MFM medical updates thread

I wasn't sure if I should put this in one of the other threads or start a new one, but maybe this can just be an info thread and all the funnies and good wishes can go in one of the others??? You guys decide.

Anyway not much news yet but he IS out of surgery. I was to be connected to his nurse but she must have been busy in with him and didn't pick up. Got routed back to desk and they told me to try again in about an hour. So it sounds like things are on schedule and went well.

Either I will try or maybe CaPeggy will get through then (I might have to run an errand but will be back soon)

It's a relief to know he got through the surgery and is in ICU.

One way or the other, one of us will talk to his nurse!

:hi:

I'm so glad he's out and it sounds like things went well. Thanks so much, Kali, for the update.

Been wondering and looking for updates. I've been thinking about him.

:hi:

...I agree, I'd like to see you keep this thread active for medical updates exclusively, and the tomfoolery-slash-get well messages and such can go in the thread I set up this morning.

:-)

He wasn't MFM's nurse, but he knew what's going on...

MFM is still intubated, which is to be expected. (The tube down into the lungs for breathing)

And he is sedated, but is responsive to verbal stimuli.

The nurse said MFM will come off the breathing machine tomorrow, and will be gotten out of bed and so on.

And I gave a message on our behalf to be told to MFM when he does wake up more. And that was that we're all pulling for him and hoping he's feeling a lot better.

Thanks for the happy news.

You made me and Jen feel much better. :)

Just sent you a PM wiothout checking here first. Waiting for somebody to call me back but that was a couple hours ago! Don't they know the Lounge is waiting!!! I'm sure they don't have anything more important to take care of over there.:P

Really! What could be more important than US?

:P

I think a lot of us are so concerned. It's a huge deal what MFM went through, although he has such a sense of humor about it all, it's a serious procedure and, well . . . it's something to worry over.

CaPeggy and Kali, thanks so very much for keeping us all up to speed on MFM. He's a special guy, and I appreciate the news. I know a lot of folks do.

If I were his nurse, I'd consider myself fortunate. Patients like him are one in a million. :)

Just saying' ...

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Thanks for the update, my dear Cal Peggy! Aw, the hell with it, we ARE PULLING FOR YA, MFM!

Bake

I adore his post and have been worried about him all day. Wishing you the best MFM!!! Speedy recovery.

I've been thinking of him all day!

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I just talked to his nurse - he is in the bathroom!!! How perfect is that??? Seriously, his breathing tube is out, he had actual food-like substance for breakfast and he is up moving around. She said he is in some pain and I said be sure to give him MORE drugs and that somebody would call in about 30 minutes to actually talk to him...Peggy are you around? I, of course, have to go do something so if you see this try at about 10:30, or a quarter till...


wow, getting up to go to the bathroom - I am amazed! I think I would need to lay around for a few days and use pans or diapers and I'm a tough old broadd!

Thanks, Kali

My mom had her heart valves replaced almost 20 years ago, and it was a few days before she was moving around. She has told us that even with the pain of having undergone heart surgery she felt better (from the new valves) as soon as she came to.

Here are my best wishes to MFM and a speedy and thorough recovery.

is returning with as much gusto as he can muster! That's wonderful- the docs and nurses like to see people move around, as long as he can rest between all the prodding and poking that happens in hospitals.

Wishing continued getting-well-quick to MFM, with quality sleep to assist in the process.

Thanks for the updates, Peg and Kali!

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:)

I got to speak to MFM himself, live and in person!

We talked for over 15 minutes, and he sounds absolutely great! He is sore, but doing very well. He has a tiny incision in his breastbone (sternum) through which they did the surgery. He's already been up out of bed, into the bathroom (he HATES bedpans) and is happy about that.

He misses all of you. I told him about the other threads, and he was happy to hear that.

He told me a great funny story, from years ago. He had (I think) hernia surgery, and was shaved from chest to groin. When he got home (he was still married at the time), his wife said "drop 'em." and he did. She burst out laughing and said he looked like the best-endowed three year old she'd ever seen! He told me that if I didn't tell the story, he would, so I do have permission!

He was similarly shaved this time...

He did lose his beard and moustache, but those will grow back.

It was so good to hear him laugh!

:D

Be well, Sweetie.

Bless ya!

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Wonderful news. I'm so happy he's doing so well. Thank you Ms. Peggy and Kali for the updates! You're the best.

Great to hear he's up and about. When he said they were "opening him up anyway" I thought he meant the old 'rib-spreading' type. I love how they can do so many surgeries now without the huge holes in you afterward. Makes recuperation that much better, too :)

...on second thought, don't. Let him find out for himself.

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GREAT news. I plan to keep kicking my thread so that it's chock full 'o' nonsense for him to enjoy on his return.

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Oh, he already knows!

He had that shaving before, you know!

He loved the idea of your thread, and cannot wait to see it!

:toast:

It was the best "welcome home" present I could think of, custom-tailored for MFM.

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He surely doesn't miss "all" of us. But I did tip his nurse five bucks to do the depilitation with Brazilian wax. She better not have let me down.

Tikki

I just got off the phone with MFM. He was in pretty good spirits and laughed at a few things, had is catheter out and has a few hours to "produce" or the hard one goes back in (all men shudder here). He MAY be moved out of ICU as early as tonight! More likely tomorrow. (I'm still in shock at how fast this is going! I expected him to be practically unconscious for 3 or 4 days.)

He is enjoying grapes and watermelon for some moisture and his nurse sounds like a real sweetheart. When I talked to her this morning I asked if he was cracking jokes yet, because that is how I could gauge his status from far away and she laughed and said yes. I said that was fantastic, just to tell him to shut up if she got tired of it, but that it was the best way to tell how he was doing.

I'm so glad he is doing so well. I knew he would be OK but one worries anyway.

So the news continues to be very good.

I suspect he'll get moved tomorrow. Like you, I thought he'd be in a coma for several days. Or something! He must be constructed of very sturdy stuff to be doing this well, this fast.

Thanks for the update.

I am so envious of her! He must be such a great guy to take care of. Such good news, all day long, really, and thanks to you and CaPeggy for keeping the updates going.

Out of ICU is excellent news, and yeah, fast. Shows what a great spirit MFM has, to get goin on recovery so quickly. Well, he's gotta, his humor is needed here.

Yeah, I hear ya about worrying, it's what we do. I knew he'd be okay too, but . . . yeah, we always worry. Thanks again for updates!

But hey, when you talk to him tell him we're going to hell in a photobucket without him here.

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we - don't - need - every - little - detail

I should be able to start on that Item I pmed you about within a day or two. I ordered some fabric by mail, as there's no fabric stores nearby.

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thanks!

Can't wait 'til he posts again. Dana ; )

Just have her lean in and whisper "Skittles" in his ear. Not only will that shut him up, he won't need the catheter.

"Skittles" -- a word that makes several thousand pieces cover their asses.

They're deadly! :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2011/05/18/chinas-exploding-watermelon-scandal/

For the lounge: tell them I've had TWO tag team sponge baths, and I was real tired after (let them wonder about that):rofl:

He had a little set-back today, not unexpected but it delayed his move to a regular ward/room until this evening, but he did get moved (and has a view of the Catalina Mountains now) and is almost completely de-tubed now - unrestricted food and liquids and they will be getting him up and moving more tomorrow.


He said he misses you guys and he is looking forward to getting back to the lounge.

Hmmm. Tired after the sponge baths? Why was that? lol ;-)

Sorry to hear about the setback, but I'm glad it was brief, and he still got transferred. I got your message, and I will call him tomorrow...

I'm sure he's loving the view!

Thanks for the updates Kali. Give him my best next time you talk to him. :)

OMG it sounds serious and I am glad he's recovering.
Best wishes to him.

His cardo-pulmonary system was circling the drain, so he rolled the hard six.

that he keeps up his humor.

Thanks for the updates Kali.

Um.. I don't know what happened to him..

(and anyone else not aware) :)

"I JUST FOUND OUT THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT REPLACING MY FART VALVE!!!"

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NOW -- Pictorial update of MiddleFingerMom's medical stuffs - The Sequel (POSSIBLE DIAL-UP WARNING)

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I did not click on his "Fart Valve" post because I thought it was a butt joke.. :rofl:

MFM is off his game.

I do worry about the sweet daffy old bastid.

It is all about me, isn't it?

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Just finished a great conversation with our own MFM...He's continuing to do well, feeling well and eating and all that!

The various drain and monitoring tubes are coming out. He hopes to see them all gone sometime today!

He's going to be walking more now, and he's looking forward to that as well...

His heart is working well, in a good solid normal rhythm.

He sounds good.

I read the menu at that resort where he is presently vacationing, and I think I may spring for a few thousand bucks just to taste that "hospital" food. I don't need a heart valve replaced or anything like THAT, but of course if that's the price of admission, I would consider it, cause that menu sounds awesome.

Glad the tubes are being yanked, as well. As long as the sponge baths don't stop, the poor man has been through so much, he NEEDS his sponge baths!! :)

Best news, about the good solid heart rhythm. That's what it takes. Thanks so much for the updates!!

I'll try to give him a call this evening. I bet they kick him out of there pretty fast! We should start a pool!

I take Monday!:rofl:

His IV pole is probably decorated with leftover cups, utensils, & who knows what.

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So glad to hear he's doing so well. It's always a good sign when the tubes and drains come out.

Thanks for the update!

I figured he'd be typing with his nose by now. :D

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thnx for keeping us up to date CP. :hug:

I'm happy to hear that MFM is doing great!

Sending love to him...

peace~

Thanks for the updates. Looking forward to his return. I can only imagine the posts he will make after this experience. :-)

What's going on with MFM?

so of course I am imagining that panic when you are in the bathroom with an IV stand and can't manuever or pull your underwear back up etc while the phone rings and rings and then stops JUST when you finaly reach for it all out of breath...:rofl:

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Just got through to MFM (sorry Peggy, I must have written the wrong numbers down) after trying again and getting some odd person in a spare computer cubicle somewhere.:o

I may win the pool (or somebody take Sunday!) - he's going to rehab this afternoon! He told me not to tell you what kind of rehab, but he's going to be traveling partway across town and stay for a day or two there then they are going to release his ass! (probably the rest of him too)

And with all the ass comments in AV's thread, that should be about right! So get your monitors ready he could be back on line as early as Monday or Tuesday!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :party: :party: :party: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Oh he says to say hi and he really misses all of you. I think he wanted me to say something about tag team sponge baths too but I may be confused now. You KNOW he will be posting about THAT!

As long as he gets the sponge baths in rehab, he should be golden!!


Great news, thanks to both of you, and best to MFM, of course.

...my only hope is that they avoided THIS jar during surgery:



Of course, in MFM's case, it might be considered an "upgrade"...

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I've been either busy or tired today, and didn't call...I"m so glad you did!

No worries about the numbers...I did wander in voicemail limbo for a few minutes yesterday till I got smart and punched an extension I figured would get me a human (it did!) who then sent me to the correct place!

So he's in rehab today? Wow!

So he might be home Monday? Wow again!

I'm glad, really glad, that he's doing so well...

:woohoo:

Using his unique POV he should make a funny booklet/get well card to sell to Shoebox or one of the humorous card publishers. If he was a doctor he'd be like Patch Adams.

did he get raptured?

Well crap! He has been discharged - I assume to the rehab he told me about yesterday - but the person I just talked to didn't know where they sent him! ARRGGG I wonder how I can find out? Hope he didn't lose my number, otherwise we are all going to have to wait until he gets home and on line again!

Obviously it's good news he is out of the hospital, but damn, where'd they send him???

Want me to try?

I love wandering around in voicemail limbo!

That is upsetting...

Damn.

I wonder if the last nurse's station would have the info? but I never got the actual number to his room/phone - got transferred by an operator...

sheesh! The person I just spoke to wasn't helpful AT ALL, kind of rude actually. I know there are privacy concerns, but she wouldn't even help with who I could talk to, just said she didn't have the info, only that he was discharged.

I'm going to go work for an hour or so now that it has cooled off a little - back to check on things in a bit.

I was transferred to his nurse's station.

Sorry.

I hope he has your number...

oh well - I bet he's home by Monday - if he doesn't call me he will be back on line pretty soon, I am sure. I might try some searching tomorrow - I'm kind of tired and my brain isn't functioning to well tonight.

He's OK, I AM sure of that.

They wouldn't have transferred him if he hadn't been.

Hey, get your sleep!

:hug:

just need to find the right person to talk to, obviously the phone operator at the hospital isn't it, but there must be somebody. I just suck at "phone" in general.

:rofl:

P. S. You do not suck! I was kidding about calling the cops.

sorry - I thought you were serious.:crazy: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

If there aren't too many rehab places in his area, maybe it would work to call the ones likely to have taken in the troublemaker and just ask if he is a resident there. It's not asking for medical info, just about his presence. When I worked in a hospital, we were allowed to say if someone was admitted or not but certainly not for what reason, etc.

He'll be in touch sooner or later, but of course we'd all like "sooner".

but I suspect he will be home Monday. Tucson is CHOCK FULL of nursing facilities and places like that so trying to find one would probably take longer than I want to spend on the phone! I mean of course I would if I thought he was really missing and wouldn't be getting home soon - hell I WOULD file a missing person report (hee hee) if that were the case, but I think this will be resolved in another day or so...

Hope you find him soon; I hate suspense.

Who won the discharge pool?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

well, we didn't get too many takers on the pool and I called for Monday but I was (and still am) thinking that would be the same day he went home - so while he got discharged from the hospital he still isn't home...

plus there was no prize :P

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Good to see ya comin round..

I was in a really down spot but you brought me right up. SO fricking good to hear from ya!!

Wishin you all the best for your rehab!! I have a nursing degree so if necessary I will fly out to monitor your vital signs and kick yer butt, but I refuse to give sponge baths. I think CaPeggy would go along with me on that, never mind Kali.


Hey, seriously. Good to hear from you! You take care, now, okay? We've missed ya!

Love that picture! Glad to "see" you!

:hi:

So good to hear from you.

:hug:

Get well soon you rebel you.

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:hi:

I am crying. I really am.

I cannot tell you how good it is to see you here.

Kali and I were really bummed when we realized the hospital wouldn't tell us where you'd gone...

We did figure you were OK, but it's really nice to have proof!

I do look forward to talking to you soon, you ol' teddy bear, you...

:hug:

So glad to know you are on the mend and that they did not remove your wit..

We've been waiting to do the first ever Naked DU Flash Mob until you got back. It'll be a balls-out extravaganza of scars, tucks, stretch marks, full moons, freckled tushes and random waxes and tattoos, to the tune of "There Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" or the theme from Flash Gordon; we can't decide which.

You're in, right?

It really is good to see your shining font.

isn't the fact that it has no back ENOUGH for you???? :rofl:


good to see you posting again, asshole! :*

you are lovely and amazing.

trying to earn that triple tagteam bed bath...

Yay, another phone call with MFM!

He sounds really good, laughing and talking!

He feels pretty good, though still quite sore from the surgery. No surprise there!

He's getting around well and loving it!

He discovered that there's a computer available to him (though not in his room) and so he walks out to where it is. Apparently nobody else uses it.

We will be hearing from him some more!

He has no idea when he's going home yet, and he's in no hurry. And needless to say, he's really glad to be hearing from all of us!

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