October!

Mom has been really sick for all most a year. In December of 2010 she had pneumonia and since then she has continued to progress toward ill health.  She  had to go to the hospital three times  in October; twice for really low blood sugar. While in the hospital the first time her doctor determined that she was not being properly dialysized  at home-This is more than likely the reason for her deteriorating health. She is now on hemeo-dialysis  and it appears she is on her way to healing. Her cognitive impairment which we hope is related to the poor dialysis is slowly clearing, she is eating now and her mobility is much better. I am praying that 2012 is a better year for her physically and emotionally. She has had so a difficult year. I want peace of mind for her more than anything!

September 15, 2011

Mother is still in the hospital and still not eating. Doctor Dutton, Rose the RN and Gail the taeching nurse are awesome. Carla is putting her earrings together and the Kaiser employees are buying them. I hope she starts eating soon!

Prayer

I pray that my mother stops throwing up, stop having diarrhea, that she regains her appetite, that she regains her strength, that her chronic cough stops and that she takes the time to heal her body!

63

My sister and I are at Kaiser hospital with my mom. My sister walked into my moms room last night and my mom was cold and unresponsive. My sister called 911 and then she called me. She left a message on my phone crying and all I could understand was that she the ambulance was on its way! I went numb feeling that my mom would transition. Vaschelle and I got in the car and headed to my moms. When we arrived my mom was in the ambulance eyes wide but non responsive. It was determined that her blood sugar level was extremely low-63. Wow! She had come very close to a diabetic coma. Thank you Obatala for sending my sister in my moms room. The folks at kaiser have run many test and they have determined that she has urinary tract infection. They are giving her antibiotics for that piece. I pray that her blood sugar never dips down to such a dangerous level again. I pray that she regains her appetite. I pray that her mobility increases. I pray that she goes into 2012 doing much better than she has done in 2011. This has been a rough year for her. I believe in the Power of the Orishas, the Ancestors and the Love of Friends and Family. My mom is laying in the bed  eating vanilla wafers and watching a movie on AMC

To not know!

It pains me to see my young mother struggling with her health! Will she ever  get better or is this the beginning of a downward spiral! Only they know.

My Mother

My Mother needs a DMV disability placard and I also need to complete the Nolo kit with her! The DMV piece is easy the Nolo kit is challenging, but it needs to happen!

Today I went over to my moms house.I arrived around 11am and she was fast asleep. I went in and said hey ma-She said "I wish yall  would leave me alone". Spirit spoke to me and said "Its okay". I moved on.....cleaned the bathroom, moped the living room, organized the den, went to get some cleaning products for the house, stopped at the taco truck and got myself a ground beef burrito with no rice and got a ground beef burrito with no rice for my mom. When I got back to her house I realized my mom who had been sleeping since this morning had not taken her meds. I went in into her room and woke her asking her rather or not she needed to take her meds. She commented in a  semi hostile tone that she could take them later. I ate my burrito and then went outside and picked up the trash that was in the front of the house. My mother woke around 4:30. I let her know that I had bought her burrito. She ask me for a popsicle. I brought her a red and yellow popsicle. My aunt Betty called and spoke with my mom for a nice chunk of time. After getting off the phone my mom warmed up her burrito and ate it. Shes back in her room resting.Shes such a survivor!