Peggy,
These are tough times.  I'll be praying.
God bless and strengthen you and your family.
Vinny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peggy Kern" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 10:17 PM
Subject: Mom's in the hospital


> Hi, all.  Yesterday when we went to see Mom, she didn't seem very
> perky.  Dan went over and kissed her, and said she felt a little warm..
My
> brother had been over the day before, although he was sick (I found out
> later he wears gloves and a mask when he does that), and so we thought
> perhaps she'd gotten a little bug.  She wasn't too hungry, but did decide
> she'd like a bowl of cereal, and chuckled a couple times, so we didn't
> think much of it.  I didn't smell anything, but Dan said she smelled like
> pee, which still wasn't surprising, since she refuses to change clothes
and
> is stubborn about bathing.
>
> This morning when the caregiver came over, she found Mom still sitting in
> her same chare, having majorly wet and soiled herself.  Mom was
> unresponsive.  The caregiver started trying to reach us, but we were all
at
> work.  The company finally called my sister-in-law's cell phone, and she
> came right over.  My sister-in-law said the smell in the apartment
> practically bowled her over, and I guess they had quite a time getting my
> mom cleaned up.  My sister-in-law called 911, and they took her to the
> hospital in an ambulance.  They thought she might have pneumonia or a
> urinary tract infection, but all tests so far have come back normal.  Dan
> and Jen and I went to see her this evening, and although she opened her
> eyes for a second when we first walked into the room, she closed them
right
> away, and was non-responsive.  There was a period today when she was awake
> enough to talk to my sister-in-law, and recognized her as a friend, but
> didn't know who she was.  When my brother came, she thought he was my dad,
> who passed away in 1995.  Then she went back to her non-responsive
> state.  The doctor called this evening and talked to my brother, and asked
> if Mom has signed a paper refusing extraordinary measures to save her
life,
> which she has, so it doesn't sound good.  My sister-in-law says that my
> mom's look is like what her grandmother looked like a few days before she
> died.  I'm praying that they either quickly find what's wrong and fix it
if
> it can be fixed, or that Mom passes quickly if it can't be fixed.  I tend
> to think the latter is what will happen.  So keep us in your thoughts and
> prayers, okay?
>
> Peggy
>
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