Phyllis Harris
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Just before we left to get my haircut, the nursing home texted Brian that Harvey was on the way to the ER. As soon as we finished the haircut, we headed to the hospital.
Long story short, Harvey has a high fever, low blood oxygen, and double pneumonia. He was treated in the ER and then admitted to ICU. He will be in ICU for a couple of days and then moved to a regular room.
I still have hope that we have some time left, but things are quite grim. We have pretty well made the decision not to put him through the surgery for the stomach tube. It wouldn’t have made a difference in what he’s suffering through now, for example, and he’s been through enough. Things could still change, but I’m trying to prepare myself.
His nurse from the nursing home was with him. When we were waiting and talking, she started to cry, thinking that maybe she didn’t do enough to avoid this problem. That made me love her. She has taken SUCH good care of him. She said she considers him her ‘dad.’ We hugged and cried together.
I showed her some pics I had on my phone of Harvey before the stroke, the animals we found new homes for, and a few more. I wanted to give her a sense of the man as he was before. She seemed to really like that.
So today was very different from the one we’d planned. I imagine we will visit the ICU in the coming days until he is transferred back to the nursing home. Sorry about the grim report, but some of you have expressed an interest. Thank you.
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