My mother caught a cold last Wednesday. So it seemed. By Friday her ear/face started to swell. Saturday night she was taken to the hospital to see what was going on and they were stumped. It had moved from her ear/face down to her neck. All they knew was it is an infection of some sort.
They had 1 surgeon look at it at the time and had 3 more on the way to see what it was. None knew what why she was swelling or what the infection was.
The reason why it was/is life-threatening is it is swollen to the point of cutting off the ciculation of blood to her brain. Her major arteries are almost completely squeezed together. They are forcing blood through at the moment but can only do that for so long.
Last I heard, they found what is causing the part of her neck to swell. She has a (can't remember what it's called) growth <update> absess??? </update> (like I said, can't remember real term) in her neck. Likely caused by the initial infection, if not...it caused the infection. They are prepping her for immediate surgery (she may already be in surgery as I am writing this).
My mother is a woman of which there are no words to describe her relationship with us, her kids, or her relationship with God. Simply put, she loves us and moreso, her God. There is not nor ever has been anything that she would place over her God. Now it's time for us to see what God has planned for her, and those that she has touched.
I pray that she, regardless of route God chose/chooses, will not regret anything that she has done/or will do. That she will be happy and healthy.
Wow, it just hit me how much I love her.....I have to go..please pray for her, and us.
God loves y'all.
Mythran
(Kip Potter)
They had 1 surgeon look at it at the time and had 3 more on the way to see what it was. None knew what why she was swelling or what the infection was.
The reason why it was/is life-threatening is it is swollen to the point of cutting off the ciculation of blood to her brain. Her major arteries are almost completely squeezed together. They are forcing blood through at the moment but can only do that for so long.
Last I heard, they found what is causing the part of her neck to swell. She has a (can't remember what it's called) growth <update> absess??? </update> (like I said, can't remember real term) in her neck. Likely caused by the initial infection, if not...it caused the infection. They are prepping her for immediate surgery (she may already be in surgery as I am writing this).
My mother is a woman of which there are no words to describe her relationship with us, her kids, or her relationship with God. Simply put, she loves us and moreso, her God. There is not nor ever has been anything that she would place over her God. Now it's time for us to see what God has planned for her, and those that she has touched.
I pray that she, regardless of route God chose/chooses, will not regret anything that she has done/or will do. That she will be happy and healthy.
Wow, it just hit me how much I love her.....I have to go..please pray for her, and us.
God loves y'all.
Mythran
(Kip Potter)