Phil, I hope you told Larry to get off the phone and get the mask back
on. <grin> Frightened and suffering is sometimes the best place to
discover God's love, so let's hope Larry experiences that during this
time. Thanks for the update.
Peggy
At 09:36 PM 12/27/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Virgie called tonight to updated us on Larry. Then later, Larry called me
>from the hospital. First, Larry is in a hospital in Mississippi. I had
>forgotten his daughter moved from Louisiana a couple of years ago to
>Mississippi. Virgie said they did a heart scan today and some other things
>and learned that there does not seem to be any cancer. His heart seems to
>be fine, too. He does, however, have double pneumonia. He is in very bad
>shape and being the smoker that he was for most of his life, although he had
>quit in recent years, doesn't help any either. He was not getting enough
>oxygen using the normal oxygen hose you wear just below your nose with the
>two little things that stick into your nostrils. Very annoying little
>things, too. I had it for two days and it drove me crazy. Some times, when
>no body was coming in, I would push the thing up higher on my nose just to
>get a break from it. One time a nurses aid came in and jumped on me for
>doing that but I just acted like I had been asleep and didn't realize it has
>slipped, notice the word, slipped, out of place. Sure. Anyhow, they put a
>mask on Larry in order to get more oxygen into him. So the phone rings
>tonight and I answer it. It was Larry, for crying out loud, and he sounded,
>as my mother used to say, like death warmed over. I mean, it sounded big
>time bad news. He was wheezing and blowing and gasping like a bull ready to
>charge. He could not even complete his sentences at times due to the lack
>of air. It really bothered me to hear him talk. He was relieved, of
>course, that they found no cancer and that his heart was ok but he said he
>has never been this sick in his life. He said the worst thing about it was
>that, when he lays on his back, his chest hurts as much as his back. He has
>not been able to sleep and I could not sleep either for three out of the
>four nights I spent in the hospital and my breathing was no where near like
>Larry's was tonight. Anyhow, it goes without saying that Larry is
>frightened and worried and depressed right now. I told him more than once
>that everybody I could get was praying for him and he said he greatly
>appreciated hearing that. I told him I wasn't going to let him go yet and I
>told him he can't throw in the towel yet either. He said he wouldn't do
>that but when you are in your early sixties with double pneumonia and you
>have already been going through depression for probably a year with no
>treatment for it, you can guess the rest. He asked for something to help
>him sleep but they cannot give it to him yet because he isn't breathing well
>enough on his own to be medicated in that manner. I remember how hard it
>was to try and sleep that way, too, and as I said, I was not any where close
>to his degree of sickness. So please continue praying for him.
>
>Phil.
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