Hi all,
I am a mommy to 2 kitties, 1 parakeet, 4 fish, and a desert tortoise. Had been having a wonderful day when I got a phone call from my sister telling me that my Mom was being taken to the hospital for possibly having a heart attack. I guess women don't have the "traditional" symptoms all the time and she was experiencing all of the classic "women" ones. At 1:30 this morning I received another call from my sis telling me that preliminarily it has been determined that Mommy did NOT have a heart attack; however, they still want to do more tests.....My mom HATES the hospital. She contracted STAPH on one of her visits there a couple of years ago and once again it was "awakened" last year when she had to go in for rotator cuff surgery. The STAPH destroyed what was left of her rotator cuff so she is worse than when she went in. That and the fact that she almost died from the infection makes the hospital NOT a place we want to see her in. Terry and I already have plans to go to visit (this will be the first time he's met my mom) in 2 weeks. Please pray for my Mom to NOT have had a heart attack and if she has actually had one for the strength to recover from it. She is one tough cookie but each time something happens to her health I fear for her. (she has had a rough go of it for about the last 20 years)Somehow she "just does it" no matter what but I am afraid she's going to get so tired that she gives in.....I live 3000 miles away from my mom but the physical distance does not change the fact that she is and has been my "rock". I lost my dad last year and hate the thought of losing her....I know it is eventually going to happen but.....

Anyway thanks for the sounding board....

Tooter (Pam)