Sad and scared

[Stu]

Last night, Moe was admitted to Ascention Hospital (Macomb) at 12 Mile & Hoover in Warren.  She is now in the ICU and on a respirator.  Please keep a good thought for her.

[TronRP]

Thank you

[Trene4000]

I was just thinking about her earlier. 

[Stu]

Thanks, and back atcha.  She loves you guyz.

[torn asunder]

best wishes & healing energy being sent...

[kat (1)]

Healing thoughts and prayers. 

[TronRP]

@Stu

Please don't forget to give us updates.

[NocteSpiritus]

Hope she gets better.

[Stu]

9 hours ago, TronRP said:

@Stu

Please don't forget to give us updates.

For sure!  At the moment, as the nurses at the hospital tell me, no news is good news.  Moe is still on the respirator, but she just got a new EKG (results pending), but I've seen her respond to words and is definitely aware, so that is REALLY great news.  I won't be happy 'til she's off the tube, though, and I've heard her voice again.  Going to see her again today.

Thank you so much for your concern and kind words!

[Stu]

UPDATE: Today, the respirator is history!  Moe, while still groggy and having zero fun, is breathing on her own and speaking, albeit very raspy and quietly (having had a tube down her throat).  She's aware and seems to have had no damage done, on the mental side of things.  Now we wait to see if clots have dissolved and when she might be up to going home.  All crossable appendages crossed!

[TronRP]

1 hour ago, Stu said:

UPDATE: Today, the respirator is history!  Moe, while still groggy and having zero fun, is breathing on her own and speaking, albeit very raspy and quietly (having had a tube down her throat).  She's aware and seems to have had no damage done, on the mental side of things.  Now we wait to see if clots have dissolved and when she might be up to going home.  All crossable appendages crossed!

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[Scary Guy]

Ascension is a pile of shit.  Better than nothing I guess.  Hope she makes it through alright.

 

Part of the problem with caring about someone with a debilitating terminal disease is the increased possibility that they go before you do.  Kudos to anyone who can handle that, because I know I couldn't.

[Stu]

2 hours ago, Scary Guy said:

Ascension is a pile of shit.  Better than nothing I guess.  Hope she makes it through alright.

 

Part of the problem with caring about someone with a debilitating terminal disease is the increased possibility that they go before you do.  Kudos to anyone who can handle that, because I know I couldn't.

While I'm not a fan of the owners, the hospital itself is decent.  My mother worked there when it was called South Macomb Hospital, back in the late '60s/early '70s.  (Ran into a doctor who swears he remembers her!  That was back when there was only one tower.)  It's really become huge since then!

Life is a terminal disease.  Nobody should have to face its end alone.  Moe's had the toughest life of anyone I know.  She never deserved any of what's happened to her.  She's one-of-a-kind and, while I don't think this is her last, I plan on making every hour I'm with her as amazing as I can.  I couldn't handle doing otherwise.  😊

[Stu]

UPDATE - Good news!!!
So I got to bring Moe home last Friday night.  She has made a REMARKABLE recovery!  Since the Saturday night before, when the attack happened and doctors were talking to me about "end of life" strategies to last Friday when she texted me with complaints about the bad food and boredom (and finally getting discharged), it's truly been a classic emotional rollercoaster!

I was surprised when I stopped by the following Tuesday after her admission to see that the respirator had been removed, and her faint, raspy speech coming back fully by Wednesday.  By Friday, all the tubes were out, aside from the very last one, and she was once again cracking wise - the Moe we all know!  Took her home and corrected that whole bad food thing.

She's still not 100%, as she's adjusting to new medication, and she looks as if the ambulance rolled OVER her, rather than transported her, the bruises on her hands and arms the affects of the infusions.  But it looks as if she'll be okay and she (and I) appreciated all of the kind words you had me pass along. 

Hopefully I'm done with fear and anxiety for a while.  Not my style!