Donald’s Story

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Dad got a stomach bug last week. He was very dizzy and fell twice. I was going to take him to urgent care but it’s an ordeal to get from bed to car. I got the ambulance to take him. Tests showed he was anemic with hemoglobin at a 6.  CT of the abdomen (he had pain) showed a fistula going through a mass in his colon. So there was also terrible infection all in the abdominal cavity.  He got two pints of blood and was transferred to Wake Raleigh. He survived a 4 hour surgery and got to ICU at midnight Saturday.  They successfully took the vent tube out yesterday and he continues to make small progress.  

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December 13, 2023

Journal entry by Julie Anderson —

We stayed with dad last night until 10. Got a call at 2 that his breathing was labored. We were with him until he passed at 845. It was peaceful and he was not alone. I played Louie Armstrong, Madame Butterfly, Phantom of the Opera and bird sounds in the first for him. He gave some smiles and great hand squeezes. I felt him communicating. And I always will 
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