- Nov 20, 2011
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Yesterday (Sunday) morning my Grandmother was found in bed, unconscious, and was not able to be revived. They immediately called the ambulance and had her transported to the hospital. She has yet to regain consciousness and is showing very little signs of brain activity.
A little bit of the back story... She is 76, has a history of heart disease to include 4 open heart surgeries, high blood pressure, diabetes, and Alzheimer's has set in over the last six months or so. My mother has moved in to their house and become a full time care giver for the last 5 years or so now. Due to the Alzheimer's, she is no longer able to maintain her own medications accurately and as such has to have someone administer them when needed.
This last week my mother has been in Florida helping move my sister, her husband, and their new born baby into their new house. While down there she left Grandma's care to my Grandfather and a few other local family members. Unfortunately, it looks as if my Grandfather gave her the pill box and allowed her to manage her own medicine. It looks as if she over medicated and something put her into a daze. Mistake number 1.
Saturday afternoon she passed out in the bathroom and fell, hitting her head on the bathtub and knocked herself out. The ambulance was called and they revived her with smelling salts. Upon her insistence, Grandpa signed off on the release and they did not transport her to the hospital. Mistake number 2.
Now she is laying in a hospital, with signs of a concussion, and in a coma. She is showing very little brain activity, and is listed in critical condition. They are working hard to clean out all of the medicine from her system in the hopes that they can get her stabilized and be able to revive her. However, the truth of it is that with very little brain activity it may be to late.
I have experienced it plenty in the past, the power of prayer can certainly work miracles. Right now we are certainly in need of a miracle.
A little bit of the back story... She is 76, has a history of heart disease to include 4 open heart surgeries, high blood pressure, diabetes, and Alzheimer's has set in over the last six months or so. My mother has moved in to their house and become a full time care giver for the last 5 years or so now. Due to the Alzheimer's, she is no longer able to maintain her own medications accurately and as such has to have someone administer them when needed.
This last week my mother has been in Florida helping move my sister, her husband, and their new born baby into their new house. While down there she left Grandma's care to my Grandfather and a few other local family members. Unfortunately, it looks as if my Grandfather gave her the pill box and allowed her to manage her own medicine. It looks as if she over medicated and something put her into a daze. Mistake number 1.
Saturday afternoon she passed out in the bathroom and fell, hitting her head on the bathtub and knocked herself out. The ambulance was called and they revived her with smelling salts. Upon her insistence, Grandpa signed off on the release and they did not transport her to the hospital. Mistake number 2.
Now she is laying in a hospital, with signs of a concussion, and in a coma. She is showing very little brain activity, and is listed in critical condition. They are working hard to clean out all of the medicine from her system in the hopes that they can get her stabilized and be able to revive her. However, the truth of it is that with very little brain activity it may be to late.
I have experienced it plenty in the past, the power of prayer can certainly work miracles. Right now we are certainly in need of a miracle.