Tuesday, October 12, 2010

WHAT HAPPENED TO JEANNE 3

Our meeting the oncologist was Wed the 13th.  On Thursday I was out taking care of business. Thursday evening Jeanne had a very restless night.  I'm not sure got any sleep.  Not in pain but just restless.
We talked a bit during the morning Friday and started getting ready to go to the church for work.  I came out of bathroom about 9:45, and I said something to Jeanne to which she responded in a normal conversation.  I went into the next room to get my coat and when I started back to our bedroom Jeanne was on the floor beside the bed.  I tried to help her up but she looked at me with blank eyes.  I called 911 and paramedics were there in about 3 minutes (station was two blocks behind us).  Randy Gully, a very good friend from church and also a paramedic, was off duty when he heard the call on his radio.  He was 1 minute behind others. Thanks God for him, as he first helped me then helped other paramedics get Jeanne to the ambulance.  Her blood sugar was 55, blood pressure was 50/60.  They got her stabilized and she waved and grinned at me at the back window looking in.
She arrived at hospital and they hooked her up to monitors.  She was never given any medication.  Xrays and blood samples were taken.  After reviewing everything, the ER doctor talked with me about the situation then said,"she has maybe two days to live."  I was floored!  I had no idea about anything like this
He said we could put her on a ventilator and help her breath for this episode.  Jeanne and I talked it over and she said that she had been on a ventilator before and came off ok.  In the meantime the ER doctor talked with oncologists and came back to me and said that he did not now recommend the ventilator.  He said the cancer had spread to her right breast and lung and her liver.  Jeanne and I talked this over also and she was ok with it all.  During the day several people came and went and came back and were a real help to me with their presence and their prayers.
Around 4pm I am signing some papers for them to draw fluid off her lungs when the ER doctor said, "She's going NOW!  She had been drifting in and out of sleep and she simply slipped away in her sleep.  She was not drugged in anyway.  Jesus reached out His hand to her and she took it.
That's a bit of a nutshell as to what happened.  This has been hard to re-live those last days and hours but has also been a good release.
The Lord is good and He is good all the time, blessed be the Lord.

1 comment:

Randy Gully said...

Pastor Troy you are a testiment to GOD's love. You have influenced me and my family deeply. you are part of that family. We love you dearly and deeply. God Bless!