Reply #17: Wishing you and Hailey the best. [View All]

[kickysnana]

"Whenever two or more of you are gathered" whether it is a hospital, sick room, church or even a message on a board like this I believe the message is heard somewhere because I have seen two miracles in the past year and lost my Mom.

The OP was doing what people do when they care in his or her own way. Otherwise it would not have mentioned at all. I am sure they meant no disrespect because I found myself in such an internet situation a few years ago.

The first miracle was a 72 year old neighbor with multiple organ failure last January due to a bad reaction to a medical test. The doctors had counseled the family that there was no hope, that it was time to think about "pulling the plug". They said "we will decide tomorrow". I played bingo with her last night and she had us all in stitches with her jokes.

The second miracle was a friends 3 week old baby who developed a staph infection brain injury following a horrible accident. The only hope the parents were told was surgery to remove the infected brain but when the doctor opened the infection was too bad and he merely medicated and closed and told the parents there is no more they could do. That baby, now four months, is exceeding all milestones for his age.

Then a year ago New Years day, my Mom,age 80 the heart of our family collapsed from COPD. Only her third hospitalization in a 10 year battle but this time her body was wasting because she had to work so hard to breathe. The doctors told her that with a respirator she could regain strength and possibly live a few more years in hospice but she had seen her father live out the last 14 months of COPD and opted for no respirator. She was transferred to a nursing home and she lasted a few good days, long enough to say her goodbyes to the many friends and family.

Oh and a few years ago I sat with my sister as she comforted her daughter Elizabeth who's life was 24 hours. Elizabeth had a rare chromosome disorder that was detected late. Most children are stillborn or die within an hour of birth. When my sister was in the room Elizabeth's vitals stabilized. That was the love. She looked and saw Mom and Dad, her sisters, the grandmas and grandpas, heard her aunts, uncles and cousins greet her. then gradually drifted off, her heart and lungs imperfect and not enough time to even consider a transplant.

And so it goes.