It's Sarah here...
We didn't imagine a call from Sally (who just had a baby and whose birthday is today), telling us that something was really wrong with my Aunt Flo. And that the hospital said that family should get to Kingston ASAP.
We hadn't foreseen a panicked drive through pea soup fog to KGH, meeting my parents at Emergency.
We didn't predict sitting in the OR waiting room while she underwent emergency neurosurgery for over 4 hours.
We couldn't have predicted waiting outside the ICU until 3:30 a.m. to catch a glimpse of my 47-year old aunt hooked up to a ventilator while in a drug-induced coma.
We never imagined asking Uncle Serge to call Aunt Pat while on March Break with the family, having to tell her that they'd have to come back first thing in the morning.
We never wanted to entertain thoughts about 'making the call' about the life of someone we love.
The neurosurgeon (one of the top in Eastern Ontario) couldn't identify what was wrong; we suspect hemorrhagic stroke. She is stable right now. The next day or so will be really telling. It came as a complete shock, as she was in excellent health.
She is the kindest woman you could ever hope to meet. She is the woman who read to me until she went hoarse, who never missed a birthday or special occasion, who visited more sickbeds than I can count, who played tirelessly with small children, who adopted abandoned kittens. I have often wished that I were as patient and kind as she; there is no one that she wouldn’t have helped. And we can do nothing for her right now, nothing but wait and hope.
We here at touchyoulast might be pretty quiet for a while. If you can spare any good thoughts or prayers, we'd really appreciate them.
We didn't imagine a call from Sally (who just had a baby and whose birthday is today), telling us that something was really wrong with my Aunt Flo. And that the hospital said that family should get to Kingston ASAP.
We hadn't foreseen a panicked drive through pea soup fog to KGH, meeting my parents at Emergency.
We didn't predict sitting in the OR waiting room while she underwent emergency neurosurgery for over 4 hours.
We couldn't have predicted waiting outside the ICU until 3:30 a.m. to catch a glimpse of my 47-year old aunt hooked up to a ventilator while in a drug-induced coma.
We never imagined asking Uncle Serge to call Aunt Pat while on March Break with the family, having to tell her that they'd have to come back first thing in the morning.
We never wanted to entertain thoughts about 'making the call' about the life of someone we love.
The neurosurgeon (one of the top in Eastern Ontario) couldn't identify what was wrong; we suspect hemorrhagic stroke. She is stable right now. The next day or so will be really telling. It came as a complete shock, as she was in excellent health.
She is the kindest woman you could ever hope to meet. She is the woman who read to me until she went hoarse, who never missed a birthday or special occasion, who visited more sickbeds than I can count, who played tirelessly with small children, who adopted abandoned kittens. I have often wished that I were as patient and kind as she; there is no one that she wouldn’t have helped. And we can do nothing for her right now, nothing but wait and hope.
We here at touchyoulast might be pretty quiet for a while. If you can spare any good thoughts or prayers, we'd really appreciate them.
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Jorge and Mrs. Jorge here with positive thoughts for all of you going through this crisis.
Lots of crap going on all over the place, but at least we're all in it together, right?
Hugs and best wishes possible in a time like this,
J
Our thoughts are with you and your fam. Take care and please keep in touch. We're here for you, ok?
xoxo
J Wo and GT
Stay strong.
Hope all of you (and especially your mom) are holding up okay and taking some comfort in each other.
Katie and Beth said it...I have been thinking about you all week! I just checked the blog tonight at 12am and found out the news. I am sooo sorry! I will send all positive thoughts her way.
Loves.
So sorry to hear about the news.
Positive thoughts for your aunt and the rest of your family.
Shelley