Getting back

Ok its time to getting back to our story. Last time I talked about how we found out that tumors on her spine were creating the pain in her back and she was starting radiation.

They started the treatments and started her on steriods. She continued working full time but she couldn't sleep at night. The steriods were keeping her awake and she was just drained all the time.

January 27th I was at work and got a call from her best friend there Kim. She told me that something was wrong with my mom and that Earl was coming to get her and take her to the hospital. My heart immediately started racing. She said that she thinks she might have had a stroke and that her BP was extremely high. I left work with weak knees and drove to the hospital where I knew they would go. I walked inside the ER and there they sat. They were making her wait with people throwing up around her. I was pissed. She was not to be exposed to sick people because of her immune system and there she sat with a little boy literally throwing up in a bowl 2 seats away.

She said she felt ok but I could tell she was worried. She said that she was at work talking to a co-worker and all of a sudden the papers that were in her hand fell to the floor and she couldnt speak or move. The co worker got the manager and they took her to an office where they took her BP.

The hospital visit ended up like this. Mom had a mini stroke. They said its a warning sign and that she could have more. She decided that she needed to stop working. The lack of sleep, working 9 hours a day and doing radiation at the age of 66 was just too much. I was soo relieved to hear this. At least maybe she could get some cat naps in the afternoon because she had been going for days without any sleep at all.