Living (Through) The Drama
I received many emails regarding the situation with my grandmother, and I appreciate all the responses. So as there's a good number of you wondering what's going on, I have the latest update ... and you're not going to believe it.
As of this writing, my grandmother is not only alive and well (as well as any 89 year old can be I suppose) but safe and sound at home! Yes, that 's right ... she ignored the ticking of the Deathwatch Beetle again.
The day after her regular doctor wanted to put her on life support, she declined. Another doctor, an actually competent one (and a heart specialist to boot) came in and told her to "Not worry about what the other doctor recommended." Her original doctor believed the fluid in her lungs was going to shut down her heart. The heart doctor put her though some tests to see if it was in fact her heart that was creating fluid in her lungs. (Those tests have not yet come back.) Either way, Doctor B believes that Doctor A is an ass and was damned near responsible for putting her on a dangerous and envasive medical care that could have caused enough trauma to kill her.
She does have acute lung disease, and nothing at this late stage will cure that. But she's certainly not at a point where she needs to be placed on life support.
And so another drama concludes ... and was as useless as most drama is.
Thank you all who have reached out to me during this time. It was appreciated.
Currently Reading: Wicked by Gregory Maquire
As of this writing, my grandmother is not only alive and well (as well as any 89 year old can be I suppose) but safe and sound at home! Yes, that 's right ... she ignored the ticking of the Deathwatch Beetle again.
The day after her regular doctor wanted to put her on life support, she declined. Another doctor, an actually competent one (and a heart specialist to boot) came in and told her to "Not worry about what the other doctor recommended." Her original doctor believed the fluid in her lungs was going to shut down her heart. The heart doctor put her though some tests to see if it was in fact her heart that was creating fluid in her lungs. (Those tests have not yet come back.) Either way, Doctor B believes that Doctor A is an ass and was damned near responsible for putting her on a dangerous and envasive medical care that could have caused enough trauma to kill her.
She does have acute lung disease, and nothing at this late stage will cure that. But she's certainly not at a point where she needs to be placed on life support.
And so another drama concludes ... and was as useless as most drama is.
Thank you all who have reached out to me during this time. It was appreciated.
Currently Reading: Wicked by Gregory Maquire
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