DCP... I keep you, Clifford, your family and the medical team in my prayers every day. Saying an extra one now.
Thank you Lando...and everyone! Appreciate the prayers and well wishes.
Tried to see Cliff last evening, but Jason begged me not to go into the ICU, as "Cliff was not himself". Decided to go down to the hospital because nobody was returning my texts or calls. Even the operator said no nurse could speak to me because they were attending to him. So I went to see for myself.
Saw that Jason tried to call twice in the middle of the night (turned the volume down when I went there and forgot to reset it).
Jason said it was the most horrific experience he had in his life...one of the doctors said it was "inhumane" what they had to do.
Because of the pulmonary embolism, they couldn't administer anesthesia to remove the vacuum pump and change the wound dressing. It took 2 hours of what Jason described as pure hell. Ashamed to say I was glad I wasn't there.
They gave Cliff something to make him 'forget' the experience...kinda like the Men in Black, as Jason described it. He' wishes they could have given it to him, and he was surprised they didn't tell him to leave the room.
He's being taken to Baltimore later this morning...it's now 6AM. He's concerned that the vacuum pump they use in transit is not as strong as the one in the ICU, but it is what it is.
Hopefully, the leg can be saved, but Jason has the sick feeling they're going to take it.
Again...it means a lot to know that I have friends and moral support here. Thanks so much!