Family is important

Today I spent the entire day in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at the Madison Wisconsin Veterans Hospital. The Doctors and Nurses here are fantastic. I was here with my younger Brother, his Wife, and my Sister and her Husband. All of us were here because my Dad is a patient here.

He was transferred here from the Milwaukee VA hospital because they were full up. I came here to support my Brother, and Sister. I came here to be with my Dad. He was admitted because of an infection, and then he had pain in his stomach. The Doctors found that he had an Ulcer, and they fixed that. He was doing pretty good last night, but today all the surgery and other things seemed to catch up with him. He like the rest of us is tired. When you are a patient in an intensive care unit you never really get any sleep. Every time you nod off another test or procedure has to be done. Sitting with my Dad was hard, but my Brother Shore Party reminded me today that my Dad was there for me when I needed him, and that is pretty much true. Tonight my Brother, his Wife and my Sister and her Husband went to a motel. I am still here at the Hospital. My Dad is worried about a lot of things, and we too are a little worried. He is doing better though, and should be back into a regular ward sometime tomorrow or Monday. But since the sewed up an ulcer in his stomach he cannot eat for a few days. He has started trying to get food snuck in to him, and when he can eat I am going to see that he gets whatever he wants. But that may not be until Tuesday or Wednesday.
I have to get back on the road Monday, but I will be back, we are hoping he will be home soon, but he has to heal first and that takes longer the older you get.

Friends and readers, please say a prayer for his speedy recovery, and thanks

Dave Bounce Talley