My Mother is in the Critical Care Unit

[Trouvere]

Sorry to hear of this.I pray she is doing better.

PM,

Just saw this. We will be praying and believing for divine intervention.

[SDG]

Very sorry to hear this news, PM ... I will pray.

[Blubayou]

So sorry to hear about your mom. God is able heal- Praying for your mom and your family.

[ILG]

Originally Posted by Pianoman

Yesterday, my mother was suppose to have thanksgiving dinner with my sister's family. Our calls to wish her Happy Thanksgiving went unanswered.

Finally, my sister sent her son over to my mother's senior living facility to check on her. When he got there he saw an ambulance pulling in also.

It turns out that my mother fell in her apartment and could hardly move. She has an emergency string she can pull to get emergency help in her bedroom and in her bathroom. It took her three hours to crawl an inch at a time to pull the string! Her face has rug burns.

Anyways, what is causing her balance problem and weakness in her limbs is Chairi Malformation in her brain and spinal chord. This requires brain surgery.

On top of that, they think the fall may have caused a heart attack.

She is now going through extensive tests to check her heart. If her heart is fine, they will probably choose to do the brain surgury. They can't do both heart surgery and brain surgery back to back.

We should have a clear direction by the end of the day today. Please say a prayer for mom!

Praying, Pianoman!!

[Margies3]

Oh Pianoman, what a terrible Thanksgiving. I am praying for your mom and and for your family.

[StillStanding]

First of all, thank you for your prayers!

Mother's heart is getting weaker, and as a result she's going downhill fast! She is very weak as of this morning. During the night my sister told me that her heart rate got down to 50.

The neurologist said that the brain surgury is urgent, but they must first get her heart strong enough to handle the operation.

This may be a catch 22, because the Chiari Malformation may be causing the heart to get weak!

They are going to do a heart cath to see if maybe stints or a pacemaker will help.

Doing nothing would be fatal, but any surgery with a weak heart could be fatal too.

Please continue to pray!

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by Pianoman

First of all, thank you for your prayers!

Mother's heart is getting weaker, and as a result she's going downhill fast! She is very weak as of this morning. During the night my sister told me that her heart rate got down to 50.

The neurologist said that the brain surgury is urgent, but they must first get her heart strong enough to handle the operation.

This may be a catch 22, because the Chiari Malformation may be causing the heart to get weak!

They are going to do a heart cath to see if maybe stints or a pacemaker will help.

Doing nothing would be fatal, but any surgery with a weak heart could be fatal too.

Please continue to pray!

Oh, my prayers are out to you and your family!

It's my guess too that you mom is probably ready to let go, so there's no more fight left in her.

[Ron]

Praying both for your mom & for the family that God would undertake in this situation!

[Blubayou]

Praying- I know this is hard Pianoman- Praying for you too.