I have not forgot my friends on here, but have not been posting, as we spent the weekend going back and forth to the hospital for my mother-in-law. We got a call at midnight Thursday that my mother-in-law was found lying unconscious in the driveway. Her local hospital life-flighted her to Pittsburgh where it was discovered that she had an aneurysm. She is 88 years old and was in a coma with no responses to commands. There were involuntary movements of her left side and her head moving around. However, she is most likely blind in her right eye and paralyzed, arm and leg on the right side. A respirator was put in, along with feeding and other ivs. We prayed to be able to make a wise decision, as no one could tell if she was in pain or could hear or comprehend anything. Monday we met with a different doctor who really told it like it is. This doctor has been through this personally 3 times with family members and a friend, so was speaking from experience. She said my mother-in-law will probably not ever recover. The bleeding in the head is the worst several of them have ever seen. She said we could not leave the respiratory tube in long. The options were to take it out and do a tracheotomy if necessary, with a surgical feeding tube, or just take it out and let nature take its course. Doing the trach might extend life 6 months. She has a living will and does not want on machines if the problem is not fixable. We decided to take the tube out and leave it up to God--no trach. The doctor thinks she can live up to 3 weeks, but probably 7-10 days. She will be moved to a Hospice after Ed's sisters research what is available. We hope she is not suffering. Pray things will be peaceful for her.
Sandy
