She's your Mom and the situation sounds dire.
Slap a credit card down for the plane tickets, dump cat food in the biggest bowl you have in the house and go to her.
The ticks can be paid off and the cats will be fine by themselves for awhile but if you don't go out there and be with her you may regret it for years.
My prayers for your mother, you and your family.
This is in God's hands for sure!
Your prayers should be that she lives out her life as a strong believer, showing no fear due to he faith in Christ.
If she lives the night, fly out to see her.
You will regreat not flying out if she lives.
For what it's worth, you are on my prayer list.
Life is so short and so fragile. May God continue to watch over you and your family.
Prayers for your Mom's health and for your strength.
Prayers for you, your mother and your family are on the way.
Thank you for your prayers and very thoughtful notes of encouragement and ideas.
Sadly, my Mother has passed away. She passed away sometime before I had posted this Prayer Request, but I didn't find out until about an hour later.
When I heard the news about her suddenly becoming very ill just yesterday, Sunday, I was in shock and remain so.
I live in Los Angeles, she's in Columbus, Ohio and we talked several times a month by phone. She's a real character, anyone who knew her said the same. I loved her, she was my Mother.
Anyway, I took the phone and for some reason, after talking to the nurse the last time, I turned the ringer off. I think I had intended to get to bed to get some sleep, but instead got on the computer and started looking for airfares. I had too many things going on at once. The list of things to do yet half written down, oh yeah right, the laundry before we would leave, what bills are due...
I had posted this Prayer Request, then went back to searching for airfares, airports, checking back on my notes on what the nurse said, what my brother said and then I looked at the phone's caller id thing and saw that someone had phoned and that it was the hospital.
I have since learned that my Mother was not doing well by 3:00 a.m. EST so they had to intubate her. She had had an oxygen mask on from her first admittance to the ER Sunday morning.
For the size of my Mother, 90 pounds, 5 feet 2 and feisty she had the strength of never quitting, never giving up in defeat and a very strong faith in God.
She requested they pull the oxygen giving tube out one half hour after they inserted it. She wanted everything pulled off and then they gave her some painkillers. My brother did not tell me the details when we spoke sometime around 5:00 a.m. EST, when he came to the nurse's station phone, just that he didn't think she would make it. 58 minutes later she was gone.
It's uncomfortable right now. I hope she was pain free. She had what they describe as a heart attack in her small intestine, they call it an intestinal infarction. A blood clot blocks blood vessels in the intestine and the intestine constricts and part of it dies off.
When she was seen in the hospital ER on Friday, they had thought she either had the flu (nausea) or a serious case of constipation. She was given a laxative and sent home.
Sunday morning a friend checked in on her and was alarmed at her appearance. My Mother wasn't feeling too hot so the paramedics got her to the hospital where the ER thought she was in extremely bad shape. She stabilized soon though and she was offered surgery to correct the problem with her intestine.
For my Mother, she would probably say it was not her preferred way to leave God's green earth. Apparently when asked "how are you feeling?" by the Doctor in the ER yesterday (Sunday) after they had been examining her, her very typical and classic response as always was "Why with my fingers of course!" She was a character.
I loved her and sure hope she knew it.
Prayers up for your mother and for you.
Prayers sent up.
Flyi.com has a special going on now, and I love them--they are more accomodating than the expensive airlines. I also happen to have an extra roundtrip coupon for $20 off, $10 each way, and I can't use it. Look at their prices, and if you decide to go with them, FRmail me.
Most airlines have bereavement fares. Check into that.
Glad you posted a thread! May the Lord be with your mom and your family as you walk this road with Christ.
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I'll keep her and you in my prayers!
Prayers for your mother. She sounds like a wonderful woman.
Prayers sent.
Priceline.com
Prayers for your mother.
Airlines have emergency in the famliy rates, I am pretty sure. Check them out.
Prayers for your Mom and your family.
Carolyn
Praying for your mother, you and your family.