Lifting Up Dad From Our Knees.....: "Couldn't have gone any better..."

Thursday, February 15, 2007

"Couldn't have gone any better..."

"Couldn't have gone any better..." is what Dr. Culp told us. Dad went in at 8:15 and Dr. Culp came out to talk to us at 9:15. ...Dad is now without the tube in his mouth and it is in the trach only. PRAISE GOD! Thank you for your continued prayers!!! They are supposed to call us back here in a bit to see him. We will update you tomorrow as to how dad responds to this new way of breathing.

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Anonymous said...: Maleys,
I am so happy for you and for Jim. Hopefully this is the beginning on the road to a full and speedy recovery. I know your Dad has way to much fight in him to let this keep him down. I am so thankful God is watching over you and your family. Keep Strong.

Justin; February 15, 2007 at 9:38 PM
Anonymous said...: Praise God! Lots of people out here in Az are praying for Jim and we will continue to pray for all of you through this long Journey.
-Todd and Lora Rex(Louraine); February 15, 2007 at 10:02 PM
Anonymous said...: Wow, that is great to hear. Praise God! Thank you Bill! Will be stopping by again soon. keep us posted as I expect some changes will be coming now.

Bob P.; February 15, 2007 at 10:25 PM
Anonymous said...: Maleys,
PRAISE THE LORD!!! I am SOOOOO Excited for you guys!! I will be up to see you soon. If you need anything please let me know! "Granpa Jim" is still in our thoughts and prayers everyday!!
Love You!!
The Wallins!!
(Misty,Keith, Savannah, Corbin & Sheriden); February 15, 2007 at 10:36 PM
Anonymous said...: just read back through all the postings your family has written. you are certainly a testimony and a blessing to God. your comments and hope and faith stands out to all. am so glad to hear that things went so well this evening. praise the Lord!!! we continue to pray for amazing miracles that your dad can tell his grandchildren about!!!blessings, wally and sherry b.; February 16, 2007 at 12:44 AM
Anonymous said...: Watching, reading, and praying every day at BCS. The Lord knows and He cares!

J. Kowatch; February 16, 2007 at 9:27 AM
Anonymous said...: Giving praise to Christ and continuing to pray for you all.
God is the Ultimate Doctor.
Will try to check in with y'all soon.

The Gallagher's; February 16, 2007 at 10:23 AM
Anonymous said...: Praise the Lord! We are so pleased that all went well!
Robb, Malissa and Girls; February 16, 2007 at 11:47 AM

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The story as we know it...

On Friday morning (Jan. 19th) around 10:50am, i recieved a call from my brother Joe telling me that he needed me at the house. I asked him what for and he told me that dad had hurt himself somehow...he had a black eye, his nose was bleeding and was "a little beat up". I immediatly got into my car and started heading that way. I called Joe back and asked him for more details and he told me that he was having a hard time getting dad up. I told him to call the EMS and he said that he thought Jason had already done that and he was on his way. When i pulled up, i saw the EMS was already there. I walked in and i saw Jason, Anna, Joe and several EMS people along with dad sitting on a gurney. They imediately took dad out in the EMS...not knowing what was wrong...just that something really wasnt right. We followed the EMS to parkview ER and had to go wait. Mom met us there as she flew across town to get there. We had to wait a long time (it seemed like days!) before we were told what was going on. The chaplain kept coming out to "brief"us...but thats all it was, a "brief". Finally, the ER doctor called the family together and told us the news...dad has a broken neck and he is bleeding in and on his brain on both sides....this is very serious. "Its a bad deal" the ER doc kept on saying, but we had to wait until the surgeon would come in and take a look at the CT scan before we could find out for certian what was wrong. Dr. Young finally came in and said that he had looked at dad and his scan. Dr. Young was very "matter of fact" with us which was good. We needed that! He told us very similar things to what the ER doctor told us. He said that dad had broke his neck, C2 to be exact. He also said that he was bleeding in several areas in his brain. He needed brain surgury immediatly. On a scale of one to ten...with ten being the worst...dad was a "plus 10". Dad went into surgury and was there for 3.5 hours or so...he came out of surgury fine but we found out the damage was worse than they had thought. They had to remove some of the damaged area and he would be on life support. We were told that the next 3-10 days are life and death...or very critical. What we think what happend is something as follows: Dad was sleeping down in the basement which is a normal thing. Between 8:30am and 10:30am, he tried going upstairs. This info is a little sketchy because we werent there, but based on some of the info that we have seen, we think that he tripped on the stair going up and fell...hitting his right eye on the stereo and then hitting face first on the ground. This created the damage that we are aware of. We spoke with the cardiologist today and found out that dad has also had a heart attack with in the last eight days, but they have not figured out exactly when. There is a thought that this might have caused the fall be we are uncertain. Dad is in stable but "second to second" condition. If and when dad comes out of the "coma" state, there will likely be many months of therapy that needs to be done, plus until the brain issues are resolved, they can not even think about looking at his broken neck. To sum it all up...dad is in very bad condition. We thank you all for all of your prayers and support and all of the food and gifts. Your love for my dad and our family is amazing and we are extremely grateful. We will continue to update you as we know more. Please continue to pray!! Pray for dad (jim) for healing. Pray for mom (sue) that she can continue to be strong. We do know that we most likely havent seen the worst yet. This is when we need your prayers the most. Please feel free to enter your thoughts on this blogspot as we will update you as we know more. We are very thankful for the love you all have shown.

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"Couldn't have gone any better..."

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