Irie1
Member
Hi Ladies,
I typically lurk but I'm in desperate need of some reinforcement, so I'm coming out of hiding to solicit your help. To make a long story short, my 58 year old mother suffered brain damage on this past Mother's Day as the result of an asthma attack which caused her to go into cardiac arrest. The people around her were delayed in calling 911 so the result of the sustained lack of oxygen caused brain damage. My mom is/was a very vibrant, God fearing woman who loved everyone. She loved sharing God's word with anyone who would listen and made a friend every where she went. My oldest nephew (15 year old) is livid at the fact that the very people she helped tirelessly "failed" her when she needed them and let her go so long without medical attention. My sister (his mother) and I told him that he sholdn't feel that way and that the Lord has it all under control.
From mother's day up until about 2 weeks ago, Mom was on a ventilator for back-up breathing assistance. To God be the glory, she has been sucessfully weaned and is breathing 100% on her own now. She still has a tracheotomy and a feeding tube in her stomach and is in a comatose state although she opens her eyes, coughs, yawns, etc. She also seems to respond to my voice and the voices of others by looking directly at you, but cannot follow commands. The medical prognosis is grim but I know God is able to do everything but fail. I'm trying to reconcile within myself that whatever is God's will is well with my soul, but i'm not going to lie, this is tough!
Prior to the incident my faith had diminshed a bit due to being injured by some church folks in the past. But I NEVER forgot how God has repeatedly brought my mother my whole family through a lot of storms in the past and how he even healed my mother many times before. The reason I'm asking for reinforcement is because the next step is for mom to be placed in a skill care facility close to her home.
Right now she is in a facility that specialized in weaning her from the vent, which is closer to my home but over an hour away from the majority of our family, mom's home and mom's friends. I have an older sister who lives closer to where my mom lived and closer to the facility where we've been praying she could go. We have a large extended family all near the other facility but it was mainly my grandmother, mother, sister and me who stuck together. The rest of our family was/is in Maryland and we live in another state altogether before I moved away after finishing college. As stated earlier, i'm over an hour away but still in the same state as my mom and sister.
My sister and I have e been hoping that she would be transferred from this facility to the facility back home only to find out today that the desired facility may not have a slot for her. This means she would have to be in a nursing home in this area (over 1 hour from her home) where she wouldn't know any one. I strongly believe that she may show more progress if she is around familar voices. Her pastor lives very close to the facility where we were hoping she could go, so the other place is in a perfect location. The doctors are basically ready to transition her but we didn't want her to go any other place but the place near our family and friends.
She's been in this hospital near me for almost 1 month (it will be a month on 7/4) and I've been paying out of pocket for a companion to sit with her between 4 or 5 hours each day while i'm at work since she can't talk and doesn't know any one in this hospital. I HAVE to work and this is the only way I feel like she would be ok when I wasn't there. There is no denying that hospital staff tend to give "special" attention to those who have family members present. I see it happen every day.
So I'm BEGGING you ladies to pray that the logistics for her transition be ordered by God and that the place closer to home will accept her without delay. She is scheduled to be transitioned next week!!! Please also pray that she remain stable and not experience any additional medical setbacks.
I thank you for reading my post and for your prayers!!
Blessings,
Irie1
I typically lurk but I'm in desperate need of some reinforcement, so I'm coming out of hiding to solicit your help. To make a long story short, my 58 year old mother suffered brain damage on this past Mother's Day as the result of an asthma attack which caused her to go into cardiac arrest. The people around her were delayed in calling 911 so the result of the sustained lack of oxygen caused brain damage. My mom is/was a very vibrant, God fearing woman who loved everyone. She loved sharing God's word with anyone who would listen and made a friend every where she went. My oldest nephew (15 year old) is livid at the fact that the very people she helped tirelessly "failed" her when she needed them and let her go so long without medical attention. My sister (his mother) and I told him that he sholdn't feel that way and that the Lord has it all under control.
From mother's day up until about 2 weeks ago, Mom was on a ventilator for back-up breathing assistance. To God be the glory, she has been sucessfully weaned and is breathing 100% on her own now. She still has a tracheotomy and a feeding tube in her stomach and is in a comatose state although she opens her eyes, coughs, yawns, etc. She also seems to respond to my voice and the voices of others by looking directly at you, but cannot follow commands. The medical prognosis is grim but I know God is able to do everything but fail. I'm trying to reconcile within myself that whatever is God's will is well with my soul, but i'm not going to lie, this is tough!
Prior to the incident my faith had diminshed a bit due to being injured by some church folks in the past. But I NEVER forgot how God has repeatedly brought my mother my whole family through a lot of storms in the past and how he even healed my mother many times before. The reason I'm asking for reinforcement is because the next step is for mom to be placed in a skill care facility close to her home.
Right now she is in a facility that specialized in weaning her from the vent, which is closer to my home but over an hour away from the majority of our family, mom's home and mom's friends. I have an older sister who lives closer to where my mom lived and closer to the facility where we've been praying she could go. We have a large extended family all near the other facility but it was mainly my grandmother, mother, sister and me who stuck together. The rest of our family was/is in Maryland and we live in another state altogether before I moved away after finishing college. As stated earlier, i'm over an hour away but still in the same state as my mom and sister.
My sister and I have e been hoping that she would be transferred from this facility to the facility back home only to find out today that the desired facility may not have a slot for her. This means she would have to be in a nursing home in this area (over 1 hour from her home) where she wouldn't know any one. I strongly believe that she may show more progress if she is around familar voices. Her pastor lives very close to the facility where we were hoping she could go, so the other place is in a perfect location. The doctors are basically ready to transition her but we didn't want her to go any other place but the place near our family and friends.
She's been in this hospital near me for almost 1 month (it will be a month on 7/4) and I've been paying out of pocket for a companion to sit with her between 4 or 5 hours each day while i'm at work since she can't talk and doesn't know any one in this hospital. I HAVE to work and this is the only way I feel like she would be ok when I wasn't there. There is no denying that hospital staff tend to give "special" attention to those who have family members present. I see it happen every day.
So I'm BEGGING you ladies to pray that the logistics for her transition be ordered by God and that the place closer to home will accept her without delay. She is scheduled to be transitioned next week!!! Please also pray that she remain stable and not experience any additional medical setbacks.
I thank you for reading my post and for your prayers!!
Blessings,
Irie1
