That was the clearest message we've had from Mac for about three days...Monday delirious most of the day, Tuesday and Wednesday horrible days - especially Wednesday, where he was so out of it in pain around his throat and coughing constantly spitting and unable to speak incoherent and upset..although the scan showed he did not have pneumonia it was clear there definitely was something wrong going on...the doctor was saying possibly the pneumonia was there but not showing, also possible abcess.. whatever; he could not take food, so no meals was posted on his bed...by yesterday morning I was beside myself, as I watched him turning and tossing in pain, with spasms shaking his body every two minutes ...I even said to the nurse for heaven sakes take him off all the IV's let him go I can't stand seeing this we wouldn't let an animal go through so much pain. He was so bad that when Maureen called she said just that, he sounds like some sort of animal growling and in pain. Trying to get him to spit up the phelem was impossible, he would swallow it...the inhalation specialist came to try to drain some of the fluid from his
throat she managed to get over a cup of blood and spit...after she left I kept telling him to spit, the nurse gave me a spongie on a stick to clear his mouth and so I pressed the thing on his tongue (which by the way was black with dried blood) maybe a little hard and all of a sudden a huge mass of blood and phlem came out in the facecloth I was holding, shock and surprise - there was his top partial plate...We were all stunned, poor Mac had that damn thing in his throat for 3 nights and two days...within minutes his gyrations and anxiety were calmed - although he still had some pain in his throat...when the nurses came to clear up the mess on his bedclothes and turn him over. I was just so happy to hear him say a vey clear goddamit...although he still seemed unable to speak clearly but then it wasn't necessary, as he fell fast asleep with just a little groaning and snoring for the rest of the day...apparently that was the problem OF COURSE, O.R nurses should have removed the teeh, I should have been told not to keep them in his mouth as Monday the top ones did come out and Gaye had helped me put them back...All hindsight now is how sad and stupid it was...
So now I'm on my way to see how he is today..thanks for all the emails, my computer is still not allowing me to send answers..i can get on fb but many emails have been sent so I will get back to those who sent them, and keep on praying, it's not all over, but looking so much better....xxxxgbye
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