My Dad... and a WARNING! NOT that O/T...

Our prayers and best wishes for a speedy recovery from us Canuks.Keep a positive attitude and all will turn out fine;your Dad sounds like a fighter.

 

Hope things work out for your pop........sounds like he's making good progress, will be thinking of you guys.

Kev.

 

That's horrible!! Why do other people have to be so amazingly stupid!! Everything could have been avoided if those guys told him about the ether??!!

You and your family are in our prayers!!!

Jason

 

I dont know you guys but I do know your DAD, you and your Family needs all the prayers and thoughts we can give right Now.Trust in God and he'll bring you thru this.

 

Glad to hear he's on the fast track toward recovery Steve. That's quite a traumatic experience no one should ever have to go through, but...since he's going through it, it's great to hear he's kicking it's ass....

Speaking of ass kicking... has anyone talked to the irresponsible yahoos at the yard about this deal? While I'm sure it was a complete accident based on complete ignorance, there had to be some recourse...didn't there?

All my best wishes Amigo... it sounds like everything will work out as well as possible.

(tell him the plastic surgeons are gonna make him look like George Clooney or Brad Pitt or some shit...)

~Scotch~

 

Glad to hear things are going well. Give him my best!

Bill

 

I know its hard to think about it, but I'm a firm believer that everything happens for a reason.But keep you and your families faith up, but also keep in the back of your head they might just need another good guy up in heaven.
Be strong,God bless

 

Steve, Glad to hear your Dad is pulling through, or should I say kicking ass and taking names!! Having the swelling going down already is amazing!!

Your Dad and family are in our prayers. Let us know if you need anything.

Justin

 

Great news!

 

Great news

 

and thats why i hate people who try to start diesel with either nothing good ever comes of it tell them to use WD40 if any thing next time if ther is a next time my old man is adiesel mechanic and he never imean never uses either for any thing even gass he uses WD40 it is just safer

hope your dad pulls through giv him are best from the Coffins Hot Rod Gang

 

Thats great news... Hang in there Brother...

 

My prayers are with your family.I hope everything works out for the best

 

Just got home frome the hospital...

Not much has changed, but he's breathing pretty much on his own now (the ventilator's still in as a "back up").

They are probably going to do the surgery to fix his sinuses and jaw Saturday, and then after that they're going to start weening him off of the ventilator AND the sedatives!



Thanks again everybody!
Steve

 

still pullin for him, man. best wishes...

 

kick ass man! glad to hear he is moving in the right direction. You know where to find me if you need any thing man!

 

that is really great man

 

Thoughts and prayers.... Hang in there.

 

Glad to read that your dad is getting better. I'm a new guy and am very impressed with the outpouring of concern. Keep us posted, and I'll keep prayin'.

 

definantly good to hear hes movin in the right direction

in 3 days he went from torn up, to minimum ventilator support and the doctors already talking about wening him off the heavy meds ... thats an insanely quick turn around

he's gonna be up and about in no time at this rate

still prayin for him tho

 

Best wishes to your dad, he seems to be a strong man!

 

Your Dads in my prayers man!
I lost my Mom when I wasn't even a year old (16days away from my 1st birthday) My Dads Mother raised my brother,sisiter & I.
I lost my brother when he was 12days away from his 29th birthday .
and his is 9 days before mine. Well last Oct my father was diagnosed with bladder cancer, He went in for two exploratory surgeries, Last week, I took him to the City of Hope in Duarte CA.(Cancer Research Hospital) and they performed orthoscopic surgery and removed his bladder as well as his prostate & reconstructed a new bladder by using some of his lower intestine.
I stayed home & waited by the phone, my stepmother stayed @ hospital the whole 10hr surgery and I went to visit him the next day.
Dads are real important, We often don't see eye to eye, But I'd be up sh*t creek without him to argue with me & my sister every morning when we meet for coffee.="The American Dysfunctional Family" Well I brought him home on wednesday and I gotta take him back on friday to see if he's healing ok.
I will be thinking about you Dad,while I'm listening to mine bitch me out
I wish him the best & of course your entire family.
Sincerely,
Kevin

 

Hey Steve glad to hear your dad is doing better, what Hospital is he in I work at Hurley medical center I met you at big Joes you were picking up an axle I was driving a black lowered truck. Good luck with your Dad. Pat.

 

knowing your dad steve, he will be up and around in a couple more days, telling jokes and cracking up the doctors and nurses.
he's a tough, stubborn old guy, he's not gonna let this set him back much...
he'll be back to his old self long before the weather turns nice...and long before he comes to billetproof with us.
like everyone else....if ya need anything...blah blah blah...you know the drill.

 

Hey Pat, I remember meeting ya...

He's at Hurley... whereabouts do you work there???

He's up on the 5th floor, in the ICU.
His name's Tom Filpansick if you happen to go up there...



Thanks again for all the thoughts and prayers guys, It seems to be working!

Steve

 

While I was up there last night, the nurses started talking to me about getting their nipples pierced and all of that stuff...
Then they started making fun of each other about having small boobs, etc...


The one nurse then apologized to my Dad for the subject material of our discussion...

I told her "you guys OBVIOUSLY don't know my dad; this stuff is TAME compared to the comments HE'D be making!".

 

Good to see things are getting back to normal...

Thanks for the update.

If the nurses are like that... start hinting at spongebaths....

 

Steve I work in materials management, I dont get out of my office much any more I hope your dads treatment is going well if you have any problems call me and I'll see that it gets taken care of I'm here from 5:30 am until 2:00pm monday-friday my phone number is 9335 you can dial direct from your dads room. Take care Pat.

 

Just got home from the hospital...

Dad's surgery is scheduled for tomorrow at noon!

The ENT is going to go in and fix/clean out his sinuses and everything (I guess he's gonna do some stuff for his sleep apnea while he's in there too!);

and then while he's still under, the oral surgeon's gonna try to get all of the bone/tooth fragments cleaned out, as well as put his jaw back together and wire it shut.

His surgery may get rescheduled, because the hospital he's at is a regional trauma center, so if any more critical people need the OR, they get it first...
I completely understand, as this deal's pretty minor for what he's been through, but still, we're pretty anxious to get past these hurdles!

The said as soon as that's all done, it's time to start weening him off of the sedatives and the ventilator!


I'll keep ya posted!

Thanks!
Steve

 

Man, oh Man...that's all I'm thinking after reading your past updates. We all take life for granted. My Ma got colon cancer last year, was diagnosed early on; they think they got it all and she is still "cancer free" a year later...

The last and only time (thank god!) I was in the hospital was because of a kidney stone...kinda puts things in perspective for me...my goal was to be like my grandpa, and NEVER visit the hospital...but he died of a heart attack, probably because he never WENT to get a check up, something that I DO regularly.

I'm so happy to be reading along with the progress and seeing (hearing) your Pops is getting better. My prayers will continue...and I'm 1/2 atheist