Thank you all for all the prayers, hugs & good thoughts. husband is still in ICU in critical condition ~ multi system failure. Not much more can be said.
I've spent countless hours on the phone with the hospital, doctors, nurses, chaplains, etc.
kt & wm's tdocs wanted, in fact, went so far as to come up with each of them seperately to see their father. They were in the room during the visits.
The tweedles went up to visit their dad & tell him any/all that they wanted to share with him. husband is comatose but I assured kt then wm dad could hear them & that dad, when all has been said & done, loves them with all his heart. They needed to hear that.
They needed explanation on all the medications, tubes, etc. Once it was explained & why it was being used it was less frightening ~ they are still terrified ~ but the machines were less intimadating.
Both of the tweedles tdocs brought kt & wm up to see husband. We scheduled it for different times - unfortunately they ran into one another (it's a tweedle thing). Saying that, they were both appropriate & it wasn't about a visit between the 2 of them kt left after greeting wm; wm left after visiting with his father. You would have been very proud of the tweedles. They were wonderful & so far no terrible after affect. And it broke my heart for my children. I felt such tremendous anger toward my husband watching my children suffer like that. They visited with their tdocs on transport home to speak of their fears & such. Cell phone numbers were exchanged so kt & wm can contact tdocs as necessary over the weekend.
kt & I are planning on leaving town via Amtrak tomorrow morning to visit my dad & my family. I've heard that my train out of the PNW is running 10 hours behind (need a break this week).
More than anything I pray that train comes on time & we can get out of this town for a few days. Just a few days so I can catch my breath. I need to get out of here - see my dad, my siblings & breath deep again.
Sue thanks for keep our crew updated, I appreciate it. I may depend on it again next week.
Ladies thank you & enjoy your Christmas holiday. kt & I are soon to enjoy our Christmas eve dinner of Chinese.