IV. They had been giving the same med to her all week. I had not eaten and was going to go get a sandwich but for some reason I waited for awhile. She was sleeping, very peacefully. Then I thought we were having an earthquake. The bed was shaking violently. She was rigid, her eyes wide open and rolled back in her head. I was shaking her and screaming for a nurse. They had taken her oxygen off and her monitor was not hooked up. They threw me out in the hall and I just stood there in a daze. 30 minutes before she had been laughing and happy and then out of nowhere she had stopped breathing. I thought about how lonely it was without her around the house when I go home to shower. She has a huge personality and makes us laugh. She is amazing at loving unconditionally and encouraging me. She has been a huge part of my life. So much of sho I am and all of me is tied to her. She brought sanity to my childhood (which is funny because she suffers from mental illness-- you have to know my family to really appreciate the humor.) Aunt Sue has been doing really well for the months mentally while physically she is falling apart. After what seemed like days they let me back in her room. She looks like an aviator with a big oxygen mask. She looks so very tiny with all the bright lights and equipment. They think she got so relaxed from the meds that she just quit breathing. She is doing fine again. We still wait at the hospital for surgery-- we had fun yesterday reading to each other. I'm so glad I waited to go get that sandwich. I'm so glad they were able to get her breathing again. I'm glad that close call is over.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Close Call
Aunt Sue almost died on Thursday. She is still in the hospital-- going on a week. They are trying to get her well enough to operate. I have been staying with her as much as they will let me. I was sitting there and they had given her some pain meds by 
IV. They had been giving the same med to her all week. I had not eaten and was going to go get a sandwich but for some reason I waited for awhile. She was sleeping, very peacefully. Then I thought we were having an earthquake. The bed was shaking violently. She was rigid, her eyes wide open and rolled back in her head. I was shaking her and screaming for a nurse. They had taken her oxygen off and her monitor was not hooked up. They threw me out in the hall and I just stood there in a daze. 30 minutes before she had been laughing and happy and then out of nowhere she had stopped breathing. I thought about how lonely it was without her around the house when I go home to shower. She has a huge personality and makes us laugh. She is amazing at loving unconditionally and encouraging me. She has been a huge part of my life. So much of sho I am and all of me is tied to her. She brought sanity to my childhood (which is funny because she suffers from mental illness-- you have to know my family to really appreciate the humor.) Aunt Sue has been doing really well for the months mentally while physically she is falling apart. After what seemed like days they let me back in her room. She looks like an aviator with a big oxygen mask. She looks so very tiny with all the bright lights and equipment. They think she got so relaxed from the meds that she just quit breathing. She is doing fine again. We still wait at the hospital for surgery-- we had fun yesterday reading to each other. I'm so glad I waited to go get that sandwich. I'm so glad they were able to get her breathing again. I'm glad that close call is over.
IV. They had been giving the same med to her all week. I had not eaten and was going to go get a sandwich but for some reason I waited for awhile. She was sleeping, very peacefully. Then I thought we were having an earthquake. The bed was shaking violently. She was rigid, her eyes wide open and rolled back in her head. I was shaking her and screaming for a nurse. They had taken her oxygen off and her monitor was not hooked up. They threw me out in the hall and I just stood there in a daze. 30 minutes before she had been laughing and happy and then out of nowhere she had stopped breathing. I thought about how lonely it was without her around the house when I go home to shower. She has a huge personality and makes us laugh. She is amazing at loving unconditionally and encouraging me. She has been a huge part of my life. So much of sho I am and all of me is tied to her. She brought sanity to my childhood (which is funny because she suffers from mental illness-- you have to know my family to really appreciate the humor.) Aunt Sue has been doing really well for the months mentally while physically she is falling apart. After what seemed like days they let me back in her room. She looks like an aviator with a big oxygen mask. She looks so very tiny with all the bright lights and equipment. They think she got so relaxed from the meds that she just quit breathing. She is doing fine again. We still wait at the hospital for surgery-- we had fun yesterday reading to each other. I'm so glad I waited to go get that sandwich. I'm so glad they were able to get her breathing again. I'm glad that close call is over.
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