My Mom and I Thank You All So Much!

I was trying to leave an individual comment for everyone who said prayers for my mom but I don't think I will ever catch up so I thought of just posting a blog about the accident and thank you all for the prayers through here.

It was really scary, I thought I would lose my beloved mom. John and I bought a round dining table from an antique store last week in Woodville, which I could use for tablescaping in the store but we do not own a truck. So, I asked Mitch, our handyman/electrician who does a lot of work for us at home to help me. The plan was that I would leave my mom at John's clinic while Mitch and I picked up the tables (I bought an end table too) but Mitch brought his bigger truck and ma could fit and I know how much she loves and enjoys rides so I took her with us.

When we got to the store, I left her buckled in the middle seat and told her to just stay there while I took care of the tables. The truck was parked right in front of the store so I could really see her through the glass window. While a guy who was also shopping was telling me about another table there, my mom started calling my name. I told her I am almost done and that I would be right back. All of a sudden, the guy I was talking to said my mom is on the ground so I ran out and sure enough she was lying on the ground by the truck with blood on her head and on the ground. Mitch picked her up and she climbed back on the truck with no problem and was explaining why she got out, she said she had to pee. She had a big cut at the back of her head which bled a lot. I applied pressure and called John and he told me to bring her straight home and he will dress the wound which he did as fast as he could. But the bleeding would not stop so we called 911.

The ambulance came right away and took her to the hospital where John works, less than 5 minutes away.

John rode with her in the ambulance and continued to apply pressure on her cut while I followed by car.

They did a CT scan which showed a clot in the frontal right part of the brain. The ER doctor decided to have her transported by ambulance to Jackson, a hospital 2 and half hr. away because we have no neuro surgeon in town and he thought they might have to perform surgery on her. John and I rode in the ambulance with her and John was trying to prepare me in case she does not make it because the head was bleeding pretty bad and the hospital is so far. He sutured the wound while we were waiting for the ambulance and the bleeding actually slowed down quite a bit.

I prayed all the way to the hospital, called all my brothers and sisters and all my kids and told them to pray also.

I asked you all to pray also and I want you to know that all the prayers worked because she is home now with me. We came home today.

We were all amazed because hitting her head and her hips (which was pretty bruised also) at the age of 92, she did not fracture her skull or break her hips or any other bone. In fact, the reason I was so calm in the truck with her after the accident was because she was so alert and did not complain of any pain.

Here she was yesterday while in ICU. She was transfered to a regular floor the next day and was released today after all tests done came out normal and repeat CT scan did not show the clot getting any bigger. The doctors said (at least 6 neurologists saw her) that they did not need to operate. Because of her age, the size of her brain have shrunk a lot leaving a lot of room around it and the clot will eventually just disintegrate.

I want to thank you all again for all the prayers. I am very grateful from the bottom of my heart and I am just so happy to have my mom back at home again with her lovely smile.