These past 24 hours have been somewhat of a roller coaster... I will start with the up sides....
I am currently writing this in the comforts of my grandparent's home in Salisbury, NC. This is definitely a high and I am so happy to be here. I love spending time with them and seeing them since it doesn't happen too often. I love their company, being able to sleep in a big bed again, their dogs, their hot tub, their cooking, and all of the delicious restaurant traditions that we have here. It is a fabulous way to spend my Easter weekend and to relax and get pampered before the stressful 2 weeks ahead of me.
In my last post i mentioned that I had gotten accepted to be a small group leader for Cru next year! Well, I found out last night that I will be co-leading with my dear friend Erin Lewis. I am so excited to embark on this adventure with her and to see how the Lord uses us to lead these girls next year. We will be leading in the Skyline area and I am greatly looking forward to it.
I had also mentioned that I would be visiting my great grandmother in West Virginia. There will be later details in this post involving her, but for now I'm focusing on the positive. Yesterday was one of the best days I've seen her have in a very long time. She stayed awake for the duration of our visit and was very attentive and attempted to have a lot of conversation with us even if it didn't always make sense. It was so great to see her so well and to see her improvement and it left me feeling a sense of peace and assurance about her. I left to go to the farm and to dinner in a positive state of mind after a wonderful visit......
So now onto the negative...
We left to go to the farm and dinner happily and optimistically. At the farm we had picked flowers for Great Mama to help brighten up her room and then went on to eat dinner at the beloved Thompson's (now Fireside Cafe). Mmmm dinner was delicious, it doesn't get much better that Thompson's! So after dinner we went to return to the nursing home to give Great Mama the flowers and to say our farewell. Bop took the boys outside to play ball while Mama and I just went in to give her the flowers. We were standing in the hall behind her closed bedroom door. Typically when the doors are closed it is because an aide is inside either helping her or her roommate go to the bathroom, or change clothes, etc. So we were patiently waiting outside so as not to disturb them inside. After about 5+ minutes of waiting, an aide walked by asking if we were waiting to go in. When we replied "yes" she opened the door and screamed. To our horror, no one had been in the room except for she and her roommate and we glanced in to see Great Mama lying on the floor underneath her roommates bed struggling. It was such a hard sight to see and to process and one that I will have difficulty forgetting. Amidst much drama and 5 aides being in the room at once stabilizing her and returning her to her bed, we got to go back into the room. My Great Mama is so tough and is such a warrior, I am amazed at her bravery at 97 years old. We went in to see her sleeping with a knot and a cut on her head, and two significant skin tears on her arm. We rubbed her head for a little bit, held her hands, kissed her cheek, and said goodbye.
I just got word this afternoon that after we left last night they had ended up having to rush her to the hospital because of a fear of internal bleeding since the knot had been growing. At the hospital they made the decision that she needed to be air-lifted to UVA. After a CT scan and other tests they determined that she doesn't appear to have internal bleeding. They are still waiting on more tests, but right now she is in a stable condition and her vitals are good.
If you could please just keep my family in your prayers. Pray for my grandparents who have gotten about 6 hours of sleep in the past two days because of all of the running around from the nursing home, to their home, back to the hospital in Harrisonburg, and then on to UVA. They have been running nonstop and their love and dedication to Great Mama is remarkable. So if you could please be praying for their strength physically and emotionally. And of course, please keep my beloved Great Mama in your prayers. She is so dear and special to me and I know the Lord is caring for her and it is all in his hands, but it hurts me so deeply to think of her hurting and being confused in the hospital.
I will keep you all updated on her progress.
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