beaner1
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- Joined
- May 8, 2007
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- 58
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- CALS
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- CA
- State
- Alberta
- City
- Redcliff
Hello to all.
I have some questions that I hope someone can help with. Last Friday, my husband had a heart attack (DX 2 1/2 yrs ago) - he's 47, and has never had heart problems before. It started with him not being able to breathe well - by the time I got home from work, his eyes looked like someone had blackened them, his color was just awful, and breathing was such a struggle! We called the ambulance and he was admitted to ICU - that's when we found out he'd had a heart attack. He is still hospitalized - they have moved him out of ICU into palliative care floor, and are treating him with meds for his heart and for the pneumonia he picked up while hospitalized. The doctors are avoiding me like I have the plague - can't get any answers! The nurse said that they won't be running any tests any time soon regarding the heart attack - they don't feel he's treatable (!).
He has really had a set back with this hospital stay - he shakes so bad, is so weak - especially his hands and arms - that he has tremendous difficulty eating - we've been feeding him just to make sure he eats. He can't go off of his BiPap - can't catch his breath - and is getting oxygen too. Prior to this, he only used his machine for sleeping. He is in pain - shoulder & neck ache, and his feet, ankles, and knees are sore. His one ankle - the nurses withdrew blood from it to check something or other - is so painful he cries when we try to adjust his feet when he's uncomfortable (which is a lot!). My daughter and I have been massaging his feet, ankles, legs - they are so swollen and misshapen! It does give him a little relief. The only thing he gets for pain is Tylenol. But his breathing is what's worrying me so much! It is such a struggle for him - I'm really scared! The admitting doc in emergency asked him about venting - my husband has refused it.
My husband has progressed quite rapidly since last fall - cannot walk, hands are atrophied, voice is very weak, and breathing is laboured.
I feel that the hospital has just put him in a room to die. My kids and I aren't hopeful about the outcome of this either. How bad is he? He's been talking about dying a lot - told me he wants to be buried in his Firefighter uniform, has told our son that it's up to him to walk his sister down the aisle when she marries - lots of things like that.
What can we do to help him right now? Especially to ease his pain - I can't stand to see him in pain!
Beaner
I have some questions that I hope someone can help with. Last Friday, my husband had a heart attack (DX 2 1/2 yrs ago) - he's 47, and has never had heart problems before. It started with him not being able to breathe well - by the time I got home from work, his eyes looked like someone had blackened them, his color was just awful, and breathing was such a struggle! We called the ambulance and he was admitted to ICU - that's when we found out he'd had a heart attack. He is still hospitalized - they have moved him out of ICU into palliative care floor, and are treating him with meds for his heart and for the pneumonia he picked up while hospitalized. The doctors are avoiding me like I have the plague - can't get any answers! The nurse said that they won't be running any tests any time soon regarding the heart attack - they don't feel he's treatable (!).
He has really had a set back with this hospital stay - he shakes so bad, is so weak - especially his hands and arms - that he has tremendous difficulty eating - we've been feeding him just to make sure he eats. He can't go off of his BiPap - can't catch his breath - and is getting oxygen too. Prior to this, he only used his machine for sleeping. He is in pain - shoulder & neck ache, and his feet, ankles, and knees are sore. His one ankle - the nurses withdrew blood from it to check something or other - is so painful he cries when we try to adjust his feet when he's uncomfortable (which is a lot!). My daughter and I have been massaging his feet, ankles, legs - they are so swollen and misshapen! It does give him a little relief. The only thing he gets for pain is Tylenol. But his breathing is what's worrying me so much! It is such a struggle for him - I'm really scared! The admitting doc in emergency asked him about venting - my husband has refused it.
My husband has progressed quite rapidly since last fall - cannot walk, hands are atrophied, voice is very weak, and breathing is laboured.
I feel that the hospital has just put him in a room to die. My kids and I aren't hopeful about the outcome of this either. How bad is he? He's been talking about dying a lot - told me he wants to be buried in his Firefighter uniform, has told our son that it's up to him to walk his sister down the aisle when she marries - lots of things like that.
What can we do to help him right now? Especially to ease his pain - I can't stand to see him in pain!
Beaner