Dear Family and Friends,
I write to you tonight with my heart full. The last couple of days have been nerve wracking and at moments down right scary. I won't bore you with all of the minute details, but what I do want to say is thank you. I have felt every single prayer and kind thought sent up to Heavenly Father on my Mom's behalf. Without those thoughts and prayers there is no way that I could make it through this.
Yesterday when we arrived at the hospital we were informed that Mom's arms were restrained. Come to find out during the night Mom started fighting like a ninja and was trying to pull her breathing tube out. In order to cheer her up, Becca and I started singing some of the songs from her favorite musicals. We started out with some good ole Camp songs. She looked at us like we were crazy, so we moved on to White Christmas, then to Summer Magic, and you can't forget Hello Dolly. Well apparently, there is a camera and a tv monitor in the room. The eICU nurse comes on in the middle of our routine and scares the living daylights out of us. It took us a minute to figure out where the person talking to us was because we just kept looking up. I guess you had to have been here.
Earlier today Mom made it through surgery #4 like a champ! When Becca and I arrived earlier today, she had just been wheeled back from the surgery. We are kicked out every night between 6-8pm so the nurses can do everything for shift change. In her room there is usually a curtain drawn. Before we can enter we have to wash our hands, put on gloves, and a yellow gown. (Yes, I am sure there is a technical name for the gown, but I don't know what it is and you get the picture.) So tonight like the nights previously I go through the usual routine of being able to enter the room. I ask the nurse if she is awake, and for once she is, as I come around the curtain I say "Hi Gorgeous!" What happened next made me want to cry with joy. My Mom gave me the biggest smile. Talk about warming my heart. I cannot describe just how much relief I felt in that moment.
So thank you for all of the love and support ya'll have given us during this trying time. What I can tell you is that the Lord does hear and answers are prayers, and that He is always mindful of our needs.
Goodnight family and friends!
Love ,
Robyn
I write to you tonight with my heart full. The last couple of days have been nerve wracking and at moments down right scary. I won't bore you with all of the minute details, but what I do want to say is thank you. I have felt every single prayer and kind thought sent up to Heavenly Father on my Mom's behalf. Without those thoughts and prayers there is no way that I could make it through this.
Yesterday when we arrived at the hospital we were informed that Mom's arms were restrained. Come to find out during the night Mom started fighting like a ninja and was trying to pull her breathing tube out. In order to cheer her up, Becca and I started singing some of the songs from her favorite musicals. We started out with some good ole Camp songs. She looked at us like we were crazy, so we moved on to White Christmas, then to Summer Magic, and you can't forget Hello Dolly. Well apparently, there is a camera and a tv monitor in the room. The eICU nurse comes on in the middle of our routine and scares the living daylights out of us. It took us a minute to figure out where the person talking to us was because we just kept looking up. I guess you had to have been here.
Earlier today Mom made it through surgery #4 like a champ! When Becca and I arrived earlier today, she had just been wheeled back from the surgery. We are kicked out every night between 6-8pm so the nurses can do everything for shift change. In her room there is usually a curtain drawn. Before we can enter we have to wash our hands, put on gloves, and a yellow gown. (Yes, I am sure there is a technical name for the gown, but I don't know what it is and you get the picture.) So tonight like the nights previously I go through the usual routine of being able to enter the room. I ask the nurse if she is awake, and for once she is, as I come around the curtain I say "Hi Gorgeous!" What happened next made me want to cry with joy. My Mom gave me the biggest smile. Talk about warming my heart. I cannot describe just how much relief I felt in that moment.
So thank you for all of the love and support ya'll have given us during this trying time. What I can tell you is that the Lord does hear and answers are prayers, and that He is always mindful of our needs.
Goodnight family and friends!
Love ,
Robyn
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