Good news, bad news.

[rudeguy]

Sleep now.
Tell forum dwellers later.
Good luck to all of you!

For sure. I can't even imagine the pins and needles Kathi must be on....


More prayers coming!

 

[purbeast0]

thank you for the update and once again best of luck to you and your family. you all are in our prayers.

 

[CrimsonWolf]

Thanks for the updates. Wish her the best on the recovery!

 

[Brainonska511]

Thanks for the updates. Hoping her the best.

 

[DaTT]

Hoping today goes well.

 

[Meghan54]

Best wishes. Don't doubt they'll get the bleeding under control.

 

[iRONic]

Sending more good thoughts your mom's way.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Thank you for letting us know. I'm keeping you all in my thoughts and prayers.

 

[kathi b]

Whew. She's stable. But still not responding.

The surgery, they managed to clip the big aneurism before it ruptured. The other aneurisms they think will disappear. Still concerned about the bleeding.

Looks like there are a couple of new strokes. they won't know how serious, until she's stronger. brain MRI's are a bad idea this soon after the surgery.

It'll be a while before we know exactly what we're dealing with. But we're hopeful.

Thanks for all the good thoughts Hope all goes well for everyone here.

 

[corwin]

Whew. She's stable. But still not responding.

The surgery, they managed to clip the big aneurism before it ruptured. The other aneurisms they think will disappear. Still concerned about the bleeding.

Looks like there are a couple of new strokes. they won't know how serious, until she's stronger. brain MRI's are a bad idea this soon after the surgery.

It'll be a while before we know exactly what we're dealing with. But we're hopeful.

Thanks for all the good thoughts Hope all goes well for everyone here.

Great news!

 

[DaTT]

Awesome!

 

[Ichinisan]

Yay!

 

[Bubbleawsome]

Glad this story has a happy intermission. It's been wonderful of you to keep us informed even through all this.

 

[highland145]

Can we send flowers/coffee/do something?

 

[Dari]

Oh Lord, Blessed art thou who can merge thy threades. Amen.

Whew. She's stable. But still not responding.

The surgery, they managed to clip the big aneurism before it ruptured. The other aneurisms they think will disappear. Still concerned about the bleeding.

Looks like there are a couple of new strokes. they won't know how serious, until she's stronger. brain MRI's are a bad idea this soon after the surgery.

It'll be a while before we know exactly what we're dealing with. But we're hopeful.

Thanks for all the good thoughts Hope all goes well for everyone here.

I hope it all works out for y'all. That's a hell of an ordeal.

 

[corwin]

Oh Lord, Blessed art thou who can merge thy threades. Ramen.

FTFY

Good to bring some humor into this

 

[Azraele]

Can we send flowers/coffee/do something?

This.

And thank you so much for the updates. You've already got so much to worry about, and you're still finding the time to let us know how she is. <3 She's a fighter, and we're all pulling for her.

 

[dmcowen674]

Whew. She's stable. But still not responding.

Are they monitoring brain wave activity?

 

[Engineer]

Thanks for the update and we're all pulling for a big recovery!!!

 

[preCRT]

Thank you for updating us on your mom's condition.

Nannette has been in my thoughts & prayers.


Hugs for you & your family.

 

[AMD64Blondie]

Glad your mom is doing better.

Sending happy thoughts your way,Kathi.

 

[Captante]

Hang in there ... both you & mom.

Praying for you both.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Great to hear, now here's hoping the complications get fixed 100%, but it sounds like things are going fairly well and the worse is done now. Just need to give time to heal and recover. May God bless you all, as well as the doctors doing the work.

 

[Fenixgoon]

best of luck to you both! stay strong!

 

[kathi b]

Can we send flowers/coffee/do something?

No flowers allowed in the Cardiac ICU. My brother is a coffee snob and he makes sure we (family) all get plenty off good coffee. He also supplies the staff. they won't let mom have coffee in any of her feeding tubes.

Doing something - your messages and good wishes are awesome - you guys are great, thank you!. Mom got to read some of the replies to her original post , before they pumped her full of meds, pain killers, etc, before surgery. She smiled. Hasn't smiled since, but she's being monitored for all sorts of things.

She's breathing, her heart is way stronger than the docs expected. blood sugar is okay, BP isn't good, but she's full of keppra (minor seizures) and steroids. Lots of brain activity. I wish I could take a picture of her with all of her wires, tubes, monitors, devices and everything. But I'd better not.

Anyway, today's excitement- the man in the bed next to her died this afternoon. They gave him some medicine, and he started flipping out and making noise.

Now, people often die in the ICU, but usually quietly, and in the middle of the night.

It was creepy. Mom has a lawyer, who has her medical power of attorney, and all that stuff. He's here all the time, keeping an eye on her. The guy who died got the wrong medication, and it killed him. I'm so glad mom's lawyer is here. He's a legal partner of the guy she used to date, so he knows her really well, and he's a great guy.

Anyway, when this guy died, mom's numbers were affected. Even though she's not awake and aware, but you could see it in her heart monitoring, and in her brain waves.

It sure affected me, but I was right there when the whole thing happened.

Soon as I get all my messages sent and get off the laptop I'm just going to sit here and hold mom's hand. If I can find her hand through all the wires and stuff. I need my mommy - and if she needs me, I'm here.