The last post was about mom's incident and how she come back home to our place to recover. Didn't sound like it was a big deal thing, right? Boy were we wrong and so were th doctors!
By sunday evening mom had gotten really bad. By monday morning we had her back in an ambulance on her way back to the emergency room. After a very short period of time we found out she had a fractured spine, fluid around her lungs, stats were all over the charts for her breathing and heart. Rough shape! After poking and prodding and running a slue of tests they admitted her into the critical care wing. Not quite ICU, but one step down.
She was in a lot of pain so they gave her a morphine pump. It has helped tremendously! She was scheduled for surgery on her spine today, but due to her condition, she wasn't quite ready to undergo it yet. She's had a few good days and a few bad ones this week. She still is not eating. She's drinking very little. So she is on constant i.v. fluids. She is very weak and will be for a while. The internal bleeding that they weren't sure where it was coming from seems to have subsided for the most part. Today was one of her better days overall. The past couple she has been so exhausted and in so much pain she just kept syaing she couldn't do it anymore. Today she was much more positive.
So the surgery will hopefully be monday. There are a lot of pros and cons to look at. Biggest concern is she could become paralized with or without the surgery. At this point the fracture is a lot worse than initially expected. All she has to do is move wrong. Not that she is doing any moving on her own at this point. Of course with her heart condition and her lungs and age in general it's all a risk.
So after surgery she will be in a back brace for quite some time. They fitted her and got it up to her room the next day. She will be in the hospital for a while and then moved to a 24/7 care facility where she will recieve everything she needs including her many hours of physical therapy.
Dad is alright. He's frustrated he can't be doing more. He started back up his radiation wednesday and has done well so far. 3 rounds down, 7 more rounds to go. Right now it is important that he gets rest which he isn't doing very well at with everything going on.
The rest of us have our good days and our bad. Sometimes it just hits us all at once and a perfectly fine day for no reason can turn upside down. Luckily, I think overall, the good have outweighed the bad for the most part.
I can't thank everyone enough for the thoughts and prayers sent our way! The meals provided for our family. The phone calls and visits. The cards and little notes left in moms room from visitors that don't want to wake her. We read them all to her. Everyone checking in on us and her and dad. It means a lot to us and I know it is a bog part of what has helped get us through it so far!!
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