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my grandma (continued) (ot)
I'm so glad you were able to go spend some time with her. You needed that
and she needed that. Sending purrs for peace and rest. And love. Jo "Enfilade" wrote in message ups.com... Back in March I asked for purrs for my grandmother. She has congestive heart failure. That means that her heart is trying to pump blood too fast. It goes SO fast that it can't fill with blood before it contracts, so fluid backs up into her lungs. And it's going that fast because, mostly, she's old (94) and her cells just can't get quite all the oxygen they need. She pulled through the first attack (we later learned that her records had not made it from the home to the hospital with her in the ambulance. She has a do-not-resucitate order. But since it wasn't with her, the doctors started aggressive measures to save her and it worked. We aren't angry about that since obviously, in the absence of the file it is much better for doctors to presume that the person WANTS life saving intervention than to presume the person doesn't!) At any rate, congestive heart failure is one of those things that will kill you in time, it's just a matter of when. I went to Ontario in April and saw my grandmother. We had some great visits. When I was leaving though, she said she wouldn't see me again. That night she had a second attack. She pulled through it too, but said she didn't want to go to the hospital anymore if it happened again. She is in the home, on oxygen. She had a third attack earlier this week. She is not having a lot of fun right now--she isn't in pain, but spending your time in a chair with an oxygen mask and catheter isn't a great long-term way to live, and she's almost blind too with very little to do. She sleeps a lot. Thank you for your purrs. It is only a matter of time really, but it's going to be time, and she recognizes that. --Fil |
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Mucho purrs for Grandma, that she continue to live pain-free, secure in the
knowledge that people like you must really, really love her. Blessed be, Baha Enfilade wrote: Back in March I asked for purrs for my grandmother. She has congestive heart failure. That means that her heart is trying to pump blood too fast. It goes SO fast that it can't fill with blood before it contracts, so fluid backs up into her lungs. And it's going that fast because, mostly, she's old (94) and her cells just can't get quite all the oxygen they need. She pulled through the first attack (we later learned that her records had not made it from the home to the hospital with her in the ambulance. She has a do-not-resucitate order. But since it wasn't with her, the doctors started aggressive measures to save her and it worked. We aren't angry about that since obviously, in the absence of the file it is much better for doctors to presume that the person WANTS life saving intervention than to presume the person doesn't!) At any rate, congestive heart failure is one of those things that will kill you in time, it's just a matter of when. I went to Ontario in April and saw my grandmother. We had some great visits. When I was leaving though, she said she wouldn't see me again. That night she had a second attack. She pulled through it too, but said she didn't want to go to the hospital anymore if it happened again. She is in the home, on oxygen. She had a third attack earlier this week. She is not having a lot of fun right now--she isn't in pain, but spending your time in a chair with an oxygen mask and catheter isn't a great long-term way to live, and she's almost blind too with very little to do. She sleeps a lot. Thank you for your purrs. It is only a matter of time really, but it's going to be time, and she recognizes that. --Fil |
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Ongoing grandma purrs from this lot, that she will be as comfortable as
possible as her transition time approaches. |
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Enfilade wrote:
Back in March I asked for purrs for my grandmother. She has congestive heart failure. That means that her heart is trying to pump blood too fast. It goes SO fast that it can't fill with blood before it contracts, so fluid backs up into her lungs. And it's going that fast because, mostly, she's old (94) and her cells just can't get quite all the oxygen they need. snip She is not having a lot of fun right now--she isn't in pain, but spending your time in a chair with an oxygen mask and catheter isn't a great long-term way to live, and she's almost blind too with very little to do. She sleeps a lot. Thank you for your purrs. It is only a matter of time really, but it's going to be time, and she recognizes that. --Fil Lots and lots of gentle hugs and purrs, Polonca and Soncek |
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On 2006-05-11, Enfilade penned:
Thank you for your purrs. It is only a matter of time really, but it's going to be time, and she recognizes that. More purrs for you and your grandmother. It sounds like, when the time comes, she will be ready. -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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