I received a call this morning that Mom was headed to the ER. Ellen, a friend of ours was at the emergency room with her.
They ran several tests, but had not discovered anything. Around 5 this afternoon, they told me she was being moved to Neurology in Port Arthur, TX because she had some bleeding in her brain.
Sonya and I through everything in the truck and drove toward Port Arthur. Just as we left the Houston city limits, we learned that Mom would be on a helicopter to Houston.
She arrived at the emergency room of Memorial Herman hospital in the Houston medical center. Initially, she did not realize where she was and had trouble identifying the date or that she had been in a helicopter. This might have been because of the pain medication she received in Orange.
She was complaining of a bad headache, telling me about every 5 minutes that her head hurts. The doctors gave her some morphine, which allowed her to sleep for a few hours.
The neurologist requested a new CAT scan and told me there were some spots that looked like there could be an aneurysm in her brain. That was around 9:00.
It is nearly midnight and we are still waiting for a room in neurology ICU. In the morning, they will run another test to get more information about the damage. From there we will decide on treatment.
Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. Please pass this blog information on to anyone. We are trying to use this to keep everyone up to date.
Love you all,
Stephen
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Stephen,
ReplyDeleteIf you need to reach me my cell number is 978-235-6546. Our thoughts and prayers are with her. Is Maxine still in the hospital?
Ginny
Stephen,
ReplyDeleteI am reading your updates with love and concern for your mom. Trust in the Lord for HE is good. Your prayers and faith will get you through this. I will keep you both in my prayers. Take care. I know your mom finds comfort having you by her side.
Mary Ann Jaynes