Thoughts & prayers appreciated

[Mr. Plow]

Please keep my mom in your prayers. She's always had some weight issues, but now she is starting down a path that has me really worried. A week & 1/2 ago, she wasn't feeling very well. Short of breath, coughing, congested - she went to the doctor on Friday and he said that she had pneumonia. He also ran some other tests on her and asked her to come back in on Monday.

She hasn't told me yet because she doesn't want to worry me, but I just got off the phone with my dad and the doctor apparently told her she has congestive heart failure. I didn't even know that was something that you could "have", I thought it was something that just happened. This coupled with stress, work, and eye problems really has me worried.

On the positive side, he let her go home instead of putting her into the hospital and scheduled an appt with a specialist on Friday.

I'm not asking for much, I don't need a sticky for this....just keep her in your prayers.

[Demonpenz]

yo momma so fat.....that she will be in my prayers

[mikey23545]

Will do, Mr. Plow...

As hard as it may be for her, nothing could help her as much as losing weight...Hopefully she'll draw enough strength from you and Dad to make the changes she'll need to make to help her condition...

[The Franchise]

Done and done.

[Mr. Plow]

Will do, Mr. Plow...

As hard as it may be for her, nothing could help her as much as losing weight...Hopefully she'll draw enough strength from you and Dad to make the changes she'll need to make to help her condition...

She's tried really hard to lose some weight, and she has some lost some, but she needs to keep working on it. I think what she really needs is exercise. Get out and walk a bit, but she has bad knees so it's a little hard for her. I'm trying to get her to rest at home, but she is stubborn and wants to be up moving around...which is a good thing I guess.

[DaFace]

I'll give you the sticky for a day or two anyway. Good luck, man.

[bevischief]

Done and done.

x2.

Hoping for the best.

[Mr. Plow]

I'll give you the sticky for a day or two anyway. Good luck, man.

I appreciate it. Don't really need it, but I do appreciate it. Feel free to take it down whenever.

[big nasty kcnut]

I have your mom in my prayers. Hopfully she'll see that she need to take care of herself.

[Al Czervik]

Mr. Plow,

Prayers to you and your Mom....

[Earthling]

God bless you and yours. Hope your Ma the every best.

[Buck]

Hey Mr. Plow, thats some rough news. I hope she does what the Doctor recommends and pulls through. Sending positive vibes her way.

[Lzen]

You got it, Tim.

[Simply Red]

Please keep my mom in your prayers. She's always had some weight issues, but now she is starting down a path that has me really worried. A week & 1/2 ago, she wasn't feeling very well. Short of breath, coughing, congested - she went to the doctor on Friday and he said that she had pneumonia. He also ran some other tests on her and asked her to come back in on Monday.

She hasn't told me yet because she doesn't want to worry me, but I just got off the phone with my dad and the doctor apparently told her she has congestive heart failure. I didn't even know that was something that you could "have", I thought it was something that just happened. This coupled with stress, work, and eye problems really has me worried.

On the positive side, he let her go home instead of putting her into the hospital and scheduled an appt with a specialist on Friday.

I'm not asking for much, I don't need a sticky for this....just keep her in your prayers.

Absolutely, Mr. Plow, I will pray for your mother, tonight.

[Mr. Kotter]

Best wishes, Mr. Plow. I can relate. Thoughts and prayers your way.

[Jenson71]

She's tried really hard to lose some weight, and she has some lost some, but she needs to keep working on it. I think what she really needs is exercise. Get out and walk a bit, but she has bad knees so it's a little hard for her. I'm trying to get her to rest at home, but she is stubborn and wants to be up moving around...which is a good thing I guess.

Is surgery an option for the weight?

[Mr. Plow]

Is surgery an option for the weight?

With some of her other health problems, I'm not sure honestly. But, I'm going to be talking with my dad and I'm going to bring it up.


I think I'm about to use up all my prayer requests for the year, but I don't want to start a second thread for this.

2 weeks ago, my 9 year old niece went to bed - she woke up complaining that she wasn't able to see clearly. My sister-in-law looked at her eyes and one eye was looking straight ahead (normal), but the other eye was essentially looking down at the tip of her nose. Somehow over 1 nights sleep, she was now cross eyed.

They went to the doctor yesterday and this 9 year old girl is going to have to have surgery on her eye - once, maybe twice - to try to correct it. They apparently are going to "reposition" the muscle and HOPE the brain takes back over to correct it. If not, she'll be in bifocals.

If everyone wouldn't mind adding her to your list of "random internet people that I'm supposed to pray for" list, I'd appreciate it.

[RJ]

Thoughts and prayers for your mom, dad and yourself, Mr. plow.

[RJ]

Ok, I'm adding the 9 y/o niece to those thoughts and prayers. Geez, poor kid.

[Bowser]

Done, for your mom and niece.

[morphius]

Just saw this, your Mom will be in my prayers.

[HemiEd]

Done Mr. Plow, wish her and your family all the best.

[Gracie Dean]

done!

[Buehler445]

Plow, man. Rough. Prayers sent for mom and niece.

FWIW, congestive heart failure doesn't kill you. It kills your organs and brain by not supplying enough blood. Unless it just quits altogether, then it is a heart attack.

[Jilly]

love and prayers to your family, Mr. Plow

[Hydrae]

Thoughts and prayers for you, your mom, your dad and your niece and family.

[Mastashake]

She's tried really hard to lose some weight, and she has some lost some, but she needs to keep working on it. I think what she really needs is exercise. Get out and walk a bit, but she has bad knees so it's a little hard for her. I'm trying to get her to rest at home, but she is stubborn and wants to be up moving around...which is a good thing I guess.

People can live with CHF for YEARS. It just means her heart is really weak. So don't think its like cancer or anything. Its seriously, but its very possible to live a quality, productive life with CHF

She's in my thoughts, nonetheless.

[TrebMaxx]

Prayers for all of Mr. Plow's family.

[Lono]

Prayer's to your family Mr. Plow.

[rockymtnchief]

Done...for both of them.

[mlyonsd]

Prayers your way.

[Halfcan]

Best wishes to you and your family!

[smittysbar]

Done

[Mr. Plow]

An update....

Mom went to the doctor on Friday. Did a bunch of tests. Doctor said that the stress on her heart right now when she gets up to walk to another room is essentially like someone else running in place. Also said that she has an irregular heart beat.

He put her on some medicines and, quite honestly, she has seemingly gotten a little better every day since. Has even lost a little weight - eating better. One she has been on the meds for about a month or so, the doctor is going to have her come back in for what he says is a "minor procedure" of shocking her heart back to normal rhythm. I never considered anything dealing with the heart a minor procedure personally.

So that's where we are. She has put herself on a diet to help lose some weight and I'm going to make her take it easy at work. Hoping for the best.

[CosmicPal]

An update....

Mom went to the doctor on Friday. Did a bunch of tests. Doctor said that the stress on her heart right now when she gets up to walk to another room is essentially like someone else running in place. Also said that she has an irregular heart beat.

He put her on some medicines and, quite honestly, she has seemingly gotten a little better every day since. Has even lost a little weight - eating better. One she has been on the meds for about a month or so, the doctor is going to have her come back in for what he says is a "minor procedure" of shocking her heart back to normal rhythm. I never considered anything dealing with the heart a minor procedure personally.

So that's where we are. She has put herself on a diet to help lose some weight and I'm going to make her take it easy at work. Hoping for the best.

Glad to hear she is getting better. It's great to know that you are there for her. Continue to be an inspiration to her and she'll continue to get better.

[Inspector]

Prayers for you and your family.

I hope all of you have many happy years left together.

[Mr. Plow]

An update of sorts.

Mom has been doing quite a bit better. She is dieting and has lost quite a bit of weight for her over the past month, which is very good. She has always failed at diets, but i think she has finally found one that works well for her.

Anyway, tomorrow she goes in for - what the doctor says - is a minor procedure. They discovered she has an irregular heart beat which was not helping her situation. So they are going to "shock her heart" to see if they can get it back to normal. The doctor assures all of us that this is a minor procedure and that it will take longer for them to get her ready for it than it will be to actually do the procedure. He estimated about 10-15 minutes.

But, she's very very worried. She believes she isn't coming out of the hospital. Hell, she's going to see her attorney today to make sure her will is up to date. She hasn't been sleeping. Really, I'm just ready for it to done with so that she can relax a bit.

So, I'll ask again if everyone would keep her in your prayers. Seems to be a lot of this going around.


Thanks!

[Jenson71]

Good news on the diet. Congrats to her. Take her out to Dairy Queen.* She's probably a lot healthier now for these minor procedures than she was a couple of months ago. And that should be comforting.



*No, no, don't do that.

[Mr. Plow]

Good news on the diet. Congrats to her. Take her out to Dairy Queen.* She's probably a lot healthier now for these minor procedures than she was a couple of months ago. And that should be comforting.



*No, no, don't do that.


She is definitely healthier. Initially, the doctor told her she had to have this procedure done, but that he didn't think she could handle it at the time. Told her she needed to get on a diet, exercise a bit, and they would see when they could do it. She did just what he told her to, and a month later, he said she was fine to handle the procedure.

The good news in all this, her doctor told her that if this procedure works the way he wants it to (and he thinks it will) that she'll be able to slowly get off nearly all the meds that she has been on for years.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Oh wow, I never saw this. I'm glad your mom is okay dude.

[Bugeater]

Hmm...yeah I'm no doctor but shocking someone's heart sure as hell sounds scary. I'm hoping it works out for her.

[Mr. Plow]

Hmm...yeah I'm no doctor but shocking someone's heart sure as hell sounds scary. I'm hoping it works out for her.

I know what you are saying. Personally, I don't like the idea of messing around with a heart - but, I can only go by what the doctor said. 10-15 minute procedure, she'll be in the hospital for monitoring for a few hours, should be released afternoon sometime.

[Frazod]

Best of luck, dude. I hope she pulls through okay.

[Sofa King]

best wishes for your mom and your family, plow..

[Lzen]

Hmm...yeah I'm no doctor but shocking someone's heart sure as hell sounds scary. I'm hoping it works out for her.

I think this is a pretty normal thing nowadays.

Anyway, prayers for your mom, Mr. Plow.

[Buehler445]

Prayers Plow. God Bless
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[patteeu]

I hope for the best for you and your mom, Mr. Plow. Good luck with this.

[patteeu]

And for your niece. Good news on the updates too.

[Mr. Plow]

So the procedure went well yesterday. Doctor shocked her heart and her heart rate immediately went down into the normal range. Good news.

Bad news. The doctor discovered that mom has a leaky valve in her heart. He gave her the option of doing a procedure (as he calls it, I call it open heart surgery) or letting her go home to think about it. Mom decided to go ahead and do it this morning.

So here I sit in the hospital. Scared and nervous. Trying to be the strong one for my dad. I know there are a lot of people more in need of prayers, but if anyone has any extra prayers, good thoughts, whatever, laying around - I know my mom would greatly appreciate them.

[Bwana]

So the procedure went well yesterday. Doctor shocked her heart and her heart rate immediately went down into the normal range. Good news.

Bad news. The doctor discovered that mom has a leaky valve in her heart. He gave her the option of doing a procedure (as he calls it, I call it open heart surgery) or letting her go home to think about it. Mom decided to go ahead and do it this morning.

So here I sit in the hospital. Scared and nervous. Trying to be the strong one for my dad. I know there are a lot of people more in need of prayers, but if anyone has any extra prayers, good thoughts, whatever, laying around - I know my mom would greatly appreciate them.

Consider it done bud.

[kepp]

Wow...more prayers your way, dude.

[JOhn]

So the procedure went well yesterday. Doctor shocked her heart and her heart rate immediately went down into the normal range. Good news.

Bad news. The doctor discovered that mom has a leaky valve in her heart. He gave her the option of doing a procedure (as he calls it, I call it open heart surgery) or letting her go home to think about it. Mom decided to go ahead and do it this morning.

So here I sit in the hospital. Scared and nervous. Trying to be the strong one for my dad. I know there are a lot of people more in need of prayers, but if anyone has any extra prayers, good thoughts, whatever, laying around - I know my mom would greatly appreciate them.
Done buddy. I will keep you ALL in my prayers & thoughts today

[Mr. Plow]

Wow...more prayers your way, dude.


I hate to keep asking - but it helps to know people (even though I don't know most of you) are at least saying one little prayer or just saying to yourself "I hope she gets through this ok". Sounds stupid....but it helps.

[big nasty kcnut]

Mr.plow we are i alway have the faith that people do care and praying or wishing that she is ok.

[Gonzo]

Keep us updated bud. Good thoughts headed your way.
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[patteeu]

Here to help. Hang in there.

[Mr. Plow]

Update #1 from doctor. She has a ways to go, but all is going well right now. Mom is handling it fine which has been my major concern. I have been worried that her health could cause her issues in handling this type of surgery.

[Pants]

Shoot, never saw this thread. Glad to hear the good news, Plow. Sending thoughts and prayers your way, bro. Sounds like you guys found one of the good doctors and he's taking good care of your mom. Hope she gets well soon and kicks your ass.

[Msmith]

May God grant speedy recovery for your mother and peace and strength to your family.

[Ceej]

I'd give you a prison hug if I could.

But, in all seriousness, prayers your way from me. I hope it all goes well, smooth and she recovers quickly/safely.

You know my number if you need me Bro Montana.

[Mr. Plow]

Excellent news!

Mom's surgery went very well according to the doctor. She didn't have any problems which is great news. I haven't gotten to see her yet, they haven't move her back to the ICU, but should be able to shortly.

Thanks to everyone - I really appreciate all of the prayers.

[Goldmember]

You got it, hope it goes well.

[Goldmember]

that's fantastic!

[bevischief]

hope it goes well

[ziggysocki]

Excellent news!

Mom's surgery went very well according to the doctor. She didn't have any problems which is great news. I haven't gotten to see her yet, they haven't move her back to the ICU, but should be able to shortly.

Thanks to everyone - I really appreciate all of the prayers.

Great to hear! :clap: To a speedy and painless recovery.

[Mr. Plow]

The first couple days after surgery were hard on everyone. My mom was on so many drugs and had tubes/wires everywhere, she didn't look very good. She wasn't very coherent of what was going on around her which made it even harder.

But, everything was progressing well. They started taking tubes/wires off and it seemed that every time they took one off, she got a little better. By Tuesday, they pretty much had everything off of her and moved her to a regular room Tuesday night.

Wednesday, her heart went back into arrhythmia so the doctor decided to shock her heart one more time on Wednesday. That procedure went well, heart was beating correctly and strong. Doctor told us that if she wanted to get out of the hospital soon - and she did - that she had to get up and start walking more even if it meant we had to be an "asshole" to her. We told her, she didn't argue. She actually wanted to get up right then and there and start walking. We had to tell her she had at least a couple hours until the drugs wore off before she could get up and it kind of made her mad that she had to wait.

She looked good - so good that my dad said he was going to head home after lunch to clean up, make sure the house was still there, and get some clothes. Around 3:30pm yesterday, my mom started to get up out of bed to walk again, and she just immediately fell back onto her bed. Luckily, my aunt was sitting with her and hollered for the nurse.

By the time it was all said and done, there were 20 nurses/doctors in the room and she had to be shocked to be revived. Essentially, her heart rate increased so much so quickly that everything shut down.

By the time I got back to Wichita (about a 50 drive that I made in 30 minutes), she was awake and other than some pain, was doing and looked good. Spent the evening in the hospital, went home late and everything was fine.

Dad called me at 6:30am this morning, and said that it happened again. They had to revive her again. He talked with her doctor and he said that they don't know why it is happening. Everything - blood test, cat scan, ekg, etc - is all within normal ranges. Physically, she should be fine. But, for some reason, her heart just starts to race and she shuts down.

The doctor said that if it happens again, they are going to put in a defibrillator. They are running some tests, but just can't seem to figure it out.

I'm scared that the next time it happens, they won't be able to revive her. She looks good this morning, but I can see depression starting to kick in. She told my brother last night that she wished that she would die and she keeps making comments to me about how she doesn't think she is getting out of the hospital - and it kills me every time she says it.

I just don't know what to do. I'm not ready to lose her.

[Lzen]

That sucks, Tim. Reminds me of my dad. He was in and out of the hospital for several years. On 2 or 3 of those occasions, we really thought he was not going to make it. But he was a fighter and he recovered from those and lasted several more years. It is tough to deal with, I know. We all know that our time here in this life has an expiration date. But when it's a loved one, it is really hard to accept. Good luck and prayers for your mom.

[Hydrae]

Wow, that has to be rough. I have been blessed with 2 parents who have been married of 50 years, are 70 and still have good health so I can not directly relate. That does not mean I can not continue to pray for your mom and the doctors as well as the rest of the family.

[RJ]

Hang in there, Plow, hard though it is. Just try to reassure your mom when she talks about not getting out. Thoughts and prayers for all of you.

[boogblaster]

Mr Plow hang in there Ive had both .. usually with people the fluid around your heart comes with the pneumonia .. she'll be alright ...

[patteeu]

Hang in there, Plow. Keeping my fingers crossed.

[Smed1065]

Good Luck and Thoughts.