Valerie
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I had to rush down to Salem, OR a couple of weeks ago because my Dad was put in the hospital for low sodium levels.....dangerously low....and while in the hospital his BP dropped to 68 over 33...so they had to move him to Intermediate care unit......and while over there he had a little problem with his blood sugar...he was cold & started shaking really bad....the nurses assitant got him some juice, but I said he is still cold...she got a warm sheet & put it over him?....what good that did I don't know...it did not hold the warmth in. Anyway, to make that long story shorter, we got him stablized and on some meds for BP.....he had to do some rigorous tests earlier that week due to his liver disease and some stomach pains.....well, the docs think the tests that had been done is what depleted his system of the sodium which started this runaway train.
I did get to go back home to Olympia....and did actually get to work for 4 days....and then got a call that will forever haunt me, one of my sisters called and said my little sisters husband committed suicide and their 11 year old daughter found him. It has been such a tough few years for them, her husband has had to have multiple surgeries the past 3 years and then his father passed away from cancer in February, so they had to take care of his estate, property etc....so a lot of stress to put on someone. The same day my Dad got out of the hosp, my brother in law and niece headed to Eastern Oregon so they could see his Dad's best friends and spread his ashes......apparently they got the ashes spread and got a logger (that is what his Dad did) monument put up in his memory the day before. I guess Thurs morning, my brother in law slipped and fell on the friends deck and messed up his back again real bad (I think he had surgery on his back atleast 3 times in the past 3 years...if not more?)... My Dad and my sister both talked to him at lunch time and he was in good spirits.....but I think less than an hour after my sister talked to him a deputy called to tell her he was dead. (My sister had to come back home to work, so was not there when he died). Needless to say we are all in shock, but I would so appreciate it if you all could say some extra prayers for my sister and my niece Hailey. The fact they were 6 hours away from my sister was awful but as families do, we all pitched in and got to her as soon as we could and brought her home to Salem. On the drive home Hailey told my sister that her Dad was in the van with them and he told her to tell my sis he was sorry and would she forgive him. I know a lot of people do not believe in after-death communications but I know they happen. My sister said she forgave him and then Hailey was able to go right to sleep in the van.
Anyway, I think this was for me to get it off my chest and to just please remind everyone to call out for help if you need it and please tell people you love them while they are alive.
I just got back to Olympia for a few days of work and then will head back down to Salem to help sis out again. All I can do at this point is give moral support and hope and pray that my Dad's liver disease does not take him from Hailey this year, I just don't know how much more that little girl can take. Hailey is a very special girl, and it about ripped my heart out to have to leave them today.
I did get to go back home to Olympia....and did actually get to work for 4 days....and then got a call that will forever haunt me, one of my sisters called and said my little sisters husband committed suicide and their 11 year old daughter found him. It has been such a tough few years for them, her husband has had to have multiple surgeries the past 3 years and then his father passed away from cancer in February, so they had to take care of his estate, property etc....so a lot of stress to put on someone. The same day my Dad got out of the hosp, my brother in law and niece headed to Eastern Oregon so they could see his Dad's best friends and spread his ashes......apparently they got the ashes spread and got a logger (that is what his Dad did) monument put up in his memory the day before. I guess Thurs morning, my brother in law slipped and fell on the friends deck and messed up his back again real bad (I think he had surgery on his back atleast 3 times in the past 3 years...if not more?)... My Dad and my sister both talked to him at lunch time and he was in good spirits.....but I think less than an hour after my sister talked to him a deputy called to tell her he was dead. (My sister had to come back home to work, so was not there when he died). Needless to say we are all in shock, but I would so appreciate it if you all could say some extra prayers for my sister and my niece Hailey. The fact they were 6 hours away from my sister was awful but as families do, we all pitched in and got to her as soon as we could and brought her home to Salem. On the drive home Hailey told my sister that her Dad was in the van with them and he told her to tell my sis he was sorry and would she forgive him. I know a lot of people do not believe in after-death communications but I know they happen. My sister said she forgave him and then Hailey was able to go right to sleep in the van.
Anyway, I think this was for me to get it off my chest and to just please remind everyone to call out for help if you need it and please tell people you love them while they are alive.
I just got back to Olympia for a few days of work and then will head back down to Salem to help sis out again. All I can do at this point is give moral support and hope and pray that my Dad's liver disease does not take him from Hailey this year, I just don't know how much more that little girl can take. Hailey is a very special girl, and it about ripped my heart out to have to leave them today.
