 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Tom! What a terrible ordeal you have been thru!!! You must have been terrified when you woke up to chaos.
After such a horrifying experience it really gives you a fresh outlook on what is top priority in life. Im so sorry you went thru everything you did in the past week. You are so right, say things today as not one of us is guaranteed a tomorrow. My son and I were having a conversation about this just last evening. After what he witnessed in 2009 with my complications and extended hospital stay, it took him years before he could go into a hospital with me without feeling anxious.
You are one lucky man, Tom! Luckily your daughter was right there and knew what to do to help you. Wishing you and your family a wonderful holiday season spending and many, many more.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
