On Jun 23, 11:28 pm, "unicorn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<unicorn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I apologize. I emailed a lot of you and I guess in my joy over the
> miracle and all the stress of wondering how well things would come out
> and calling all t he relatives, I neglected to post here. Julianne
> reminded me in an email. I can get email on my cell phone and finally
> figured out how to answer on the phone but it takes forever and I can
> only type shor t messages because it's so darn slow. Yes, me writing
> short...will wonders never cease?
>
> But thanks to all the prayers and candles we are experiencing a
> miracle!
>
> First of all, mom came out of the coma! Hallelujah! She did not have
> a brain-stem stroke as first thought but a left-brain stroke, which is
> more treatable. She has some paralysis on the right side and speech
> and language impairment. She's moving both her right and right leg.
> The big concern now is breathing because she has pneumonia and had
> COPD (Chronic Obstructrive Pulmonary Disease...in her case Asthmatic
> Bronchitis) before the stroke. She's off the ventilator and we're
> praying she stays off it. They can't do the speech and swallowing
> evaluation until her breathing is more stabilized, so we don't know
> the specifics on that, yet. She's trying to talk and very frustrated
> that we don't know what she's saying much of the time. She
> understands us, though and communicates with hand squeezes and nods
> and blinks.
> Thanks for all the prayers. Please keep them coming! Again, I
> apologize for not posting sooner. Mea culpa!
> Take care,
> Susan
>
>
>
> Julianne Toomey-Kautz wrote:
> > I don't think Susan passed along word here, but... a miracle hath
> > occurred. Her mother woke up on Saturday! She had a relatively
common
> > form of stroke and underwent tests on Monday to determine the extent
of
> > the damage.
>
> > That's all the info I have-- except the actual email from Susan,
but I
> > thought that the Derynifolk would like to know.
> > ************
> > blessed be, Julianne- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Hooray! I'm so glad she's better, even if not totally out of the
woods! Post when you can, but concentrate on your mother without
guilt, Susan. It's far more im****tant that you pay attention to her
needs, right now! I hope she makes rapid progress back toward health.
Give her our best!
Melissa
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