On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:52:01 -0400, Julianne Toomey-Kautz
<JulianneTK@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Hi all,
> We need more prayers. Here everything was going
>so well and Mom was supposed to be heading to rehab in
>a day or so.
> Then last night everything fell apart. She
>coded...you know Code Blue, like you see in the movies
>and on TV. They resuscitated her after her heart
>stopped with the paddles and the chest compressions
>and the ventilator, but when they called me at 4:45
>this morning she had gone back into a coma and they
>didn't think she'd come out of it.
> "Statistically her chances of waking up aren't
>good," said the residents. Well, statistics be
>damned!
> My mom woke up and proved them wrong again. She's
>awake and was able to communicate through hand
>squeezes and hand motions that she knows we're there
>and understands at least some of what we're saying.
>It's hard to assess all of her cognitive functioning
>because they doped her up with Halidol (sp?) to calm
>her since the ventilator tube in her throat makes her
>terribly agitated. They say she's "breathing above
>the vent" which means she's breathing on her own with
>minimal support from the machine, so hopefully we can
>get it off her soon.
> I don't know if we've had another miracle. This
>morning I really thought it was the end. But
>apparently my mom is not going "to go quietly in that
>good night." She is fighting like crazy! So maybe
>she can make it. My friend Dr. Meg thinks she can and
>I trust her opinion.
> Please keep the prayers and candles going -- I know
>that's part of what made this miracle happen. A Power
>besides modern medicine is at work here, that's for
>sure.
> Thanks!
Whoof! Sounds like your mom is one of those who will go kicking and
screaming, "What a hell of a ride!"
Goodthoughts definitely continuing>>>
--
Wes Struebing
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America,
and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples,
promising liberty and justice for all.
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