Selma's Old Guy

[OperaTenor]

Some of you I'm sure caught Selma's most recent post regarding her husband, Gil.

He suffered a heart attack the day before yesterday, and it's exacerbated by diabetes. He is currently in the hospital, and is working toward being healthy enough to undergo triple bypass surgery.

If you'd like to send him a card, etc.:

Gil Silva, patient
Palomar Hospital
555 Valley Pkwy
Escondido, CA 92025

Please keep them in your prayers and thoughts.

[Shapley]

OT,

Thanks.

V/R
Shapley

[Marye]

Selma, I am very sorry to hear about Gil. I wish you both the best and look forward to hearing better news. Please take care of yourself.

[Trumpetmaster]

Selma,
Sorry to hear about your husband. I will put you both on our prayer list at church.

OT,
Thanks for the info!

TM

[piqaboo]

Selma,
please let me know if a directed blood donation will be helpful. I'll start goosing the hematocrit level now, jic.
Piq

[lioness]

i know i posted this on another thread, but i think it belongs here...


Selma,
i hope you're doing well.and i wish you both good energy. my godson was diagnosed with diabetes at infacy... he is now 10 and we have had many, many hospitalized scares over these past years.

you are in my thoughts and prayers... not just with dealing with this disease and it's effects... but also because i understand how stressful family involvement can be.

-lioness

[mmichaelson]

holy geez!! OT, thanks for the info, I will send a card asap!

Selma, much thoughts and prayers are coming your way from Tx. We'll keep you and your husband in our hearts.

[hal 9000]

My thoughts go out to you and your husband as well, Selma.

I wish him a speedy recovery.

[dai bread]

Sorry to hear this, Selma. I hope all goes well.

Diabetes is a lot nastier than people think. The repercussions seem to be endless, and can crop up almost anywhere in the body. One of my wife's cousins got seriously messed up with it.

On a brighter note, my brother-in-law survived his heart aortic valve replacement and is now bouncing around as though nothing had ever been wrong with him. Let's hope Gil is like him.

[Selma in Sandy Eggo]

Open heart surgery is scheduled, 7:30 am, Wednesday of next week. It is entirely possible he will need blood, but it's also likely that the blood accounts at work and church may cover. WTH, giving blood is always a good thing, right?

They're talking about a quintuple bypass. He'll be pushing that walker rather slowly for a while. The surgeon puts the chances of a favorable outcome at about 95%, which is frankly better than I had expected.

Already e-mailed his friends, posted here. Now the really hard part, calling all the assorted family. Eck.

I'll notify the insurance of the additional plans Monday, when they open up. I so look forward to it.

[zlosin]

I am very sorry to hear this news. Of course I wish you and Gil the very best. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
This is going to be very trying for you, always remember that God loves you and everything happens for a reason. I hope Gil has a speedy recovery and gets back to enjoying classical music soon.

[analog]

Selma

if this is worth anything -
i had a quadruple ten years ago. Hurts for a week but improvement is rapid. They had me up out of bed the next day and I thought they were nuts. But looking back I think it helped.

My wife Anne brought a "boom box" to the hospital and we played classical music softly around the clock. I recall waking up at odd hours, coming aware of the music & where I was, then drifting back out. It helped a lot with getting rest. That yellow "Bells of St Genevieve and other Delights" CD (on RCA) was a favorite with the hospital staff.

What a time we live in, that such surgery is not only possible but available to us ordinary folks.


Best wishes and prayers for a quick and complete recovery --- old jim

[piqaboo]

Selma,
Its good to hear that Gil is doing so well that they scheduled surgery, and that the surgeon is so positive. Which doesnt make it any the less scary or shitty that you guys are going thru this. Best thoughts and prayers and wishes from my family to yours.
Please call or email if boombox or headphones would be helpful/pleasing.

[monkeymd2b]

Selma, Glad to hear that Gil's doing well. Happy thoughts and prayers being directed your way. Many studies have shown that a positive attitude and a supportive circle of friends and family is associated with better outcomes! So don't tell him that his food now will be about as tasteful as a piece of cardboard. Patients always tell me that they're glad they survived but couldn't I do something about the bland food. As if I can cook!

[Selma in Sandy Eggo]

mmd2b: he has already realized the awful truth about hospital food. It is safe. It is probably nutritious. It isn't my cooking.

Fortunately, he likes jello. <ick> And he'll eat anything disguised with a bit of mashed potato.

[GreatCarouser]

Jello and mashed potatoes??? Where's that liverface icon?

[bignaf]

he'll be in my prayers. what's his mother's 1st name?

[FlyingSorcery]

Selma, I'm glad the outlook is bright for your husband's surgery. Positive news like that can take the edge off a very scary situation. You will be in our thoughts and prayers this week. I hope you have warm and supportive family to be with you this week.

[lioness]

Originally posted by Selma in Sandy Eggo:
The surgeon puts the chances of a favorable outcome at about 95%, which is frankly better than I had expected.

that is wonderful news Selma! you both are in my thoughts.

[monkeymd2b]

jello and mashed potatoes? YUMMMMMMM! I love those foods! Not together though...that would be gross. I know I'm ready for extreme old age because I could live on foods like jello, mashed potatoes, and tofu. THe other pureed foods are not appealing but I saw a recipe for mashed up cauliflower in the south beach diet (potatoes are a no-no ) so perhaps I'll try that one.

how can you NOT love jello?!? Oh, and none of that fruit in the jello crap for me. That's just wrong. My favorite jello recipe is where you make one layer clear, then you add a little milk or cream (can't remember) to make the next layer, and then even more for the final layer. It's pretty and tasty all at the same time! Maybe it's just a hawaii thing to overindulge in jello...just like spam.