Well Sunday found me up early and at BridgePoint Church where I helped with unloading the huge truck and trailer as we set up the necessary's for our service at the Rec. building. We only had one service this morning as there were other scheduled commitments by the Rec. for noon; so we had to be in and out before then. We got word from Miami that Nancy's mom had blacked out and fallen as was being transported to a local hospital with life threatening injuries so we left and got ready for the 5 hour trip south. Nancy's sister Betsy decided she too wanted to ride with us so we waited until she got ready.
The trip was uneventful but I thought traffic was bad here in the bay area until you hit the highways in this huge metro area and this was a Sunday afternoon; and the road construction with some exits being completely removed so the GPS had no knowledge of the changes. Well we finally got to the hospital around 6'ish and learned that Nancy's mom was in the critical care unit. Seems her issues stemmed from a malfunction of the heart. The ER staff immediately inserted a temporary pacemaker into her artery in the neck and stabilize her quickly. She had some trauma to her head which did not seem to be an issue at this point.
She did regain consciousness and recognized us in between her naps at times. It seems there are some major blockage as well and the cardiologist will make a decision this morning on the next step. Worse case scenario is open heart by-pass surgery this morning with several by-passes; best case is the insertion of a permanent pacemaker. There was a time when the ER staff was at the moment of life or death when she was brought in by ambulance. The staff here are very friendly and accommodating and seem to be right on with their actions and prognosis. We are highly impressed with the nursing staff and somewhat confused with the ineptness of the doctors in Clearwater in their failure to properly diagnose this issue which is evident it's has been there for some time, oh well. Luckily she had this to happen with family around her instead of being alone despite it being in Miami.
Well we will be here several days staying at the LaQuinta Inn and will miss our trip to New Orleans this weekend. We are evaluating on what will happen with our trip to the mountains this summer as GG will need personal care from now on and it depends if that will be in Michigan with her son Eric or in her home or our house. This has become a life altering decision for us and we will have to adjust as we care for her and on what she will need to have further quality of life care, Pray for us, LATER
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