Well, I tried Daybreak, even took a sleeping pill. I woke up this morning and felt really weak so I decided to phone in sick to work. When I went back to bed, I lay down and the room started spinning...it was like being a teenager again but without the fun beforehand lol. I slept until 2:00pm. D17 came home at noon saying she felt stuffy and dizzy, so it may be a bug. Now that things are not spinning, I'm trying to make an appt. with my doctor for this evening.
Sounds like you may have the same bug that I did last week. Was out one day sick plus a half a day. It really got me in my sinuses and I did feel quite unsteady but things were back to what passes for normal by the weekend...
Me 52, STBEX 52 D 17, S 12 M 20 years Em Sep since 2002, Phys Sep Sept 2009
Hi Wii! Hope you are feeling better! Still thinking about your dad.
Me:57 H:52 M:28 Got another lawyer last year and filed. D35,S/D twins28,D22 EA4/04 End? Who knows? "Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you." — Peace Pilgrim
I'm back at work this morning. I have slight sniffles but the spinning is gone. I think most of it was stress from the weekend. It's hard to see you Dad lying there with his mouth open and watching nurses suction him out. I felt like "this is it, I'll never talk to my Dad again." A large part of me wants to see him go, this is no life for him. Yet, another part doesn't want to let go. I'm sure everyone goes through this at this time. I guess I'll get through it 'cuz I have to, that's about it for now.
My brother called me at work this afternoon and asked me to come down to the hospital as Dad could go at any time. When I got there Dad was still conscious but fell asleep quickly although he squeezed my hand twice he did not wake up again. We all stayed until about 8:00pm and then left for the night. The nurse said to us "ever since he's come here there has been love in this room, I feel it whenever I'm in here" She said that when a patient has a family around him/her that accepts what's happening they go much more peacefully, they feel they have permission. She said the ones that don't have that have a much harder time. She pointed to Dad and said "look how peaceful he is". She said that he has gone through this from the beginning in such a gentle and courageous manner, always polite and caring to anyone who deals with him. "He's a good and loving man" she said. They were nice words to hear. Last night when I said goodbye to him he didn't say the usual goodbyes but held me and whispered "you take care, son" and he told my sister "you're gonna be OK" I think he knew what was coming. Tomorrow I'm taking my girls and their mother down to say goodbye, he may be conscious or not. They want to see him one last time. The end is near. Please pray for a peaceful ending, he deserves it.
Wii: You certainly have my prayers. I have so much respect for your dad, you and your family for the courageous way you have dealt with one of life's toughest blows.
Near the end, the nurses told us that Mom might need permission to "let go". That we might want to tell her it was ok now. So we did and she did pass peacefully.
