~comes up to the board and takes a deep breath and let's it out~
Yesterday while hubby and I were at work, we got a call from hubby's brother, he wanted to let us know that their mother was in the hospital and it didn't look good... seems she got a kidney infection and it has gone septic... since their step-father didn't give any details of what her condition was or is, he looked it up on the web and felt the floor under him just about fall out... seems that the chances of her recovering from this would be high if she weren't already dealing with other major medical problems... she has diabetes, that on a good day, is barely controlled, then she has a stomach problem that has been plaguing her for nearly 3 years, that never healed right after the doctors tried to fix that problem, along with heart problems, she had 2 small heart attacks that she never knew she had until she went in for surgery for something completely unrelated, and so much more going on with her... with that array of medical issues, she has a 40% chance of recovering... she is stubborn and ornery, but that still doesn't help keep the boys calm...
When my sister in law, hubby's brother's wife, talked to mom yesterday afternoon, she was scared, all the time trying to convince her that she was imagining things, and such when mom kept stating that she was dying and wanted to get a few things out before she died... plus she was extremely loopy, not from the pain meds, but from the antibotics they are filling her up with... my sister in law has been mom's best friend for nearly 30 odd years and has seen and been there through a lot of things with her, and she said this was nearly the first time she almost couldn't work up the courage to talk her out of her thoughts... but by the time hubby and I got home from working, we called her and hubby was on the phone talking with her for nearly 30 to 45 mins, talking about his new job, to making jokes about her taking vacations in the hospital again and that we are surprised the hospital hasn't named a ward after her yet... during this conversation we did find out that she ate some of her dinner, that she was feeling better, though she still couldn't tell you how long she had been on vacation, basically overall she was in better spirits and not talking about dying....
I will keep everyone up to date on what is going on with her, as we have learned in the past, she might be in good spirits and feeling wonderful and thinking she is on her way of getting out the hospital to finding out that she has gone back to where she was or worse... the last time she did this was over a year ago, a day from being released, she slipped off the recovering list to critical and not being released for nearly 2 months later... we didn't talk with her tonight, but I am sure if something had changed, we would have gotten a call from hubby's brother giving us the news...
I know this is long, but I had to get it off my chest, as I am not one who asks for prayers or thoughts a lot, I am asking for them now... she is too young to die, plus, she has a granddaughter she has to see graduate, my niece who I swear is a alien child... that is the one thing that keeps her going really, as she was 2 weeks away from adopting a baby and getting news that her health was too bad for her to do so, and that just about shattered her... and it was going to be a girl... after 3 boys, she was so looking forward to having that girl...
~slips out with a soft smile~
My thanks
