Rob-
My family is praying for your family. Hang in there, I've gone through this with my Dad, I feel your pain.

Rob:

Me and mine are praying for you and yours. May God grant him a speedy recovery.

Rob,
My prayers are with you and your family. Stay positive.

Tim

You and your family are in my family's prayers.

Rob- I gotcha man. keep ya chin up. we'll all keep your family in our thoughts. and please.. let us know when he is feeling better :)

Thanks to all of you!
 

It's Monday 10AM

Thank you ALL so much for your positive thoughts, kind words, and prayers.

Dad is holding his own. He is immensely swollen (50+ pounds of excess fluid) but his heart is doing well, so are his lungs and he responds to being spoken to (squints eyes and squeezes fingers)....He is on dialysis to give his kidneys a chance to recover because the fluid load is completely overwhelming them. Hopefully this will reduce the fluid overall as the blood that goes back in has less fluid in it.... They have to do the dialysis slowly. It will be a long uphill battle for him.... Yesterday he had a surgery to just open his chest cavity and take a look to see how his bowel was doing... (which just has the mesh covering) and check his intestine, and there were no leaks and no "dead" sections of bowel. So, that was good. If he can stay infection free and not develop any leaks in the bowel...then he has a chance to recover. If anyone can do this, it's him.

Thank you all again from our family during this difficult time. -Rob

Hope he gets well soon :( .

David

Really sorry to hear about your Dad. I am real tight with my Dad and he was very sick this past year. He did get past it and I pray for you and you Dad for better days ahead. Use this time to draw closer to your Dad and your faith.

Rob, I hope everything works out for you and your Dad.

Hope he gets better soon.. Hang in there. :thumbsup: