You, Brenda and her family will be in our prayers On 10/15/2011 05:45 PM, Colleen wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I had hoped to come to you with better news, but I can't. Brenda is > back in the hospital and this time it doesn't appear that she'll ever > walk back out. This time she's in intensive care. > > She had a stress-related heart attack last night that did significant > damage to that muscle. This is on top of a broken neck for the second time. > > Brenda's stomach is now swollen to a 9-month pregnancy with triplets > (this from her daughter-in-law who is at Brenda's bedside). This is the > ascites I told you all about in earlier messages. This infection has > now gone into her bloodstream. > > Brenda is on fluids to keep her blood pressure up however, those same > fluids have no where to go out of her body. Though she is on a > catheter, it isn't enough. The fluids are going to cause another > breakdown in her body system, they just don't know where yet. But when > that next whatever happens, Brenda will be pulled off the fluids and > nature will be allowed to take its course while keeping her > comfortable. She has signed a DNR (Do Not Resusitate) order. > > I talked to her just a little bit ago. Her breathing is labored, very > raspy. > > Her family has been called in and met this morning with the doctor and > Brenda, herself. The doctor says her condition is extreme. She has > days to weeks left to live, the doctor unable to give a better idea of > the length of time left. All he can say is he "can't speak for God." > > Brenda has been my closest friend since we were stationed at Fort Sill, > Oklahoma 18 years ago, yet we've never met. To say this is a hard > message to write is an understatement. I've been looking into flights > to head for Michigan, where she lives to finally meet her and to say > good-bye at the same time. :`( Whether I'll go or not, I still don't > know. I want to remember Brenda on the other side of my phone and my > monitor, not lying in a hospital bed. So I'm caught. > > I don't know what else to say. It really hurts, though. > > Be with the Creator, Bren. I love you, my friend. > Colleen > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb." - Benjamin Franklin - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._

May we all take a moment to say a prayer for Brenda in our own way.  God Bless God Speed Jeannie  We love you and pray for you. From: Billie Walsh <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 9:39 PM Subject: Re: [TTTP] BRENDA'S CONDITION You, Brenda and her family will be in our prayers On 10/15/2011 05:45 PM, Colleen wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I had hoped to come to you with better news, but I can't.  Brenda is > back in the hospital and this time it doesn't appear that she'll ever > walk back out.  This time she's in intensive care. > > She had a stress-related heart attack last night that did significant > damage to that muscle.  This is on top of a broken neck for the second time. > > Brenda's stomach is now swollen to a 9-month pregnancy with triplets > (this from her daughter-in-law who is at Brenda's bedside).  This is the > ascites I told you all about in earlier messages.  This infection has > now gone into her bloodstream. > > Brenda is on fluids to keep her blood pressure up however, those same > fluids have no where to go out of her body.  Though she is on a > catheter, it isn't enough.  The fluids are going to cause another > breakdown in her body system, they just don't know where yet.  But when > that next whatever happens, Brenda will be pulled off the fluids and > nature will be allowed to take its course while keeping her > comfortable.  She has signed a DNR (Do Not Resusitate) order. > > I talked to her just a little bit ago.  Her breathing is labored, very > raspy. > > Her family has been called in and met this morning with the doctor and > Brenda, herself.  The doctor says her condition is extreme.  She has > days to weeks left to live, the doctor unable to give a better idea of > the length of time left.  All he can say is he "can't speak for God." > > Brenda has been my closest friend since we were stationed at Fort Sill, > Oklahoma 18 years ago, yet we've never met.  To say this is a hard > message to write is an understatement.  I've been looking into flights > to head for Michigan, where she lives to finally meet her and to say > good-bye at the same time.  :`(    Whether I'll go or not, I still don't > know.  I want to remember Brenda on the other side of my phone and my > monitor, not lying in a hospital bed.  So I'm caught. > > I don't know what else to say.  It really hurts, though. > > Be with the Creator, Bren.  I love you, my friend. > Colleen > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb."    - Benjamin Franklin - _ _...  ..._ _ _._  ._  .....  ._..  ...  .._ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message