Today has been absolutely crazy, but I've finally made a decision on what I'm going to do. I will be leaving San Antonio in the morning about 4:30 am to be in Beaumont for the 9:45 am visitation to see mom. I'm praying that my grandmother will let me have some "mom time", and let me go back by myself...
I got to talk to mom a couple of times today, which is why I'm not already there. This morning, I called the ICU nurses station, and the lady of course couldn't tell me anything, because I didn't have the "password". bleh. All she could tell me was that she had been changed to "Stable Condition" from critical.
I wasn't mad, because I know there are rules, they have to follow them. About 20 minutes later, though, my cell phone started ringing with an unfamiliar number, but i went ahead and answered it.
....Melissa?
....Yes Ma'am?
....This is _____ from St. Elizabeth hospital. One second, here's your mom.
The sweet nurse at the nurse's station had taken my number down earlier, and she used her personal cell phone to call me, and then handed the phone to mom. WOW! that meant so much to me.
Mom sounded ok when I talked to her. She had already gone down for her scope, and boy was there bleeding. She said the pictures of her insides were horrifying. (Lesson learned? Let's hope so...) She was still waiting on the doc to come in and give her the official results, but she could see with her own eyes something was not good.
Later this afternoon, i called the waiting room a couple of times, in hopes of catching Totsie or Aunt Tammy, but they had been allowed to stay back with mom for more than the allotted 15 minutes, so I missed them. I decided to call the nurses' station again. This time i got another sweet lady, who, after I gave her the password, told me that she would take a phone into mom's room, and let her call me. 5 minutes later, my phone was ringing again!
I told mom of my plans to come, and she told me not to come, because she would be worried about me driving that distance by myself, but little does she know I will be walking through her door in the morning! :-)
She had found out that she has a pretty bad bleeding ulcer, and they are giving her some meds to try and heal that. She's been told to never put another aspirin in her mouth. ever. She's craving them right now, so her they are giving her a little more xanax to curb those cravings...aka: knock her out. :-) It's a possibility she may get to come home tomorrow, but she was recieving several more units of blood as we were speaking. She was also severely dehydrated, so she's recieving lots of fluids as well.
Some of my details in my earlier post were incorrect - such as - Mom didn't call Totsie (makes more sense). Totsie just happened to call her. Thanks goodness. Mom's blood volume was so low, it could have been fatal.
I told some people mom had recieved 5 units of blood last night, but she had only received 3. I think by now, she has gotten at least 5.
Mom didn't get into her ICU room until between 6-8 this morning, after having been in the ER since yesterday morning/afternoon. I think they even did the scope before she got to her room!
Anyways - all this to say - she is doing much better, but I'm still going. I won't really be able to report from there, because I won't have internet access. I'll be sitting in the ICU waiting room most of the day, I'm sure, unless she gets to go home. Then I'll take her home.
Thanks oodles and oodles to Aunt Tammy and Totsie for being there with mom. They stayed at the hospital till around 4 this morning, waiting on her to be transferred into a room, and then were back before 10, and are still there. Tammy is going to have some much needed "Tammy Time" tomorrow, and I'm glad for that. She needs it. She deserves it. She has kept me informed every step of the way - and kept me sane! Love you!
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Wanna know what else?
My Aunt (dad's sister, L.) was admitted into the hospital today. She had some medication reactions that were sever enough to be taken to the hospital by Ambulance.
Prayers for L & J, and their three boys are appreciated as well!
Again, pray for safe travels, and that everyone is ok....
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