My mom passed out last night after giving blood and has a traumatic brain injury from hitting her head. She's in the ICU and will be for a few days. She is very out of it and not really talking. My dad (her ex) met me at the ER last night and my sister just flew in. MH has the kids and will have milk driven to N since they are an hour away.
Call your moms and tell them you love them please.
I'm so sorry tallblonde. I hope she has a smooth recovery. Please let us know if there is anything we can do. Thinking of and praying for your mom and your family.
Oh tallblonde, I'm so so sorry. Please take care of yourself. What are they saying about her prognosis?
Supportive care right now. Says will require rehab but reason to be optimistic, but may not go back 100%. Still early though, they said it'd be a rough few days and she's restrained right now. Just heartbreaking..She watched N Monday and Tuesday and was super grandma, babysat, cleaned, made us dinner. She calmed down when she heard my voice so going to try to have someone with her as much as possible.
Thanks all. We are transferring her to a neurology ICU. My sister works for a top neurologist in NC and he is calling the doctors for the new hospital. My best friend just dropped off lunch and more pump supplies.
I'm so sorry, tallblonde. Glad you're able to be there with her. Hoping things progress smoothly with her recovery. Keep us updated as you're able, please.
Morning. We got her to Hopkins last night around midnight. Night and day difference in care and feel much better knowing she's at one of the best Neurology units in the world. She has 3 bleeds but they are stable. We are at a hotel and going in soon since we got a little sleep. I'm going home tonight and will commute from there so I can see the kids a little at least. I feel like I'm in a twilight zone.
I'm glad she's getting top notch care and is already showing some signs of improvement. Please take care of yourself too though. I know that urge to take care of everyone, just don't forget yourself.
Glad you got her somewhere you are comfortable with the care. I know pumping probably gives you some calm time by yourself but don't stress about it or output. Be ready to supplement so you can focus on being with your kids and being with your mom. Prayers for her recovery.
Totally agree, MH is working through the freezer stash and I like having pumping to distract me a bit, but will definitely supplement if needed. There is enough stress to add that to the mix. I just want N to get to have her grandma back.
She is improving somewhat finally, phew. She has a feeding tube and looks more like herself since they washed her hair. She slept all day and then at 6 she woke up and tried to talk and would follow commands and even gave my sister a hug. Definitely a long long road ahead but feeling better that we are hopefully over the worst of it and on the upswing.
And J killed me last night. I cried when I saw him and he legit teared up too. He was saying he wants to be a worker and drive the ambulance to make grandma feel better. And then picked out a lovey for me to take and then wanted to send two stuffies to dry her tears with. Gah.
Then Comes Family, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising
program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.