Back to the hospital

Last night mom had to go to the hospital complaining of chest pains.  Unfortunately, mom has blood clots in her lungs.  She will be at St. Joe's for a couple of days getting blood thinners.  This happens when you are stationary for so long.  We are lucky we caught it!

Homeward Bound

We are going home on Friday!  Everyone is excited.  Mom asks that you give us a week to get her settled and then you can visit.  Thanks to everyone for their prayers and well wishes.

We have moved!

Hi all!

We have moved again!  We are now at the Spaulding rehabilitation center in Aurora.  The visiting hours are from 8am-8pm.  Again, we ask that you come two at a time, but she loves visitors.  I don't know her rehab schedule yet, but I will let you know.

Thanks!
Colleen :)

The Trac is out!

Hi all!

The Doctors took her trac out this weekend to try to help her swallow.  We are hoping that she will be moving to the Spalding in Aurora sometime this week.  She would still love visitors, and I will let you all know when she moves!

Colleen :)

ups and downs

sorry I have not posted in awhile.. it has been crazy since I have started work!  Anyway, mom has had a lot of ups and downs since she moved to select rehab at Pres/St.Lukes.  First, they put the talking cap in and then capped the trac all together!  They were talking about moving her in two weeks!  But her blood pressure has been going up and down (which is why Mom and I think it is hard for her to get up without getting dizzy) and she failed her recent swallowing test so they took her talking cap away (which, if you know mom, is making her go crazy).  As for now, they are going to do more tests to see what is going on with her throat to see if they can see what they can do.  She is doing her exersises so she can try to get out of bed.  She is quite bored, so she would love visitors.  My family asks that you come 2-3 at a time because of the room.

Colleen :)

We Have Moved!

Today was a big day!  We got the sudden call that mom was moving today!  We are now at Select hospital inside of Presbeterian/St.Lukes (The 5th Floor).  It is really nice, she has her own room with a door, a window, and she gets to see Josh!  They are going to start therapy here for a month to try to get her moving, and breathing with the trac (maybe getting off the trac but we have to see).  Thanks for all of the prayers and well wishes, and once she gets settled and gets a daily schedule, we will open the door to visitors!

Thanks,
Colleen

"I Love You"

Today they put a little thing on my mom's trac to allow her to speak.  The 1st thing she said was "I love you".  My mom will be going to St. Luke's rehab in the next couple of days.  We will let you know, and then she would love visitors!

Colleen :)

Update

Hi all-

Sorry that its been a couple of days.  Mom had her trac and her g tube put in yesterday.  She is happy that she has no more tubes in her face.  We are going to meet with a social worker sometime to start to figure out where she is going to go to rehab. We still have a long road ahead, but its nice to think she might be out of the hospital and thinking about rehab. 

Colleen :)

It's Benign!

It's Benign!

Which gave us all relief.  However, she is going to need a tracheotomy because her gag reflex is gone.  Her spirits are up though, and she knows who were are, and she can write us notes which is good.  It is still day to day, but at least we can communicate now.

Colleen :)

Brain surgery and Irish Dancing

My mom is doing well.  She is recognizing people, smiling when she sees us, and giving us a thumbs up!  We are still worried about her lungs and fluid inside of it but the x-rays says that they are improving.  

 The funny thing is whenever I am in the room when they do a neuro check (checking to see her movement) she sometimes will not move her feet.  So I will tell her "mom point her toes" and she will do it!  Then " mom kick" or mom do a touch up" or "toe heel toe heel" and she does it.

So we are still in for a long haul and we still will have some dark roads ahead but it was nice to see some good things today.

Colleen :)

Intro

So I decided to start this blog so that people can follow my mom's journey.  I will try to give updates as possible.  In doing so, I ask that you try to limit calls as you can.

This all started with headaches that we thought were migraines that got worse, and so my mom went to the doctor, which they thought were sinus headaches.  Then, when they were not improving they went to the Kaiser after hours care and they sent her to the ER.  Eventually, they came home with a brain tumor.  The ER docs said she would be ok with no surgery.  However, the next day there was no improvement and so we went to St. Joseph's in Denver.  The doc said we needed surgery.  On Thursday, she went in an had the tumor removed, and later that night had a blood clot removed.  So now we are waiting on the recovery and to see what type of tumor it was.  Its a wait and see game for the next three days especially, not to mention the next weeks and months ahead.  Thank you all for the prayers and thoughts, and I will keep you updated as I can.

Colleen :)