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roshiq
12-28-2008, 01:18 AM
Date: December 25, 2008
Time: around 3:30 AM

Except for the Ramadan time of a year, my intercom telephone doesn’t ring at this part of night. So when it rang I was quite certain that there is something very wrong happened in downstairs at my parents’ apartment. I answered the call & heard…”Please come down here quickly. Your mother is having severe chest pain & calling you to see her.” I ran down there and saw everybody was around her & she was breathing heavily & sweating. Moreover, she was mumbling my name & telling me to hold her hand. It was very emotional as well as painful situation for me. I couldn’t stand that anymore. So we didn’t waste anymore time and took her to the nearest hospital. This was the first time for us, cause my parents have never shown or had this kinda severe sickness before. Both of them were quite conscious about their health.
Anyways, when we reached to the hospital (it’s only 3 to 4 minute driveway from our home) after some check ups the doctor declared that “your mother have had a massive heart attack just after you brought down her here and so we are now going for a NGO gram test.” After the test they found a block on one of the major arteries of the left portion of her heart (& that stops the blood circulation), so they suggested putting a ‘ring’ there immediately to starts the circulation again. But they need our permission or concern for doing that. We naturally replied Please do whatever you need to do asap.
It took only 10 to 15 minutes and then they took us to a room where they shown the previous & current condition on a monitor where we got the scanning view of my moms’ heart and they said, “it’s now working all right. Everything is just fine. You brought her here just in time. If you delayed for half an hour then there would be some severe complications.”
But even the very next day she was still quite sick. The doctor said, “It’d take some time for the adjustments…so don’t worry.” And I think he was right, from the very beginning of the Friday morning to till now she is in pretty good shape and eagerly waiting for going back to our home. But the doctors put her under 72 hrs. observations. Hopefully within a day or two they’ll release her from the hospital but she’ll need to follow some balanced diets and routine check ups.

So for the last couple of days we were really had some tensed & tough time that keep us highly worried about our mom. Thanks to Almighty and all our well wishers for the support & courage they gave us to confront the situation in a right way.

_____V_____
12-28-2008, 03:01 AM
Wow that was a real close call, Roshiq.

I am glad your mother is safe now and doing better. Hang in there, and give your family and your Mom as much support as you can right now. Things will improve soon.

Phalanx
12-28-2008, 03:39 AM
Good, things could have taken a turn for the worse.
This is not a suddenly "over" thing though, you need to know she'll be prone to have it happen again - heart attacks, if not caused by extreme old age, are more often than not on account of poor health...so make sure she takes it seriously, and makes whatever life changes she needs to, because they usually get worse as it goes along.
Best of luck.

newb
12-28-2008, 06:03 AM
Sorry to hear that Rosh.

neverending
12-28-2008, 11:08 AM
Good job on getting her to the hospital in time. Hoping all goes well in the future.

monalisa
12-28-2008, 01:30 PM
Wow roshiq, I'm very sorry to hear this happened, but very relieved to hear that your mom pulled through and is on the road to recovery. Be supportive and try to make sure she follows the doctor's orders for her aftercare and, like Phalanx said, any lifestyle changes that may be necessary.

Might not be a bad idea to have your dad get himself checked out too, you don't need any more surprises. Be sure and take care of yourself too. Sometimes, especially at times like this, it's easy to let your own health slide a bit and you need to stay healthy too.

Take care and let us know how she's doing when you have time.

stubbornforgey
12-29-2008, 12:54 AM
oh hell Rosh..
hope everything is fine ..keep us in touch

Stubbs

roshiq
12-29-2008, 04:44 AM
We brought her home at today afternoon. She's now doing fine and very happy to be here with the family. The main doctor already told her yesterday that they'd release her very soon as her improvements are quite satisfactory. As she has always been pretty much health conscious, so she do quite reasonably understand about her condition and committed to follow all the doctors' order & prescriptions. But we all have to take very good care of her to make sure that she'll doing that in right way. She'll be under proper medical care & practices recommended by the doctor.
Like Phalanx, some of my good friends also already gave me an idea about the probable after treatment risks and required care for the 1st time attack. Some of them even already experienced the same kinda situation very closely in their own family before as I did. Even one of my uncle of maternal side already have bypass surgery for 3 times!
Anyways, let's hope for the best and many many thanks to all of you for your kind concern and suggestions. I'm truly glad to have such great friends in here at HDC.

ChronoGrl
12-29-2008, 06:22 AM
Oh, Honey... I'm so sorry about what happened. That's tough - that's really tough. I'm glad that you guys took care of it when you did. I'm glad that she's at home.

Thoughts with you. *HUGS*

scissorhands
12-30-2008, 01:17 AM
I'm glad your mother is OK :) .

ferretchucker
12-30-2008, 05:54 AM
When something like that happens to the one who brought you into this world, it's a terrifying time. Sounds like you handled it just right! Really glad to hear she's fine, and I hope she will remain that way.

hacelikewhoa
12-30-2008, 10:54 PM
I wish you and your family the best.

I had one hell of a christmas too. My mom had chemo so she was already feeling like shit then she told me some things I didn't want to hear. Her boyfriend has been telling her to just die so everybody can be happy. He's had quite a history of beating her/ treating her like shit but I thought it had stopped. I wish I could blow his head off. She's been with him 13 years through the worst. She wanted to give up on christmas, when she is so close to beating the cancer. I hate that I can't do anything but support her.

roshiq
12-30-2008, 11:40 PM
Many many thanks to all of you for your kind concern & support.

I wish you and your family the best.

I had one hell of a christmas too. My mom had chemo so she was already feeling like shit then she told me some things I didn't want to hear. Her boyfriend has been telling her to just die so everybody can be happy. He's had quite a history of beating her/ treating her like shit but I thought it had stopped. I wish I could blow his head off. She's been with him 13 years through the worst. She wanted to give up on christmas, when she is so close to beating the cancer. I hate that I can't do anything but support her.

Wow! It's really sad & shocking to hear that! Spend as much time you can with your mom and provide her the best support as you can. Though it may sound hard but try to be positive with her and give her hope for the best. I hope all things will be turn around in a positive & best possible way for your family.

hacelikewhoa
12-30-2008, 11:49 PM
Many many thanks to all of you for your kind concern & support.



Wow! It's really sad & shocking to hear that! Spend as much time you can with your mom and provide her the best support as you can. Though it may sound hard but try to be positive with her and give her hope for the best. I hope all things will be turn around in a positive & best possible way for your family.


thanks a lot. I'm trying to keep her spirits up. She's come a long way though. When we first found she had cancer it was in her colon, stomach lining, liver, and ovaries and now all is gone except for what's in her liver. There's just a lot of ups and downs. Some days she is convinced she'll beat it and other days she wants to give up. I think she can over come it. She has two little ones other than myself so she has even more reason to fight. She's been through hell and back in her life which has made her even stronger.

I'm starting to think that everything truly happens for a reason. I couldn't get into school this year which really put me down but now I think it was because I needed to be there for my mom before worrying about myself. I think that her cancer was brought on to bring us all closer together. We didn't have that great of a relationship. And I know when she beats it she'll be a whole new person and finally have another shot at a happier life.

roshiq
12-31-2008, 12:10 AM
thanks a lot. I'm trying to keep her spirits up. She's come a long way though. When we first found she had cancer it was in her colon, stomach lining, liver, and ovaries and now all is gone except for what's in her liver. There's just a lot of ups and downs. Some days she is convinced she'll beat it and other days she wants to give up. I think she can over come it. She has two little ones other than myself so she has even more reason to fight. She's been through hell and back in her life which has made her even stronger.

I'm starting to think that everything truly happens for a reason. I couldn't get into school this year which really put me down but now I think it was because I needed to be there for my mom before worrying about myself. I think that her cancer was brought on to bring us all closer together. We didn't have that great of a relationship. And I know when she beats it she'll be a whole new person and finally have another shot at a happier life.

Definitely! She'll beat it. And yeah...good & bad times comes one after another...so as you are now really facing some tough ones, I pray & hope from my bottom of my heart that the happiest & finest moments are waiting for all of you in coming days.