Update on my father-in-law

Category: My Family | Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:46 am

Well, my FIL had surgery on Wednesday to remove nasal polyps and to also check his throat for cancer. Well, his nose was full of polyps and as for the thing they thought was cancer, well the surgeon went down his throat as far as he could go and said he didn't see anything. He thinks that since his nose was so stopped up that he was having to breathe and eat at the same time and that was what was causing him to choke so bad. So they are going to wait a few weeks and let all the swelling go down and if his throat is still bothering him, they will pursue it more. Hopefully they also restored his sense of smell. He hasn't been albe to smell in like 30 years from a previous nasal polyp removal. I told him we could test it out by him changing one of Trey's diapers... that should let him know if he can smell of not! Aren't I a great daughter-in-law? Thanks for all the thought and prayers and I will keep ya'll updated!

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eileen wrote on Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:39 am:

Really pleased to hear that your FIL is doing well after his op. Let's hope now that the polyps have been removed he won't choke any more. Thanks for the update as I was wondering how he was doing.

Gardenstew wrote on Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:46 am:

Good news Heather. Give him our best wishes. I really hope he can get his sense of smell back as well. I reckon the Trey-diaper experiment would be interesting :D

Shanna wrote on Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:09 pm:

I am so glad Guff is o.k. I was worried about him.Hopefully he gets his sense of smell back and that was so thoughtfull of you thats every mans wish to smell a dirty diaper LOL.Love y'all and can't wait for you guys to get her.Tell Guff i am glad he is o.k. HUGS

Pinkiered wrote on Sat Jun 17, 2006 4:54 pm:

LOL Yeah I think the diaper test would work! ;) Glad to hear he is ok.

glendann wrote on Sun Jun 18, 2006 5:51 am:

I'm so glad Guff is doing ok .Tell him to get well soon for me.Hope he can smell that diaper .I bet he wouldn't mind the smell, just knowing he can smell it.

heathermt75 wrote on Sun Jun 18, 2006 5:54 am:

Thanks for the thoughts and prayers. We thought that he was going to have two black eyes and be really sore, but he isn't. His nose still bleeds a little bit when he does too much, but he is doing great. He is such a workaholic and it is so hard to get him to slow down. Just to let you know how bad he is, he was in the ICU after having open heart surgery and he was getting upset at the nurses cause he didn't have a phone in his room so he could return customer's phone calls. The nurses kept telling him that people in ICU aren't usually able to talk on the telephone. I wonder about him sometimes.....