SandyC & Her Mom need our prayers . . .
 

I am just cutting and pasting from what I just posted on the Prayer Forum . .

Sandy just called me to let me know that her mom is in the ICU. She started to have a seizure and didn't stop. They put her in a drug induced coma to give her a rest.

Please keep Sandy's mom and Sandy and her family in your prayers.

Sandy doesn't get internet where she is at but will call me tomorrow to let me know how her mom is doing and how well she is recovering. I will update you all when I hear from Sandy.

Big hugs and prayers to you Sandy!:hug:

Sending up prayers for your Mom and for you, Sandy. I hoped everything turns out, OK..:hug:

Thank you Trish..:hug:

Thank you Trish for letting us know.

Sandy, when you get to read this.... please know that I'm thinking of you, Jim and especially your Mom.
I'll say a prayer for her, and put my trust in The Lord to make everythink OK.

Sending you my love. :hug:

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Sandy and her mom will be in my thoughts. Sending (((HUGS))) her way.

Oh, no. I'm on it, and thanks, Trish.

That is so scary~ Sending prayers from TH right now.

I'm sorry to hear this, Sandy. You are both in my thoughts.

Prayers being sent. :hug:

sending out hugs and prayers. :hug:

count me in

How are things this morning, Sandy? You're all in my prayers. I know this was supposed to be a vacation for you all. I'm so sorry it's taken this turn. Please know that lots of good thoughts and prayers are behind you. :hug:

Praying for your mom Sandy.

Thanks for letting us know Trish.

Sandy - I know how hard this must be. I am glad that you are there with your mom and loving her. I am sending good thoughts to you and yours. Cyn

Trish, have you heard anything today. Sending more love and prayers to Sandy and her Family.:hug:

(((((Sandy))))) you are both in my prayers. :hug::hug:

Not yet. I tried her earlier but her phone is off. I know that yesterday was a pretty stressful day for them all and today will be as well. I have been praying that all goes well when they take her mom out of the coma and that she does not have any permanent effects from the prolonged seizure.

Still keeping you all in my prayers, Sandy.:hug::hug:

Oh, I am SO sorry to hear about this news!:hug:

Sandy - You, your mum and family are in my thoughts and prayers at this difficult time! I hope things start getting better for you soon and that your mum makes a full recovery!

Trish - Thank you for letting us know. Please keep us posted when you hear anything else!

Oh Sandy! I am so sorry this is going on. I do hope that your mom recovers quickly. I know how stressful this is. Just know we are all here for you.

I received the following txt from Sandy . . .

"Just coming back from the hospital. She is awake and out of ICU. She is very confused and we are hoping it's from the sedation and not the seizures. They are expecting to discharge her tomorrow if she isn't confused."

Please continue to keep them all in your prayers. All of your prayers are greatly appreciated.

:hug::hug:Sandy: My thoughts and prayers are with you and your mom. I pray everything will be ok.

Sandy. She is awake. This is good news.:):hug:

Sandy, I hope all continues to go well for your Mom. You and your family are in my prayers. :hug:

I talked to Sandy today and her mom is out of the hospital. Sandy's sister is taking her home with her. Sandy and Jim are on their way home from TN and she will update when she gets home.

Again, thank you all for your prayers. I know she greatly appreciates them.

sandy,

i'm praying for your mom to get well and stay home.
prayers for your family too.
thinking of you. :hug:

thanks for the news tkrik.

Seems I missed the ordeal, Sandy, but you and your family are in my prayers for some restful and healthy days ahead.

Cherie

Hi everyone. Thank you so much for the prayers. Wednesday mom woke up feeling fine and made all of us breakfast. It was about an hour after that that she became confused and agitated. We weren't sure if she had a seizure or if she took too many pills so we watched her closely for about an hour. She was sitting on the porch when she started twitching and couldn't come out of the seizure like before. During this time she was able to walk with help. We loaded her into the car and tried to take her to the er. It wasn't a grand-mal seizure, it was a tremor seizure. I think the hospital called it status seizures.

We couldn't get through the tourist traffic so we pulled over and called an ambulance. She was able to help get out of the car and onto the gurney while seizing. I rode in the ambulance with mom. They got her to the hospital and gave her Ativan and Dilantin and she was still seizing. It was then they decided to transport her to Knoxville. She seized from 12:10pm-8pm nonstop. They had to place her into a coma to shut the brain off. It was unreal and like a dream. I never thought I'd have to sign papers to do this. They believe it was low Dilantin since it was down to 3, with normal being about 10. Her neuro was weening her off the Dilantin and upping her Keppra at the time.

Mom is now home with my sister and recovering. She is having a hard time remembering anything and we're concerned there may have been damage. She has moments of clarity but it is sketchy. She doesn't remember yesterday and has to be prompted to recall some things. The doctors said this is normal but they don't know her like we do. Usually she bounces back within a day or so and this time she isn't. We're calling her neuro in the morning to get her in for an appointment. I am sure he'll fill us in on what is expected to happen and if she needs 24 hour care and for how long. She developed pneumonia on top of this due to the seizures and coma and is on antibiotics for that. This was a really long seizure so none of us know what to expect and what is normal for recovery.

Thanks again for all of the prayers. The whole family is grateful to have so many praying for our mom. Trish, thank you for updating for us. :hug:

I'm glad you were able to check in Sandy. I'm keeping your Mom and family in my prayers. I hope she comes out of it as before. :hug:Take care of yourself too. :hug: :hug:

Gosh, how scary for you all!!! I am so glad that she seems ok now. I will continue my prayers and please let us know about her recovery.:hug::hug:

Praying for a full and quick recovery for your Mom.... also lots of patience for your Sissy! I get the impression from your post over the past year or so that your mom is a lot like mine... her soul has a stubborn streak a mile wide! Hopefully that will fall in her favor for recovery. :hug:

Sandy I am praying for your Mom. I hope she recovers completely and with full memory. :hug:

Why did the Neuro want to change her medicine, if I might ask? :confused:

Thank you so much for the update Sandy. Myself and many others, were worried about your mom. :hug:

I hope that she starts to feel better soon, and hopefully they'll be no discernable damage from the seizures.

Still praying for you all Sandy. :hug::hug:

I know he wanted her to take one pill rather than two and tried to ween her off the Dilantin and increase the Keppra. No one communicated this to her primary doctor who is convinced this is why she seized. Mom divides her meds correctly because we check her weekly pill box but she may have taken the Dilantin together rather than spaced apart. I don't think we'll ever know but we're pretty sure the low level caused this seizure.

In my honest opinion I don't think he should have tried to ween her off the Dilantin. She was fine on it, had not seized in six months. Why fix something that's not broken? Believe me, if there is any damage I will be investigating this whole situation. In that same breath, I have to remember my mom is fully capable of making decisions (well, she was at the time) to agree to weening off so while it may be the doctors fault for trying to ween her, she agreed to it.

My sister just told me that mom seems better today. She finally ate good last night and even took a shower and rolled her hair. That's a good sign. She has been on the phone talking to her friends this morning so maybe this is just something that will take some time for her to come around. We are praying hard about it. Jim and I want her to come live with one of us but she's stubborn and we cannot legally force her. As soon as the neuro calls back we'll know more and get her a follow up appointment.

Wow, what an ordeal. All I can say is thank God she was with you on vacation and not at home alone.

Get this, we can't get in touch with the neuro. He doesn't even have an after hours number. WTH?

I'm sure you'll give him a well deserved talking to when you can reach him. I'm glad your Mom is getting better but really sorry your vacation was spoiled. :( :hug: You really deserved to have a good one. :hug:

They called and moved her appointment up to next week. I guess they are more relaxed about it than we are. Mom is really cranky today according to my sis. That's a good sign. LOL

Still thinking of you and your mom. Thanks for the update.:hug:

Sandy,
Thanks for the updates...prayers still being sent for your mom and for you and your sis...it's so difficult when parents get sick, and they live alone.
Hope that you can get lots of info from her neuro so that you all can figure out what the best plan is for her...:grouphug: