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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
I got an e-mail from a blog reader who wishes to remain anonymous, so let's just call him/her "X".
"Hi Aen!
It's good that you're back. I check your blog everyday hoping for a new post. That was a very long post! But I survived. Hehe! Welcome back to cyberspace!
Anyway, I am just curious about your grandmother's heart attack? You have included in your entry the first to fourth day of her attack. How is that possible? Did you not have any idea as to what was happening to her?
You don't have to reply to my message if it's really personal.
I am just really curious.
I'm sorry about your grandmother. Hope everything goes well.
Godspeed."
Thank you, X.
I guess it's just right to reply to your mail through an entry, so others will be informed as well.
According to my Gram's doctor, she suffered from a 7-day heart attack, which started last New Year's Eve.
We didn't have any idea that it was something THAT serious. Every time we ask her what's wrong, she kept blaming her stomach for "having a hard time digesting food". Okaaay…
Last Friday night Gram called my Mum and FINALLY told her that she's having a hard time breathing and she's been having chest pains, and that SHE CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. Of course Mum panicked, and immediately rushed her to the Philippine Heart Center with my aunt. That was when they found out that she had a heart attack.
Half of heart stopped functioning and the other half has pumped blood into her lungs. She was at the ICU until Sunday night cuz they have to remove the blood in her lungs to prevent it from clotting, she wasn't allowed to eat or drink ANYTHING.
We visited Gram last Sunday and it was a very frightful experience. The ICU is a very dreadful place. I never want to go back there. That day alone, 5 people died -- on the same bed. For real! Every patient they put on that bed died. OMG. We could even hear the doctors pumping the patient's chest from the other room. That was scary.
What's worse is seeing the empty look on the dead person's family's faces. Hearing their cries was just too much to bear. I have to leave the room and stay at the lobby.
Anyway, Gram was discharged yesterday, still recuperating and VERY weak. She's not allowed a number of activities like going up the stairs and talking loudly. She's not allowed to eat salty and fatty foods, and someone should always be with her 24/7 -- she almost collapsed in the bathroom.
…
I guess I should end this here cuz I'm having a very hard time explaining; Just the very thought of my gram sitting at home, and not able to do things she loves is very forlorn.
Please pray for her.
Thank you.
"Hi Aen!
It's good that you're back. I check your blog everyday hoping for a new post. That was a very long post! But I survived. Hehe! Welcome back to cyberspace!
Anyway, I am just curious about your grandmother's heart attack? You have included in your entry the first to fourth day of her attack. How is that possible? Did you not have any idea as to what was happening to her?
You don't have to reply to my message if it's really personal.
I am just really curious.
I'm sorry about your grandmother. Hope everything goes well.
Godspeed."
Thank you, X.
I guess it's just right to reply to your mail through an entry, so others will be informed as well.
According to my Gram's doctor, she suffered from a 7-day heart attack, which started last New Year's Eve.
We didn't have any idea that it was something THAT serious. Every time we ask her what's wrong, she kept blaming her stomach for "having a hard time digesting food". Okaaay…
Last Friday night Gram called my Mum and FINALLY told her that she's having a hard time breathing and she's been having chest pains, and that SHE CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. Of course Mum panicked, and immediately rushed her to the Philippine Heart Center with my aunt. That was when they found out that she had a heart attack.
Half of heart stopped functioning and the other half has pumped blood into her lungs. She was at the ICU until Sunday night cuz they have to remove the blood in her lungs to prevent it from clotting, she wasn't allowed to eat or drink ANYTHING.
We visited Gram last Sunday and it was a very frightful experience. The ICU is a very dreadful place. I never want to go back there. That day alone, 5 people died -- on the same bed. For real! Every patient they put on that bed died. OMG. We could even hear the doctors pumping the patient's chest from the other room. That was scary.
What's worse is seeing the empty look on the dead person's family's faces. Hearing their cries was just too much to bear. I have to leave the room and stay at the lobby.
Anyway, Gram was discharged yesterday, still recuperating and VERY weak. She's not allowed a number of activities like going up the stairs and talking loudly. She's not allowed to eat salty and fatty foods, and someone should always be with her 24/7 -- she almost collapsed in the bathroom.
…
I guess I should end this here cuz I'm having a very hard time explaining; Just the very thought of my gram sitting at home, and not able to do things she loves is very forlorn.
Please pray for her.
Thank you.
Don't forget to smile! :)
-XOXO-
-XOXO-
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