Wednesday April 27, 2011: CRITICAL CONDITION
Posted Apr 27, 2011 8:50am
All, my mom has taken a sudden turn for the worse. Approximately
3pm yesterday my mom stopped breathing. What started out as what me
and my dad thought were minor hiccups, turned into my mom gasping
for air. The emergency response team came in and surrounded my mom
with care.
Immediately she was rushed to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where they worked at stabilizing her most of the night. They wouldn't allow us back to see her. Finally they were able to stabilize her vitals, but she cannot breath on her own and is on a machine with a tube in her throat.
They ran many many tests and have determined that my mom is diagnosed with "Septic Shock". Sepsis is a blood infection of the blood. They have determined the source of the bacteria to have originated in her stomach and has moved into her blood stream. Septic Shock is her body reacting and going into shock because of the Sepsis blood infection. This is very serious and my mother is in very critical condition.
The doctors warned us that the occurances that happen with my mom over last night would determine the direction she will take and if she will be able to withstand what is happening inside her.
The problems she is facing are severe and only worsened because she is at a zero white blood count with the chemo effects , so she does not have her own immune system to even support her at this point.
BUT- regardless of all of this- we all know my mom. And we all know her tenacity and love of life. She is fighting. We are seeing some minor positive signs this morning since the overnight period. Her kidneys are working!! With Septic Shock if you google it. The organs are in severe danger of failing. And right now, her major organs are functioning and there are no signs of fluid around her heart. Two very positive things. They are pumping her with over 2 liters of fluids to help flush her system. She is very swolen. My mom does not look like Mom- but all this is necessary.
They have my mom on antibiotics, they started this almost instantly when this all began- so right away my mom had instant urgent care and the doctors here were covering all basis of any suspicion they had to be certain they were taking steps to help her.
My mom is literally minute by minute and we are not certain of the future. We are taking things literally one minute at a time.
What we have is our faith and love and hope and God can do great things and we are asking for Him to step in now. My mom is showing a few minor positive signs and we can only hope that she continues to show us these signs of her willingness to still want to be with us for a bit longer.
We are asking everyone to pray for her. and we are asking for those you can and know to pray the Devine Mercy Rosary for my mother. Across the world, to know that we are all saying this same prayer for my mom can be a powerful powerful prayer- I'm asking that you join me today, at some point during your day to pray with us, in unison, for the healing of my mother. We all, everyone who reads this now- is not ready to say goodbye just yet- we all still need her. We need her. Pray with us today for her, for my beautiful mother.
Immediately she was rushed to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where they worked at stabilizing her most of the night. They wouldn't allow us back to see her. Finally they were able to stabilize her vitals, but she cannot breath on her own and is on a machine with a tube in her throat.
They ran many many tests and have determined that my mom is diagnosed with "Septic Shock". Sepsis is a blood infection of the blood. They have determined the source of the bacteria to have originated in her stomach and has moved into her blood stream. Septic Shock is her body reacting and going into shock because of the Sepsis blood infection. This is very serious and my mother is in very critical condition.
The doctors warned us that the occurances that happen with my mom over last night would determine the direction she will take and if she will be able to withstand what is happening inside her.
The problems she is facing are severe and only worsened because she is at a zero white blood count with the chemo effects , so she does not have her own immune system to even support her at this point.
BUT- regardless of all of this- we all know my mom. And we all know her tenacity and love of life. She is fighting. We are seeing some minor positive signs this morning since the overnight period. Her kidneys are working!! With Septic Shock if you google it. The organs are in severe danger of failing. And right now, her major organs are functioning and there are no signs of fluid around her heart. Two very positive things. They are pumping her with over 2 liters of fluids to help flush her system. She is very swolen. My mom does not look like Mom- but all this is necessary.
They have my mom on antibiotics, they started this almost instantly when this all began- so right away my mom had instant urgent care and the doctors here were covering all basis of any suspicion they had to be certain they were taking steps to help her.
My mom is literally minute by minute and we are not certain of the future. We are taking things literally one minute at a time.
What we have is our faith and love and hope and God can do great things and we are asking for Him to step in now. My mom is showing a few minor positive signs and we can only hope that she continues to show us these signs of her willingness to still want to be with us for a bit longer.
We are asking everyone to pray for her. and we are asking for those you can and know to pray the Devine Mercy Rosary for my mother. Across the world, to know that we are all saying this same prayer for my mom can be a powerful powerful prayer- I'm asking that you join me today, at some point during your day to pray with us, in unison, for the healing of my mother. We all, everyone who reads this now- is not ready to say goodbye just yet- we all still need her. We need her. Pray with us today for her, for my beautiful mother.
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