JulieMelton visit me at www.heart-and-music.com Keep smiling! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Kern" <kernOh, Peggy. All I can say is that I'll be praying. God's perfect will be done. [log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 11:17 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 > > > > mailto:[log in to unmask] > http://www.home.earthlink.net/~kernsac > MSN Messenger [log in to unmask] >