankful for the good health that I have now. Please pray for my fathers health to improve, whoever is reading this!
Love Always,
Liz
