Please keep her in your thoughts

[BooBoo*TheKiddo*]

Last week, my grandpa called and let us know that my great grandma was in the hospital in Indianapolis (SP?) with Euphemia. She was released Saturday morning (yesterday). My aunt just called us a little bit ago to let us know that my great grandma was back in the hospital in Indianapolis on Life Support.

To be honest, I'm worried about my grandpa as well. In May 08, he lost his wife. It hit him hard. 6 months later in November 08, he lost his son. About 5 months later, he finds out he might loss his mother. It worries me how he'll take it.

But anyways, Please keep my great grandpa in your thoughts.

We'd all greatly appreciate it.

 

[eroomlorac]

I am sorry this is happening. My thoughts go out to you and your family. Do you mean Emphysema?

 

[pricklesnquills]

I'll be praying!

 

[BooBoo*TheKiddo*]

Thank you both.

I meant pneumonia. I just can't spell what so ever because I wasn't even close.

 

[LucksAngel28]

I'm so sorry! How is she doing? I hope everything works out for your family! That sounds like a really hard year for you all!

 

[Jenn]

I sure hope for the best. What a tough time for you and your family, I'm so sorry.

 

[Laurie]

Keeping all of you in my thoughts.
Blessings to you and your family.

 

[BooBoo*TheKiddo*]

Thank you guys.

They tried taking her off life support today but her oxygen level dropped quickly so they put her back on life support.

 

[Rickman]

Good luck - I'm going through a simular situation with my Mother!

 

[BooBoo*TheKiddo*]

Thanks Rickman. and I'm sorry to here about your mom.


They tried to take her off life support again today but had to put her back on it immediately. She's not breathing at all on her own.

 

[Sasha]

Oh I am so sorry to hear about this It reminds me very much of my fiance, Scott's grandmother. They kept trying to take her off life support, because they knew she couldn't survive without it (her oxygen level was severely low). But they wanted to wait for her son to get there and say goodbye.

Lots of prayers being sent your way.

 

[BooBoo*TheKiddo*]

^Thanks Sasha.

I want to thank you all for your prayers and good thoughts.

Today, my grandpa and his siblings were faced with a very hard decision. They were told that she still wasn't breathing on her own. Then they had to sit down and decided to leave her on life support or take her off. She's made no progression since she was put on life support. All she's done is go down hill.

When my grandmother was on life support in March of last year my great grandma made it very clear to everyone of us in the family that she didn't want to live like that. They put her on life support in the beginning against her wishes. So they decided to take her off life support on Monday knowing she isn't going to make it. The doctors told them without the life support she might make it 3 days.

Then told them that their was an alternative to the life support. To cut a small hole in her throat and insert a small tube down to her lungs so she can breathe that way. That was a No from the beginning...didn't even have to think about it.

So Monday they are taking her off life support and giving her 3 days to live.

Once again, Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. It's been a rough year for us, hopefully it ends here.

 

[AnnShh]

I'm so sorry to hear this! I was faced with this situation last summer with my grandmother. She had a stroke and was put on life support for a few days. Like your grandmother, mine also made it very clear that she didn't want to be kept on life support. Once she was taken off of it, she did continue to survive for a couple of days.

Something to keep in mind, if you believe in this (I do), is that she may still be waiting for someone to come and say goodbye. My grandmother continued to live and my parents and one of my uncles kept trying to figure out who she was waiting for. They had my brother and I come up to say goodbye, they had my other uncle up to say goodbye, they had her friends and everyone talk to her on the phone. Still she continued to fight.

The only person they couldn't get a hold of was my other uncle- who had pretty much not spoken to my grandmother in 3 years. They kept calling him and calling him, no luck. Yet that was the only person they could think of. Finally they got him on the phone and after he said goodbye, it was only 10 minutes later that she finally passed away. We all truely believe she was waiting to hear from that one person before she was at peace and could go.

Good luck- I'll be thinking of you. I know how hard it is and again, I'm terribly sorry.

 

[BooBoo*TheKiddo*]

Thank you guys!
:hug2:

We lost her this morning. She began gasping for air and they took her off life support and she passed shortly after that.

Gosh, I hope this is the end. that's 3 deaths in a year on one side of the family.