Julianne Toomey-Kautz 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!
> Susan
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