Congrats to you, George, and your dad. Being back on Iwo Jima is a
bad trip to the hospital. Give him our thanks on Nov 11 (or any old
time).
Let it be an inspiration to you, Chuck, and I hope all will be well.
Joel W.
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 5:09 AM, <ClassicVW@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chuck,
>
> Best wishes to your dad and you and your family too.
> My father in law had the same cancer surgery last December at 84yoa.
> He smoked a box of 50 cigars a week for many many years. We think it was
> from that.
> We were also warned about the facial nerves probably going to be severed,
> but it turns out that
> fortunately the surgeon didn't have to cut them. 8 weeks of radiation
> followed and no chemo. All scans since have been A-OK, no cancer. He's 100%
> back
> to normal activities. One thing- take him home as soon as you can. He
> suffered badly from "sundowner's syndrome" while hospitalized which is common
> with the elderly patient. Awake all night and delusional. He thought he was
> back on Iwo Jima. My wife, a nurse, recognized what was happening and
> signed him out early, good thing we had a cooperating doctor. Usually, they
> won't let anyone go until they pass you around to their doctor buddies for a
> week of (mostly) unnecessary tests.
>
> Best,
> George
>
>
> Off to Las Vegas today. Unfortunately, not for fun. My dad is having
> cancer surgery on his parotid glands on Wednesday (the major salivary
> glands in your cheeks and also full of facial nerves). I'm going just
> to see him, of course, but also to give my sister a hand if she needs
> it. I'll be gone a bit over a week. Not taking the laptop but I'll
> have computer access once I get to the house so you'll have to continue
> to put up with me at least some of the time.
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