My Life's Journey - Life's Card Game - Part 8 - New Diagnosis, More Waiting, And A Complete ShocksteemCreated with Sketch.

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Ok as you know from the last part the things took another turn for my father and now he had a new diagnosis to add to his list besides the big mass on his brain which nobody knows what it was. The new diagnosis for my father was that he sepsis which is a very dangerous blood poisoning disease. They suspected it is the cause of all of his problems and even the mass on his brain. They were assuming it is sepsis, and that it created a tumor which was pressuring his brain and creating all the problems with coordination, and loss of memory. But, for me, one thing did not make sense to me at all as I talked to one of the friends who is a doctor.

He told me this was a blood disease and very dangerous ones. Especially, with all the other conditions my father had before all of this. He told me about the way they will go and treat my father. Basically, they will bombard him with cocktails of antibiotics and if one strain of them don't work, they will try with other different types of antibiotics. And, soon in the circle hoping one of them would work. We were all worried if his body can pull through all of this. But, the situation was as it was, and the only thing we could do was to be there for him, give him encouragement and love, and hope for the best.

If you missed the first 4 parts of the story you catch up by clicking below:
Part 1 - The First Hand
Part 2 - The Phone Call
Part 3 - My Brother Nikola And A Pencil To The Rescue
Part 4 - My State Of Mind And A Nightmare Scenario
Part 5 - The Hospital And My Father's Condition
Part 6 - Giving Hope
Part 7 -Twists And Turns

What Did Not Make Sense?

Well, for me, right there in the hospital when it was first said he had Sepsis and when I found out it was a blood poisoning one thing did not make sense at all. If it is a blood poisoning how in the heck did the "specialist" know he had Sepsis with just looking at his eyes? It does not make sense right? If it is a blood poisoning, don't you first have to test his blood to confirm it is sepsis? As I got home I did more research on the internet about it and found out it is not possible to diagnose sepsis without doing blood tests. So why in the heck this doctor would just blurt this out without doing blood tests?


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The next day I found out through my friend who has some connections in the lab in Sibenik that it takes 6 days to test for sepsis. Which made things even stranger for me. Why in the heck would this doctor say this without the blood tests or anything? And, even stranger, thing for me was why did this happen right on the day my dad was about to be transferred to the other hospital? I am not much of "conspiracy" theory guy, but for this to happen right on this day was a little strange for me. Because now the transfer was canceled as they can do all the tests in this hospital. Is it just I or this was a bit strange for you guys as well?

More Waiting

So we're all back on waiting for the test results to come back and if sepsis will be confirmed or not. Meanwhile, while this was happening both of my brothers had to get back to their jobs in different cities and I was now alone to visit my father. They both can't afford to lose their jobs so they had to go back to work. So for the next 7-8 days, I had to go visit my father alone every day. But, no matter what the doctors were saying I kept doing energy treatments on my dad, and I was never losing hope no matter what diagnosis they were proposing. And, actually guys my father was getting better.


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They were now letting him walk and use the bathroom with assistance. And, during the next 2 days, he really looked like he is doing better. He was still having problems with coordination and forgetting things. One of the hardest for me to watch was actually watching him not being able to remember how to play his favorite card game. But, I was taking any improvement as a blessing. Even though I can see my father getting a bit nervous about the whole thing, and waiting, and the new diagnosis. Every day he would tell me just to take him home. And, if he was meant to die he would rather it happens in his home then in a hospital. Those are not easy words to hear coming from my father and I understood him completely. And, if I was in his place I would probably wish the same. Laying down in the hospital for the entire day, not knowing anything about what tomorrow will bring is not an easy thing to process. He was slowly lossing hope and patience and there was really nothing I can do about it. I urged him to be patient just a little longer, but honestly with not much success...

The Next Day

As I have told you before my father is a bit of a stubborn man. So when he sets his mind to something it is hard to change his mind. So what happened the next day? Well, what happened was that my father has created a little scene in the hospital because he forgot where he was, and he wanted to go home. When I came to visit in visiting hours I found him tied to the bed, with him barely conscious. Kind off like the first time I saw him when I just arrived at the hospital. It was not a pretty sight for me. I could barely talk to him at all. I got scared things are taking the turn for the worst again...

But, later, I found out they had to give him a sedative or some kind of injection to calm him down. One of the sideeffects of this sedative is that it makes people very drowsy and all they do is sleep all day. Both of my visits that day were not a pleasant sight for me. But, my friend, told me the effect of the sedative should stop by tomorrow. I never really found out what happened exactly that day, but I was hoping he would be better tomorrow.


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While my father was in a hospital, my friend who had connections in the lab was sending me messages every morning to give me a report on his blood tests. So every morning I was waiting for those messages to arrive. About 4 days have passed and all his tests were still negative. The waiting is the worst in this type of situations. It slowly eats you up mentally as every day you are expecting news. Not an easy thing for your nerves at all.

The next day, I visited my father, and thank God for the effects of the sedative have worn off, and he was back to "normal". I mean at least he can talk and he can stay awake. So most of those visit hours I would take him under my arm and we would walk the hallways and talk. I tried to encourage him to stay as a patient and as positive as possible. But, he wanted to go home. And, I told we have to wait another 2 days for the blood tests to arrive. I knew it was hard on him, but we really had no choice now but wait. I was able to reason with him, but I knew his patience is running out as he told me he can't sleep at night at all. He was not comfortable at this hospital at all.

The Test Results

Finally, the 6th day arrived and I knew the results before the doctors probably as my friend let me knew ahead of time. All of his blood tests came back negative and there was no sign of sepsis in his blood thank God. So the doctor with "special" glasses was wrong. Now I know this might be strange to you all, but I believe the only reason he proposed this was because he knew it would take 6 days for this tests to complete and it would stop the transfer of my father to a different hospital. I am not saying this has happened, but it was the gut feeling I was getting. Something just did not feel right about the whole situation. But, I did not have time to waste on finding out the answers.


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It just did not make sense to me at all, but I was happy all the tests came back negative. As it would be a big complication to an already complicated situation with my father. We were all very happy the tests are negative, but my father was far from being in the "clear" as there are still many questions unanswered about his condition. One of them is what is the mass on his brain? About 18 days into my father's arrival in the hospital, we still did not have any definite answer about his condition.

Never Ending Waiting, And A Complete Shock

For the next 3 days I talked to his doctor every day, but it was all like before. They had no clue what to do with him. She sent his scans, and everything to 3 different hospitals and none of those hospitals wanted to write the diagnosis. All of their reports where maybe it is this, or maybe it is that, but none of them with a direct answer, and diagnosis.After 18 days in the hospital, we did not get any answers basically. And, honestly, I was not sure we would at one point. It seemed like they had no clue what to do next.

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With all of this happening, my father was getting better, as the mass on his brain has stopped growing and he it has actually shrunk down a little bit. Which were all good news, but the mass was still on his brain and messing with his coordination and memory. Honestly, this doctor was really trying hard and I have to give her credit, and she was in a tough situation. She could not give me any answers as she was not getting any definite answers at all from her collegues. And, she was honest, about it as well. I respected that about her.

But, what I did not respect, was what happened on the day 19th, when I arrived for visiting hours. It was something I was not prepared for at all, and honestly at the moment did not know how to handle at all. If somebody told me this as a story I would honestly not believe him. Remember guys, who followed this entire story when I told we are just at the beginning? Well, you will soon find out why?

To be Continued...

Thank you all for reading, have a blessed day, much love,

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  ·  6 years ago (edited)

I'm so sorry you have to go through all this and also for your dad being ill. It's not easy, I know that first hand, I had to go through this with my mom years ago and one thing I've learned is you can't trust doctors entirely, at least not in my country. You have to pay attention and follow all the events closely if you want your relative to get the best care.

Unfortunately my brother is going through a similar situation with his son, my nephew. He has some kind of condition that caused his liver and spleen to swell and no one knows what it is. One week of tests, all kind of tests from blood tests to MRI and no one knows what he has.

I wish all the best for your dad and wishing you strength and patience to help him in his recovery journey.

@erikah I agree with you completely. Some things they were doing just did not make sense to me at all. And, my gut feeling was telling me somethings just don't add up at all. And, you will see in the next part why my gut feelings were correct. It is the best lie detector test in the world. If you feel something is not right, it is probably because it is not.

I am sorry to hear about your son going through a similar situation with your son. It is not an easy situation to be in when you do not have any answers. It is WAITING which slowly eats you up mentally. I truly hope they will soon find out what is happening with your nephew and that he will be on his way to make full recovery in no time.

When it came to my dad, I think the "alternative" medicine which contributed to his recovery the most. Soon I will start talking about in the next parts of the story.

Thank you for such an amazing comment, and I wish you the best day ever. :)

Thank you @awakentolife for the kind words. Unfortunately the story with my nephew is not over. They've run tests for a whole week, a lot of illnesses were excluded but they still have no idea what is causing the problem. He still doesn't have a diagnosis. Tests need to be redone in three weeks. Fingers crossed, let's hope his liver and spleen will be showing as normal again.

Alternative medicine is very good, should not be excluded. Unfortunately doctors don't like it, they know only pills and surgery. That is why relatives have to do additional research and seek a second opinion.

I wish you strength and the best of health so you can assist and take care of your dad. Unfortunately I know exactly what you are going through and also known it's not easy, you're going to need a lot of patience and strength. I've been doing it for one year and a half with my mom.

Take care of yourself and don't give up hope 🙂

Such a lovely story you have in there. I really had to read it over and over again because i couldn't resist the lovely flow in your story. I had an awesome day reading your blog and i hope to see you around with more of such story about you. Thumbs up and keep it up

Hi there @ferrate. Thank you for your kinds words and I am happy you liked my story and the way I wrote it. This now is only about 19 days into the story of my father. And, it was about 4 months long journey. So I have a lot more parts to write. I can't include all the details because it would be a book. Soon I will write another part. :)

Thank you for such an amazing comment, have a blessed day. :)

Hehe..... Even your user name says it all. It will be a best selling book to be precise. You are humbly welcome though and have a nice day too

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Hey @awakentolife catchy story. I am sorry to hear what happened to you and your familiy. When something like this happens you are vulnerable and have to listen what the doctors tell you. The waiting is killing you and you think there should be something I could do right now :(
I am very curious what happens next... Don't wait to long to post the continue :)

Keep up the good work buddy,
Cheers M

@mcnestler thank you for a great comment. Yes, waiting is the worst, and yes we should trust our doctors. But, from the beginning, I had a feeling something is not right with the way they were treating my father. In the next part, you will find out why my suspicions and doubts were correct. Yes, listen to the doctors but question everything, and most importantly trust your GUT feeling. :)

I will write the next very soon. Have a blessed day, my friend. :)

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Not sure how I missed this when you posted this 3 days ago and I have been waiting for updates on this story,

It does seem very strange to me that when you were about to transfer him to another hospital they make a diagnosis od Sepsis and without doign a blood tests that is very suspect and dubious I Must say