Kindred Again,

Mom was moved to Kindred last Friday she made the trip good. She is now in Room 212. The Phone Number is 817-346-0094 address is 7800 Oakmont Blvd, Ft. Worth, TX 76132.
Mom has not been talking the last few days. She does seem to know people and what is going on her back hurts her from being in bed for so long! Today physical therapy did her range of motions and tomorrow some speech therapy to try working on her swallowing. No plans for testing or any procedures so that is good she needs a break from all of that. There are no infections so at least she is stable. Please keep praying for her continued healing!

Success

Mom has the tube put in her stomach today successfully, not much bleeding. She will be at HEB another day or two and then back to the Kindred Rehab. Keep Praying!

Tubage

Mom temperature and white blood cell count was down today, praise the Lord! The X-ray's that Mom had taken a day or two ago came back OK. She was moved out of ICU yesterday. The EEG results are back and I don't understand them, but something indicates she is thinking slow and might be susceptible to small seizures??? That might not be quit right but close. Anyhow, Mom has had a sore throat from the NG tube so tomorrow they will be putting a tube directly into the stomach. Then within a day or two she will be going back to Kindred Rehab Hospital. Stay tuned to the Lord and keep praying for Mom!

911

Today Mom said to the Nurses "Call 911 and get me out of here!". She is talking a little but is not really recognizing anyone. All of her lab work is good and she was moved out of ICU to PCU. However the Doctors do not really know what is going on. Tomorrow morning they will do a spinal tap to see if the spinal fluid is showing any infection which wouldn't show up in the normal lab work. Today she had another EEG still know the results of it or the first one they did at Hugely. Please continue to prayer for her and the Doctors so they know how to help her!

ICU @ HEB

Mom has been in ICU at HEB and it is going OK. Last night they put a NG tube in for feeding and 5 minutes later she pulled it out. So today they also did a Catscan and while she was sedated they did the NG tube again and it has stayed. She really has not been talking but if the medical staff asks a question she will usually answer it. They will not be able to do an MRI for 6 weeks because of the stent. Mom will be in the ICU a couple more days. Please keep her uplifted in your prayers!

1st Stent Done!

Mom did have a stent done today, Praise the Lord the they got the stent in successfully! The doctors first did the arteriogram on her left carotid artery it was about 85% blocked and the right one about 80% which is better than was indicated with the sonogram. They did sedate her a bit more because she was not holding still and then they put in the stent. The Doctors said it went as well as it could be expected - it was difficult due to the age and condition of her arteries. They also found the her brain does have atherosclerosis which may have caused this stroke to begin with instead of the carotid artery. She is now in the ICU at HEB and should be in there about a day and then to a regular room for a few days and then back to the Kindred Rehab Hospital. Please keep praying for her healing and comfort.

HEB

Today Mom was moved to HEB (Hurst Euless Bedford) Hospital, this was after Dr. Angelis saw her and the decided to go ahead with doing a stint. So on Friday sometime between 10 am and 2 pm they are going to do a arterial gram??? and if that goes well with Mom cooperating and lying still they will go ahead with the Stint which usually happens. If it does not happen, then on Monday under heavier sedation they will do the stint. At HEB it is Dr. Iyed Rasdan a cardiologist will be doing the stint and arterial gram. Today she was not talking or eating much but seemed to understand the need for her to cooperate during the process. So please have some prayers for Mom to keep her calm from 10 am through the procedure and to be with the doctor.

Back at Hugely

Yesterday Mom was not talking very much or eating much of anything they decided not to do the feeding tube yet. Since she was not to talkative the decided to send her back to Hugely for on Thursday they will do an EEG on the brain to see if there are damaged areas from lack of oxygen. Please send up your prayers for Mom and the Doctors so they know what to do! See is in Room 422.

Quiet

Mom has been real quiet today, her eyes are bright but not saying anything. The latest MRI results show no change since the original one a month ago which is good. She had her last dose of antibiotics today. Her lab work shows most everything normal except ammonia and the white blood cell count is slightly high at 10.5 so the infections are practically gone. She has not eaten today much either and we just found out that she has not had a BM in 5 days! The silly nurses have not been telling us this! They will only answer questions and not tell us what is going on. If we do not know enough to ask the question they don't tell! sad sad sad! Please pray for Michael as he is dealing with all of this mess and continue to pray for Mom and her comfort and strength in her healing!

4 weeks

It has been 4 weeks since Mom had her stroke and heart attack it has definitely been a roller coaster ride. The nurse said today that she thinks she is getting better every day. Last Friday Mom had another MRI no results yet. Since Mom has not been eating well she will probably be getting a feeding tube on Monday. On Friday she was talking fairly well and commented on the beautiful day. Thank you for the Continued Prayers! God Bless!

Anointing

Today Mom was anointed by Pastor Mike Tucker.

"Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. James 5:14-15 NIV

Mom did have a good afternoon and was talking pretty well. However she is still not eating well and there is a possibility that Monday she will get a feeding tube. Friday she goes in for another MRI.

Thank You for your continued prayers. With God's help Mom is recovering! As a friend of Mom's stated "Nurses make tough patients too."

Holding on

Mom has had a rough weekend. Since last week when she pulled out her catheter she got a serious urinary track infection. Since then she has gotten a staph and ecoli infection. Starting Sunday she was only eating very little and yesterday she got a pik line. Today she did not eat much at all and is really not talking, unlike Mom. Michael took her for a wheel chair ride out in the sunshine today as well. The CAT scan from last week showed nothing new, so that is good news. This Thursday another MRI. The doctors as saying they will need to wait for the antibiotics to take care of the infections before they can do the carotid artery surgery. Please continue to pray for her she has calmed down a bit, but she is still very sick. Thank you for all of your continued prayers.

July 3rd

Mom is in Kindred hospital room 208. Yesterday she had a CATscan, no results yet. Today she has had occupation and physical theraphy. She has beend feeding herself some and likes yogurt and pudding. Please keep her in your prayers.