Sunday after church my Mom was found slumped over in her car in a restaurant parking lot near her newly built cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains. My Dad does a weekly commute to Atlanta and when he called her at 1 PM the emergency room answered. He immediately turned around and when he got there they were preparing her for transport to Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem NC.
She nearly died several times that night. We packed everyone up and headed down there, a 9 hour drive. We arrived around 8 in the morning on Monday and she was stable but sedated and on a ventilator and receiving nearly lethal doses of blood pressure medicine to achieve almost 100 on her blood pressure. My 2 sisters and 4 of my Mom's 7 siblings arrived also. After an echocardiogram it was determined that she had fluid built up around her heard and an Esophageal Echocardiogram it was determined that she had a Aortic dissection. My Mom died in surgery between 5 and 5:30 PM Monday evening.
Our move to India has been postponed to November 13th. We have 1 memorial service in Wisconsin Saturday 10/25 and another one in Phoenix on 11/6.
I'm home for just a but before we are headed to Wisconsin.
I've been writing more - but I'll post it as I have time.
Dawn
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2 comments:
Dawn and Scott, I'm so sorry for the loss of your Mom. We can be comforted knowing she is in the presence of the Lord. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Love, Michelle
Dawn and Scott, I'm so sorry for the loss of your Mom. We can be comforted knowing she is in the presence of the Lord. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Love, Michelle
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