Positive Vibes Request

My husband's grandmother is very ill, and we nearly lost her Saturday night. She's not out of the woods yet, far from it. She was found in the bathroom, out cold, Saturday morning and was transported to the hospital via ambulance. It was determined that she had blockage in one leg and there was no circulation at all. I got the call that she was being prepped for surgery, and headed for the hospital. She was considered high risk for the surgery, but the doctors had no choice. She came through the surgery, circulation restored, but her blood pressure was sky high and her breathing was extremely labored. During the night she was intubated and put on a ventilator. The next day she was still unresponsive and cold to the touch, despite 3 powerful antibiotics being pumped into her. They found a bladder infection, but knew there was another cause for the many other things going wrong with her. We were told that she might be dispersing tiny blood clots through her body, and if that was the case, there wasn't a lot they could do for her. Today, she went for a second surgery. One kidney was not draining properly due to blockage, and it was greatly enlarged. The last word that I got was that she came through the surgery with a stint in her kidney, and they are hoping that it was the cause of her being septic. Hopefully we will see a dramatic improvement tomorrow, but no one can be sure yet.

This is a woman who raised 7 kids on her own after one divorce and one husband who died. I don't know any other 74 year old stronger than her.

Whatever it is you do...positive vibes, prayer, beads....please...we need your help.

Is Fay coming your way?

But a Tropical Storm/Category 1 isn't usually that dangerous, unless one lives in a mobile home or an area prone to flooding. Worst case might be we get a few small tornadoes. I've lived through several of those (both hurricanes and tornadoes), and as long as one takes reasonable precautions they're not that scary.

On the other hand, I was living directly in the path of Wilma in 2005. That was classified as a Category 3, and I do not want to know what a Category 5 feels like after that! Do you know what happens when that catches the oranges on your neighbor's trees? Let's just say I was grateful to have been standing way back from that plate glass window....

Houston area, then the Carolinas for a while. I now live in a land locked state for a reason. Hang on! This one doesn't look bad, but it could dump rain. Allison was just a tropical storm when it totally flooded Houston like never before.

We need all the help we can get!

And your husband's family and friends and your own family :hug:

I'll post as soon as I hear something. I should get a call from one of her kids today letting me know how she's doing. I couldn't go up there yesterday because it was the first day of school for my kids and then we had to do the meet the teacher thing. I may go up this afternoon, depending on what they tell me. The times I was there, she didn't know anyone was there at all because they had her so sedated.

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