My mother is in the hospital - Critical Condition

Re: My mother is in the hospital - Critical Condition

I'm incredibly sorry to hear about what happened to your mother, especially at this stage in your life; I can only imagine how you're feeling right now.

However, you have the wishes, hopes, prayers, and support from a large portion of the community here and we're hoping for the best.

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Best of luck GS. Really hope all goes in the right direction!

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I wish I could show more support besides typing in this thread but something is better than nothing. I send my condolences to your family and you and I pray sincerely that she will pull through. If you ever need a shoulder or even a man-to-man talk, don't hesitate to contact me or any of your other friends here on FFR. I have you and your mother in my thoughts as well as the rest of your family.

I couldn't be more sorry that this has happened to you at this time.

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My father drove my brother & myself to the Sunnybrooke hospital in Toronto. We had to pack some stuff & get ready to leave for a long stay & recuperation time in Toronto. By the time we got to the hospital, she was already in surgery for angioplasty. It wasn't long that we had to wait for the surgery, and we presumed that the surgery went extremely smooth considering they were finished about an hour and a half early. They just needed some time to hook up the bed that was transferred from Peterborough up to the equipment in Toronto.

I'm afraid to break some bad news in this thread people, but according to the doctors that we talked to that were in part for the head of the surgery, apparently my mother had lost connection with her main artery to her brain during the transfer via Ambulance to the hospital in Toronto. They were quick to try and fix the issues on their end, but the problem may have been persisting ever since the issue was reported, and she may no longer be capable of speaking or talking. She is currently on life support, she cannot breathe on her own, she is hooked up to a respirator.

She is being administered sedatives to keep her in a coma-like state of sleep for the next 12 hours to allow healing from the surgery to take place. Doctors will not know what will happen when they stop the respirator and try to get her to breathe on her own, or see exactly how much damage has been done, but at best they describe it to be a miracle if we are ever to be able to see her back to her former self. Chances are slim and none. Everyone in my family is currently extremely depressed and worried.

I will update this once again after I visit the hospital tomorrow after the 12 hours of sedatives are up and they try to help get her off of life support.

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Unreal... Wishing you and your family the best. Hope your mom pulls through

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tl;dr The plug is going to be pulled if she does not wake up tomorrow after they take her off of life support.

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I will keep sending my condolences and prayers your way, I am in tears because I could not even imagine what you must be going through emotionally or even the rest of your family

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Fuck man, I'm sorry to hear about the life-support. Feel free to send me a PM or contact me on skype if you ever feel like talking to someone. I wish you and your family all the best.