father in law in ICU :(

You got it. Hope everything turns out OK.

Good vibes on the way!!

Jodi

My thoughts are with you, it's hard when someone you care about is in the hospital like that.

Consider him prayed for. And you and your family. Hope all goes well, Lord willing.

Hey Autmun...hang in there.  My dad was diagnosied with lung CA 2 days before xmas...nic huh..he had chemo first the surgery in March.  His heart rate got all goofy too and he had a trip to the ICU.  I guess its common after lung surgery.  Hope he is Ok soon.  Take care -SMO

thanks so much for your reply. how is your dad doing? its good to know that someone else is going through this (not that i would wish it on anyone, but your words were comforting).

i hope he's okay too. he's out in oregon; we're in minnesota. we keep fighting the urge for my husband to get on a plane. one of his brothers has been out, but my husband and his other brother haven't gone yet. since my father had lung cancer, i know that there could be weeks, months, even years of days where we think 'oh god, we have to go now!' we need to be careful and save our pennies for when it really matters....but i still wish we were closer, or at least wealthy enough to be going out there every other weekend.

thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers. i will post an update as soon as we have one.

Autumn, you and your family have the thoughts and prayers from both Patti and me, hope things improve for your father in law. We'll be thinking about you all.

Max

My thoughts are with you and your father in law!

just got an email from my step-mother-in-law. he is still in the cardiac icu, w/ blood pressue coming up and heart rate going down. again, thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers. there aren't words to tell you how much it means to me.

{{{Good Thoughts}}} Having gone through that with both my father and grandmother, I know it's tough enough to be there, but being so far away must be hard. Add me to the list of thinkers.

-Frank

Prayers to your father-in-law and the rest of the family.  There's strength in FAMILY

Autumn, I hope everything works out for your family as best it possibly can.
Positive thoughts in your direction.

Autumn...you and your FIL are in my thoughts and prayers. My dad died from lung cancer 363 days ago. His was diagnosed very late (Stage IV) and was therefore inoperable (he had mets in his brain and liver). It sounds like your FIL caught it much earlier, which is a blessing because it so often is diagnosed too late.  It tough, but it sounds like he's got a fighting chance. And it's very cool to see that you're involved with Team Lung. I've been involved with Team in Training for a long time, but with my dad getting sick it makes the experience so much more meaningful. I know it is for you, too. Hang in there!

sending good thoughts your way...

Autumn, my prayers are with you, your father-in-law andyour family.

thank you for your reply, jim. i am so sorry to hear about your dad. i reall hope that my fil makes it, but its so touch and go. he tends to downplay everything, because he doesn't want his boys to worry. a test will be 'routine and no big deal' and then comes back with results worse than we were ready for. the surgery was supposed to be to avoid chemo, but he ended up with more lung taken out, and lymph, and still has to do chemo, and maybe radiation. there was just supposed to be one spot on one lung, but now they see spots on the other lung too. its such a roller coaster. since the cancer was in the lymph, that just makes me so scared that they are going to find more (and i don't know if his doctors are really looking - my dad is a pulmonary doctor, so he's had some strong opinions about the choices my fil's docs have made).

i actually signed up with team lung before my fil was even diagnosed. my dad has been very involved in getting duluth and other cities in minnesota to become smoke free. i signed up to honor all the work he has done, and in rememberance of my grandfather, who died of lung cancer (after years of pack a day smoking, AND working with asbestos!). it was just a couple months after starting my team lung fund raising that my fil was diagnosed. put all of it into a whole different light. i just got a whole stack of envelopes from team lung and am going to send out a whole slew of letters this weekend. in a situation where we feel like there is nothing we can do, having the team lung fundraising has been a solace.

again, i am so sorry for your loss. thanks again for your post.

I'll be praying for you tonight, I have lost three people in the last year to cancer. I hope all works out well.

Happy thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.

well, last night we heard encouraging news. after two days in the cardiac icu, he should be going home today. neither my husband nor his brothers have spoken to their father. in the past, he was the one who called and talked to all of us. this time he had my step-mil call, and didn't want anyone calling him at the hospital. this is very unusual for him. i think this set back has caused him to realize that this disease isn't going away overnight.

Edited by autumn 2005-07-15 9:54 AM

Autumn...I'm so glad to hear he's doing better. And yeah...the disease process is funny psychologically. It is good that he's realizing he's in it for the long haul, as it'll allow him to start dealing with it rationally.  It's tough, but it's a good step for him.

Edited by run4yrlif 2005-07-15 10:00 AM

he's home tonight. a bit emotional, but doing well. he ran into an old friend at the grocery store on the way home who also has lung cancer and had a similar experience (heart issues), so that made my fil feel a lot better. thanks for all of the support, stories, messages, thoughts, and prayers.

Glad he is home and on the mend   Have a great weekend -SMO