LIFE HAS MANY TWISTS AND TURNS
I met my new daughter-in-laws Mother before the wedding and ran into her coming and going a couple of more time after that.
She always looked so nice, very well kept. Her hair always perfect, lovely cloths, but if you said, 'Hi how are you', you would be much better off saying just 'Hi', because she never felt very well and was sure to tell you that. This hurt, that hurt, her back hurt all of the time I think?
My daughter-in-law thought her Mother was a hypochondriac.
Finally an answer was found to at least a part of her Mother's problems.
A doctor told her she needed her lower disk removed, that was what a big part of her problem was, and if she didn't get it removed it would eventually make her leg paralyzed.
The Doctor also told her that there was a very good hospital in Jackson Mississippi and the staff there was very familiar with that kind of surgery.
So they scheduled the surgery for last Monday and off they went across the state line and way down to Jackson. Just Mom and daughter.
The surgery went well. The Disk was removed and the doctor was just finishing sewing up her back and God intervened, and lowered the boom. Before anyone realized that something was wrong, -- something went wrong. She died.
Her blood pressure dropped and she bled out internally, her veins collapsed, so they couldn't even find a vein to try to pump some blood into her.
What would they say to her daughter? The surgery was a success but the patient died?
How could they explain this. Was the Anesthetist negligent? Isn't he suppose to keep his eyes on that blood pressure machine all through the surgery, so that he can catch something like that?
It was a shock to all, the Doctor, the Anesthetist and of course devastating to my poor daughter-in-law.
She had taken her Mother there all by herself. She had been told that the surgery would be done in the morning and by late evening she would be able to go home to recuperate.
My son got the dreaded phone call and he left and you can bet he burned rubber all the way there. Of course he did, wouldn't you?
To be there for her as fast as he could, to hold her, console her and bring her home where she could grieve in familiar surroundings with people who love her.
The funeral was yesterday.
I have no words of wisdom, I wish I did. And I don't know why things happen the way they do. But I do know one thing for sure.
God gives us life and many gifts along the way -- He also give us trials.
And no matter where you are or what you are doing, when it's your time to go,
God is there for you and He is going to take you 'Home'.
She always looked so nice, very well kept. Her hair always perfect, lovely cloths, but if you said, 'Hi how are you', you would be much better off saying just 'Hi', because she never felt very well and was sure to tell you that. This hurt, that hurt, her back hurt all of the time I think?
My daughter-in-law thought her Mother was a hypochondriac.
Finally an answer was found to at least a part of her Mother's problems.
A doctor told her she needed her lower disk removed, that was what a big part of her problem was, and if she didn't get it removed it would eventually make her leg paralyzed.
The Doctor also told her that there was a very good hospital in Jackson Mississippi and the staff there was very familiar with that kind of surgery.
So they scheduled the surgery for last Monday and off they went across the state line and way down to Jackson. Just Mom and daughter.
The surgery went well. The Disk was removed and the doctor was just finishing sewing up her back and God intervened, and lowered the boom. Before anyone realized that something was wrong, -- something went wrong. She died.
Her blood pressure dropped and she bled out internally, her veins collapsed, so they couldn't even find a vein to try to pump some blood into her.
What would they say to her daughter? The surgery was a success but the patient died?
How could they explain this. Was the Anesthetist negligent? Isn't he suppose to keep his eyes on that blood pressure machine all through the surgery, so that he can catch something like that?
It was a shock to all, the Doctor, the Anesthetist and of course devastating to my poor daughter-in-law.
She had taken her Mother there all by herself. She had been told that the surgery would be done in the morning and by late evening she would be able to go home to recuperate.
My son got the dreaded phone call and he left and you can bet he burned rubber all the way there. Of course he did, wouldn't you?
To be there for her as fast as he could, to hold her, console her and bring her home where she could grieve in familiar surroundings with people who love her.
The funeral was yesterday.
I have no words of wisdom, I wish I did. And I don't know why things happen the way they do. But I do know one thing for sure.
God gives us life and many gifts along the way -- He also give us trials.
And no matter where you are or what you are doing, when it's your time to go,
God is there for you and He is going to take you 'Home'.
posted by EXSENO at 6:01 AM
10 Comments:
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You are so right about those twists and turns. May be that is what makes life as it is. No?
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Hi Shirazi,
Well one thing is for sure, it certainly makes it interesting. We can't out guess what life have in store for us no matter what our plans might be.
Oh my goodness! Its terrible when things like this happen so suddenly! Poor daughter in law. I can say with complete confidence that she is in a better place now and feeling no pain.
You've got a lot to live up to now, you are the only mom your daughter in law has left!
My wife lost her father this year. You are right about the twists and turns, those are in fact what life is. The hard part isn't the road, but the certainty as to how the trip will affect you.
Hi Exseno,
Terrible story. Most people have trouble with their spinal column and letting a surgeon touching it makes thinks generally worse, definitely worse.
If that happens to you, make special back bone gymnastics so as to built muscles around it and lessen the stress.
Georg
Hi Becky,
Oh, you have no idea how traumatized she is. What I didn't put in the post is unbelievable.
Hi The T-Dude,
You are so right about the effects. In her case the effects are that she is probably going to have nightmares for a very long time.
I didn't write everything that went on in that hospital that night it, was to awful. But I'm thinking about it.
Hi Georg,
Oh yes I agree. I am no stranger to back pain. I fell down a flight of stairs when I was young. However after many years it is better now then it was when I was young.
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