What is Angina
Angina pectoris is chest pain due to ischemia (a lack of blood and hence oxygen supply) to the heart muscle, generally due to obstruction or spasm of the coronary arteries (the hea...
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Tuesday November 24, 2009
Anxious Stories
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My son was able to spend the night with me for the first time in months. I loved being able to sleep next to him last night. My daughter still isn't allowed to stay with me until I move out of my dad's house. My chest hurts still every so often, and it is a little panicky for me. I am scared that I am enjoying my time with my kids and then I am gonna fall over dead. So much stress going o...
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Dani came home today after a 24 hour ride on the Greyhound Bus. She was happy she went to New Orleans but brought home both good and bad news. My daughter Hillary is very ill and has lost an extreme amount of weight. She has struggled with being Bi-Polar for years, and has bouts with anorexia. She wants to go into a clinic or treatment center for help. B...1 Recommendation2 Comments
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I just received a call from a friend of mine's mother, Kathryn was hospitalized tonight in respiratory distress and is on a respirator.
Kathryn is only 25 years old and was diagnosed with MG the same day as myself, that is where I met her.
At that time I didn't realize nor imagine what a good friend she would become over the next little while, after all, there is 29 years separating u...1 Recommendation1 Comment -
It has been a long 2 days now since Kathryn was admitted to hospital in respiratory distress. The first day was very hard, it was difficult to see her in that condition, so weak and so vulnerable. At first I didn't quite know what to do, she couldn't talk except with her eyes, the silence was so deafening, so finally, I sat down, held her hand and starting talking, she always li...1 Recommendation1 Comment
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Just a short note before I'm off.
Yesterday they tried to take Kathryn off the respirator, I thought it was too soon and it was, she last 30 minutes. I wish I had been wrong. She is determined to succeed by weeks end and she just might.
I continued to tell her stories to try and keep her mind occupied, so far my voice, though hoarse and losing it's power, is still holding up.
Kathryn wrote m...1 Recommendation1 Comment
