Sweet Pap Is Getting Better

It's hard not to be at home when something like this happens. We were just lucky that Mark has been able to be there and help all that he could.  A real learning experience for him because he doesn't do hospitals and such very well.  He was good to give me reports that I could pass on to the kids and other family members.  The pictures were just a little added bonus!

Sweet Pap had a hard little run in with the flu and pneumonia bug a few days back.  It hit him hard.  So hard that Mark had to call EMT to take him to the ER.

The days all run together for me but I think he was there for a little over a week.

His first walk in the hall was eventful for sure.  His oxygen level dipped pretty low so the nurses rushed him back to bed.  I think Mark said he then slept most of the day.

Second trip was better and uneventful.

Hospital food not his cup of tea..now some good KFC hit the spot.  Mark made a few food runs while he was there.

Now I really know he is on the mend!!!  And then came all the joking with the nursing staff and doctors.

Thumbs up for the return to his castle, where he most definitely is king!

See I told you king...king of the couch, king of the electric blanket, and king of the remote.

 

I'd say that we had a pretty close call with this one.  He came home with a walker, some oxygen and a fist full of prescriptions.  But you just can't keep a good man down!  Thanks to Terry and Lisa and all their doctor and nurse friends at St. Mary's, they were able to 'snatch him from the jaws of death.' (That's one of Terry's nursing sayings...family inside joke)

 

If you would like to send this old bird a get well wish, please feel free to do that.

 

Keith Ellis

414 Lower Terrace

Huntington, WV 25705