Kicked In
LifeI’ve feared this day for years. The day where everything changes. My mum has been struggling with her health for some time and today she fell by her bed and broke the neck of her femur in the HOSPITAL. Bloody hell. It’s a dangerous place. Yesterday she was fine, I talked to her on the phone and she had tidied up the house before she was going in for a routine check-up. Today she’s in intensive care, because on top of everything she acquired a high fever and her blood pressure is really low. They are working on her, giving her antibiotics and intravenous liquid so that she hopefully can go through surgery tomorrow and for that she has to be infection free. Shit. It’s been a while since I was this scared. It’s as if someone tore a piece of my heart out. I don’t want to loose my mum. I love her so much and she is not ready to go. My mum is though, but she also likes to make out that she is stronger than she really is. It’s going to be a nerve wrecking time until she is out of surgery. I’m not sure what to do. I feel kind of helpless. In situations like this it sucks to live in a different country than your family.
Update: Mum went through surgery on Friday and it went really well. What a relief! She is still breathing through an oxygen mask, but hopefully her lung capacity will get better when her other systems are recovering. I’m just really happy. I hope I can get to talk to her today.
11 comments
Leave a Reply Cancel reply
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Archives
- March 2020
- August 2018
- April 2015
- March 2015
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- August 2012
- July 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- November 2011
- October 2011
- July 2011
- April 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- October 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- November 2008
- August 2008
- May 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- September 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- February 2006
- January 2006
- December 2005
- November 2005
- October 2005
Calendar
M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
I’m very sorry to hear that. I hope everything goes OK and she gets well soon. Hang in there.
Thanks, I hope she gets through this. She is a high risk patient. So anything can happen. We’ll have to wait and see.
I am sure she will get well soon. Look at the bright side. All the best!!!!
Don’t forget to say to her that we all wish her well and out of the hospital soon!.
Thank you, I will tell her that many people are thinking of her. I hope it’ll all end well, too. She didn’t have surgery today, because her kidneys failed and she got a blood clot in one of her lungs. It seems like her whole system is failing. One of my sisters is a nurse, so she is with her now and she said that it seems like the doctors are in control of the situation in the hospital. So, that’s good. Hope everything will be stabilized by tomorrow…
She didn’t get operated on today, either. The doctors are aiming for Friday. She is breathing better today…still with an oxygen mask. She is stabilized. Today we are all quite relived after yesterdays drama. My sister says it’ll probably still be a bit of a roller coaster ride until she is through surgery…
it’s a time to fight like a girl.I hope she will get well soon.
My fingers are crossed Anne, all the best to you and your mum.
Oh Anne…. That is just aweful. I’m so sorry to read that your mum is not well. LOTS of love and best wishes for a speedy recovery from Down Under. xxx
Thank you so much for all the supporting and loving words! It’s been a long time since I’ve been this scared. It feels better now when she got through surgery without complications. Now she just has to recover. She will, because she really wants to live.
Tell her to get well soon and send our love to her as well!!!
This is very belated, but: I hope your mum continues to be well.
And those days are really hard, when suddenly everything changes.