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Thank you all for your comments. He's had three rounds of dialysis in two days, so hopefully that's causing some of the exhaustion. The doctors are still hopeful that he wont need dialysis forever and that his kidneys will recover. They started him on antidepressants a week ago, so I'm...

Hi Everybody- I posted a couple weeks ago about my Dad having weird delusions after his surgery. Thank you to you all for your words of support. The weirdness ended and he seemed back to himself. He was discharged to rehab in the hospital but was not being the best patient and not really...

Hi All- My Dad had aortic replacement and a bypass on Thursday. He seemed to be doing fairly well on Friday. His kidneys need extra help and they are giving him dialysis. Now today he seemed confused about events, like thinking he was going home today, thinking he had changed rooms when he...

Prayers for continued recovery for your Dad. Mel

Those are great pointers. My Dad is having OHS surgery in a couple days and I'll use some of your suggestions to explain it my children, his grandchildren. Best of luck to you! Mel

I posed a while ago about my Dad needing OHS to replace a faulty valve. He is finally scheduled and will have surgery this Thursday, assuming all goes well with his pre-op visit. I am so anxious about him having surgery. He's in his young 70s and has diabetes. He also has not taken the best...

Thank you everybody. My Dad is going to have the surgery in Texas. He was discharged from the hospital with instructions to get as healthy as possible before the surgery. I don't know when the surgery will be scheduled, but it sounds like it will be sooner than later. His kidney functioning...

Hi Everybody- My Dad is facing aortic valve replacement. He went into the hospital over the weekend with major swelling and being out of breath. As we know right now, they are trying to get the swelling down and stabilize him. We are awaiting the angiogram results. I don't live in the same...