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burticus

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Jul 03, 2009 18:59

My mother is in ICU at Raleigh NC 's rex hospital. she has been on a breathing machine since tuesday and efforts to ween her off it have been unsuccessful. here lungs are at about 30% volume capacity and her normal blood oxygen level is at 85%. when her blood satureation get much above that her body stops relessing CO2. thiss causes her blood ( Read more... )

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5brokenfingers July 5 2009, 06:23:20 UTC

I LOVE YOU CORVUS

aveal July 7 2009, 18:37:14 UTC

Hey (Anita here)... I haven't talked to you in ages, so I don't know what's been going on with your Mom. I guess I froze her in place as the lovely woman I met so many years ago. Anyway, my thoughts and good energy are all going your way.

Oh, and as someone who grew up in the Bible belt pit of Texas, just don't waste your energy on those people. It is all about you dealing with this the best way you can, and being there for your Mom - you will get back to the land of sanity soon, and likely nothing you could say would enlighten those people anyway. Just take care of yourself the best you can.