Update from the anonymous freeper
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My daughter is hanging in there with the bedrest. I took her for a ride the other day so she could get out, and not go crazy.
My mom -— the family, from all over the country, has bugged her with phone calls insisting she get a second opinion. PTL! With call coming into Iowa from CA, MI, CO, MT, SD...she listened. Her appointment with a cardiologist was today.
I wish I could say he thinks everything is ok. :(
He ran several test, including one where they went in esophagially. The movement of the blood from her heart is not right. The mitral valve is not working properly, which we knew, because of the mitral valve prolapse. However, there is more to it. Either there is damage from a heart attack or viral attack in the valve area...or there is a blockage. Any of these three has damaged her heart, and the blood flow is backing up, and not being pushed out the rest of her body as it should causing the congestion in the heart and lung area, therefore the fluid build up.
Mom is scheduled for an angiogram with an overnight stay next Thursday (10th). They will be checking for blockages. If they find anything, they will be talking ballooning, stint, or by-pass surgery. (I am trying to get a grip.)
This will do nothing for the damage in her heart that is already there and an issue for the valve, as it is near the valve. They will discuss the options for that after their work in Thursday. (options...surgery to replace the valve, or live with it on medication — which will not correct the damage, just make living longer possible.)
They came over late this afternoon to discuss this with the kids and I, before heading back home. I am still trying to put the pieces together and the ramifications, yet wanting to stay in denial to avoid the thoughts of the brevity of life. MY first granchild is not even here yet... He should grow up knowing his great-gramma!
Prayers going up for this family to have peace and healing love from the Father.
Prayers up. Psalm 1 and 23
Prayers still sent.
A. Nonny Moose:
You’re in a place where many of us are also, or have been recently...parents who are nearing the end of their lives with us and the beginning of their lives with God.
In the end, it is indeed His will that is done. If Mom is to be with you longer, then she will be. Mine suffered an event over Christmas ‘03 that left her on a ventilator. She lived a shade over three more years.
During that time, I and my family got to spend more quality time with her than we had in the previous 30 years. I also got reacquainted with my step-sister’s and half-brother’s families.
Now, I know none of this is like your situtation. But it’s my way of saying that the time you have left with Mom - be it short or long - is time that you get to decide is going to be good or otherwise.
If you are the kind of strong person I believe you to be, it will be good. It won’t be painless, but you know as well as I do that He didn’t promise us freedom from pain and suffering. He did promise us life everlasting with Him, though.
He loves you.
I join in prayer for this family.
More prayers on the way...