2 months

Its been almost 2 months since Papa has been admitted. Its amazing how fast the days melt into weeks, and the weeks into months. Since I last blogged, Papa stayed in the ICU for 4 days, and than got "well enought" to be transferred back to the General Ward. After a 3 days stay, he is now in the Isolation Ward. In some ways, I hope he gets to stay in the Isolation Ward, away from hustle and bustle of the General Ward. He gets his private room, TV and air-con. The down-side is that visitors need to don the mask to see him in the room.

Anyway, his conidtion is sort of stable, except that his appetite remains poor, his voice has been reduced to a whisper, and his gangrenous toes have spread to almost a quarter of his foot. The docs called my mum yesterday, proposing amputation. This totally pissed me off! The issue of his blackening toes have been brought up time and time again at family conferences and meetings with the docs a couple of times since the 09 Feb 09. Could the docs have operated on him when his condition was better then? Why now?

Anyway, Mum and I have discussed, and we may not be putting him up for surgery. We feel that it will be really painful for Papa to "lose a limb". We are not sure if the docs have spoken to him about i yet, but I will be seeking his opinion today when I see him.

So the odds are against him now. One of these health issues will get him somehow.