What a long day ..... Mom had an "uneventful" night last night. This made all of us really happy this morning. She made it through the night without being put on the ventilator and seemed to be doing well. She was awake through out the day and sometimes rather chatty. Around 2pm though things started changing. We noticed that Mom's once good stats were slowly declining. Her oxygen saturation levels were once again in the 80's and her heart rate was well over 100. They mentioned the ventilator to Mom but she requested them to upgrade her air mask to the higher level mask. This new mask forces air into her lungs, which allows her body to do less of the work. Once she was put on the new mask her levels jumped back up into the 90's. The doctor explained that she did get a little worse today but that this is some what normal as the medicine has not had time to kick in. He thinks we need to give it until tomorrow night or Friday morning before we become concerned. All we want for Christmas is Mom to respond to this medication ;) So now it is just a waiting game to see if the medicine will help and to see if the new mask holds her stats high enough. If the mask is not successful then she will be put on life support to help her body cope with the stress of all of this. Please pray for her to stay off the life support and to give her strength to continue to fight this. She really is a strong woman .... such a little fighter. She amazes us with her strength and attitude. We are so thankful for all your prayers, messages, phone calls and thoughts. We are truly blessed to have such a great support system. We will try and update the blog again tomorrow. Merry Christmas Eve Everyone!
Mom wanted me to post Jim's facebook status this morning. I read it to her. It made her cry but at the same time she was so pleased that her husband wrote it.
"Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to FB family and friends. This is the first year that I can remember that Christmas was not centered around gifts, parties and excessive commercialization. This year will be a simple one of hope and strength for what may lie ahead. Perhaps the real meaning of Christmas after all..."
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All my prayers are for her just now, hoping that she gets better as soon as possible. I am not surprised the least by her courage and strength and willingness to fight against illness. She is such a wonderful person ! Tell her that my thoughts are most definitely for her. Thi will be a special Christmas for you all guys but also for us because of her. Christophe
Prayers are with you and your family.
Christmas is nothing but a day.....Bobbie is a person, a life, a mother, wife, sister, etc.....she is so much more just a "day".....so dig your heals in Bobbie, show 'em what you're made of !
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