Sunday, September 2, 2007
It Just Keeps On Coming
This morning my gram was rushed by ambulance back to the emergency room at St.Joe's Hospital because she was throwing up blood and feces. As I am posting this she is being prepped for emergency surgery. The dr said that he thinks she has a perforated bowel and that she is severely impacted. She may have to have her colon removed or she may have to have a series of other things done. Bottom line is that he won't know until he gets in there. She is going to have a bag and if she does and if it can be removed then that means another surgery.
They had to put a tube into her stomach to empty it out and all that is coming out is brown fluid. My uncle told me that they had 3 huge buckets full of it. They have to give her a bunch of plasma before surgery because she is on coumedin. According to my uncle,they gave her two bags of antibiotics as well. She is scared to death and so are we.
I am beyond scared. Passed that a long time ago. I talk with my good friend,Sara,who is a nurse,and she explained quite a bit to me. I'm glad to have her to help me out in this area. We talked for almost two hours and she actually got my mind off things for a little while. Thanx so much,hon. *big hugs* Now if I could just get her to fly in 2 weeks early and be my gram's personal nurse... :) I know that she would be in good hands and extremely well taken care of.
Now I'm just waiting to hear from my uncle. They took her into surgery around 4:45 pm and he said it may be a few hours - barring they don't have any problems. Then she's off to recovery where she'll probably be for another few hours. I know I don't have to ask but...please pray for her. She really needs it. I'll keep you posted.Labels: family
