Showing posts with label Mom still fighting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mom still fighting. Show all posts

Monday, October 20, 2008

Mom is still fighting

UPDATE: Mom is going to have surgery Friday to remove her gallbladder - she has a drain in it right now - because she cannot be admitted anywhere with it in. She was moved out of CCU today as well. She still isn't responsive...my siblings and I are confused as to what exactly this all means for her and her quality of life...



They were supposed to move my mom into her own room today. She is a true DNR now. But, she seems to be rallying again. I just worry about her quality of life because we still don't know about the extent of the brain damage.

Paul and Rayna were able to visit with her before we went to Louisiana and I was really happy about it.

She is rarely responsive...however, my brother, Joey, called and I held the phone up to mom's ear and he spoke to her for about 30 seconds. Afterwards, she had to have her breathing treatment and then they moved her to her other side. While this was going on, I was standing out of the way and asked mom if she had heard Joey on the phone and she slowly responded with a "Yes"!

I was shocked but elated...it brought tears to my eyes.