Update:
Date: Sat, 06 May 2006 19:56:43 -0400
no change with mom. she is resting comfortably, still breathing well.
Hi, EZ -- so sorry to read about your mom, our friend. Update?
Was she in the CCU being monitored when she ran into problems last Monday?
Prayers continue for Judy, family, and friends at this difficult time.
re: Was she in the CCU being monitored when she ran into problems last Monday?
She had the heart cath on a Friday, was recovering on Saturday and coded on Sunday in the Cardiac ICU.
She was there to be monitored and I think that the nurses really dropped the ball and let her go hypoxic. They did not monitor her closely nor provide O2 fast enough.
She is healing nicely from the CABG but that is not now not relevant because of the cerebral hypoxia.
The hospital is taking good care of my 3 sisters and brother by providing a house for them to stay in.
After 13 yrs in the medical field myself, I know that corporations do not do things out of the kindness of their hearts. I'm sure that they are afraid of a lawsuit which I very seriously doubt that anyone will pursue in my family.
Obviously, however, there was negligence involved but people are only human.
I cut my assignment short here in Deming, NM but will not be back in time to see mom. I would never have figured that she would hang on for so long. I find that incredible. But I will be back in Arkansas on May 23/24. I will commence doing some work on the place (i.e. place some siding up and put security door up and bar or board some windows). I also feel that Vincent will need some support from me and I will do what I can. I may bring him along with me and Caleb on my next assignment but I need to make the house secure first.