Dear Castboolits family: I am writing to ask if you could please keep your thoughts and prayers for my family and I. After having dinner at my parents, my mother and I went to the grocery store to buy some desert. We were gone a maximum of ten minutes and when we returned my dad was in the bathtub hunched over and not breathing. His lips were blue, and no pulse was detected.
I started CPR while the ambulance was called, and could still not detect a pulse. The paramedics worked on him for 20 minutes before they were able to get a pulse. At this point he is breathing on his own, but his liver and kidneys are not working on their own. The doctor said that the kidneys and liver can recover, but given the amount of time he was without oxygen to the brain there is a 1% change at coming out of the coma and living a normal life again.
This is the hardest thing I have been through in my life, and only the second family death. The first being my Grandfather when I was eight years old. We are going to keep him on the machine until Friday to see if there is any improvement of any sort. I don't think we fully comprehend what is happening, but most likely don't want to accept the facts. Sorry for writing a novel, but writing has helped clear my mind some. Thank you to all for taking the time to read this, and once again if you have time please try to keep my family in your thoughts and prayers.
Thank you and god bless,
Alvin