Archive for February, 2009
Brain Bruise
I was talking to mom on the phone awhile ago, and she told me her brain was bruised. I said, What? and she said, “my brain is bruised. and it hurts. I woke up this morning with it hurting so bad. I grunted, hoping Rick would hear me and come in.” I realized that is [...]
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Jimmie’s address and Zorn update
Some have asked for an address to send Jimmie Faye a card (she will be in the rehab center for at least a week):
Jimmie Faye Cole (Room 19), c/o Cookeville Regional Medical Center, Inpatient Rehabilitation Center, 515 West 6th Street, Cookeville, TN 38501
If you would like her home address, email me for it. Thank you for [...]
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Mrs. Zorn and my mother-in-law
The last word I had before I went to bed last night, was that Mrs. Frances was responsive and communicating with her family. She is back on the ventilator and cannot speak, but they don’t expect her to be on it for very long. Kristin and Herbert arrived safely in Birmingham (around 7ish or 7:30). [...]
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Yesterday, Mrs. Frances had a set-back. Her left lung partially collapsed due to fluid in the lungs. She had to immediately have a tube inserted to re-inflate her lung. Because Mr. Jack was not in the hospital to give consent and because of the critical need for it, they had to do this procedure without anesthesia. [...]
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Zac and Kristin left Friday for a weekend in Birmingham with the Zorn family. On Friday he called when they had safely arrived and got to visit Mrs. Frances for a few minutes. She was pleased to see them and was able to talk, but he thought she seemed to have had a difficult day. [...]
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Zorn and Cole
Larry’s mom is having a pacemaker put in today. Yesterday she was put back in ICU. Larry is going there again today, and we will update when we know.
Mrs. Frances Zorn (Kristin’s grandmother) is improving. Yesterday they were able to take her off the ventilator and she is now breathing on her on. She couldn’t [...]
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Updates
Larry spent the night at the hospital with his mom and learned that he was the “worse son ever.” She was not supposed to get out of bed and she kept trying to get up — he wouldn’t let her so she decided he was the worse son! The doctor asked her how she slept [...]
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Accidents, Illnesses, Age
Kristin’s maternal grandparents were in a serious car accident on Sunday night coming home from church. Mrs. Frances is in critical condition in a Birmingham, Alabama hospital. She had emergency surgery Sunday night and they found she had a fractured vertebrae and a large vein close to the spine that was severed. The most immediate was [...]
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Last night and Today
Larry’s mom is in the hospital. She has been having blood pressure and heart issues, and has been in hospital for several days. Last week her blood pressure was sky high and necessitated a trip to the ER. Earlier this week she passed out and fell, and ended up with her in hospital. They have [...]
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Before
This was the weekend of January 17 when I spent it in Chattanooga with Olivia.
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