We've just returned home from an emergency trip to Toledo Ohio.
May 11th Hubbies mom choked on food. she had the good sense to call 911, and while on the phone to them she passed out. The EMT say by the time they got there she was not breating and unresponsive. they do not know how long she was without air. The one hospital they took her to did not give much hope. She was transfered to Toledo Hospital, where they are now doing all they can.
she choked on a large piece of meat, managing to get food into her lungs, and has aspiration pneumonia because of it. they also told us they think but are not sure the original (no-hope) hospital or emts scraped her windpipe below the voicebox while trying to insert breathing tubes or something, which is now causing her airway to swell shut.
She is on a respirator, and will be till the swelling goes down.
We were there till today (Sunday)
We decided to come on home. There were too many people in my opinon at the hospital. 4 of her kids, her brothers and sister and their families and me. and all but hubby and i were in that room constantly, not giving her rest she needed. We went in for less than 5 minutes twice a day, and tried not to bother her, but let her rest.
We are available to hospital staff and family by phone if there are any changes.
Anyway, going to finish checking email, then clean out the truck, never fails it is always a mess after a road trip.
Will write tomorrow about meeting a longtime friend for the first time!
Sunday, May 17, 2009
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