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So I just got home from the hospital. They admitted my Mom today. My oldest sister took her to an MD today to see if he could pin point why she was having headaches. Turns out he sent them to the hospital for x-rays and a catscan. My Mom has a sub dural hematoma. Which means she has a bleed on the right side of her skull. Not directly on the brain, but enough to cause her to have the terrible headaches that she was having and for them to do surgery tomorrow morning at 8:00am. I will be there along with my two sisters and brother. They are going to shave the side of her head, drill a hole or two, drain off the old blood and what ever else kind of fluid that is there, stitch/staple her up and if all goes well she will be home on Saturday.
JESUS CHRIST, anything else? I about had a fucking heart attack today when my sister called and told me what was happening. I instantly got upset and had to calm myself down before I told the girls they were going over to the neighbors and why I was leaving. Of course they were concerned, like I still am, but I held it all in check and told them what was going on.
Their main question/concern, is Memaw going to die? I told them no. She is in a good hospital, they caught it in time and according to the doctors this is a pretty routine surgery. OK, just don't fuck up my Mom's head!
Needless to say I'm pretty stressed out, I probably won't sleep tonight but I so desperately need it. This sucks. My Mom's headache was not any better when I left tonight. I got to emergency at 3:00pm, they gave her 2 tylenol 3's, nothing. Got her into a room, gave her a shot of morphine, we went to dinner, came back 45 minutes later, plenty of time for the good drugs to kick in, nothing. Gave her 2 more tylenol 3's and when I left her head still hurt. On a scale of 1 to 10 it was still about a 7. I hope that she gets some sleep tonight, but I doubt it. Every little buzzer seemed to be going off everytime she moved her left arm. Hopefully the nurse fixed it. I know that my sisters where getting right on top of that when I left. One of my sisters is staying the night and that made me feel better. I will meet my other sister and brother in the morning at the hospital.
I will know more tomorrow after her surgery.
I'm scared.
Please say a prayer for my Mom.
JESUS CHRIST, anything else? I about had a fucking heart attack today when my sister called and told me what was happening. I instantly got upset and had to calm myself down before I told the girls they were going over to the neighbors and why I was leaving. Of course they were concerned, like I still am, but I held it all in check and told them what was going on.
Their main question/concern, is Memaw going to die? I told them no. She is in a good hospital, they caught it in time and according to the doctors this is a pretty routine surgery. OK, just don't fuck up my Mom's head!
Needless to say I'm pretty stressed out, I probably won't sleep tonight but I so desperately need it. This sucks. My Mom's headache was not any better when I left tonight. I got to emergency at 3:00pm, they gave her 2 tylenol 3's, nothing. Got her into a room, gave her a shot of morphine, we went to dinner, came back 45 minutes later, plenty of time for the good drugs to kick in, nothing. Gave her 2 more tylenol 3's and when I left her head still hurt. On a scale of 1 to 10 it was still about a 7. I hope that she gets some sleep tonight, but I doubt it. Every little buzzer seemed to be going off everytime she moved her left arm. Hopefully the nurse fixed it. I know that my sisters where getting right on top of that when I left. One of my sisters is staying the night and that made me feel better. I will meet my other sister and brother in the morning at the hospital.
I will know more tomorrow after her surgery.
I'm scared.
Please say a prayer for my Mom.