Could you all please keep my grandmother in your prayers. I found out yesterday that she was admitted to the hospital on tuesday. She had, at that time, pulminary adema, which is mega fluid in the lungs. I found out today, that while she was at the hospital, getting the fluid outof her lungs, she had a "out of the blue, bolt" heart attack. Which means that there were no warning signs, nothing.. just bang! suddenly there. As her cardiologist said, if you're going to have a heart attack like that, the hospital is the best place tohave it. She's doing fine... they have her on oxygen and a morphine drip at the moment. They're still running tests and EKG's to see if she has progressive heart failure, or what. THey want to find out what triggered the pulminory adema in the first place. No one knows, right now, when she'll be getting out of the hospital, just that it will be in the new year.They DO know that she has mega high blood pressure. At one point, I think mom said during the attack, her bottom number was 150.... which is mega bad. Docs want to put her on a NO sodium diet.. which she's fighting.. apparently her attitude is, "I'm 80some odd years old, I am NOT changing my eating habits NOW!" Which is very much my grandma. *chuckles* As I know things I shall let all of you know. Just, I don't htink my grandpa could survive without her.... He may not realize it, but he relies on her for a lot.
Kiersten
