Yep, that is what happened Friday night. Dad called to tell us that Mom had had a super bad headache, was nauseuos and had a sore neck. She asked him to take her to the hospital and she was soon on a helicopter on her way to the LDS Hospital. They didn't know much at that point, but did know that there was bleeding on the brain.
The sisters called each other crying, scared and needing to be together. Soon they were on their way with families in tow. It is a scary thing when you think you may be losing your mom, the person who keeps us all together.
Not only did we go, but we went prepared.
Deid and Chris were the first there. They saw a sleepy Mom at the hospital and were told she was going to be going in for tests, so they found a couple of hotel rooms. The Stephens and Hillmans arrived at about 1:45 am, Dad and Tameka got to the hospital around 3:30 and to the hotel around 4.
We were still worried, but felt so much better that we were together. Saturday morning we showed up at the Shock and Trauma ICU to find a very sleepy Mom. We learn that the bleeding has stopped and they are mainly monitoring her. She had many tests ran, quite a few MRIs, and dye tests. We also learn that blood is very irritating to the brain tissues, which is causing the thunderclap of a headache and making her neck very stiff.
When the nurse asked Mom a question she replied, "I don't know-I'm on drugs." He asked, "You use?" "No you are giving them to me!"
We celebrated Tameka's 18th birthday (a day late) at Hires with Big H burgers, fries, rootbeer and a white-chocolate mousse birthday cake that was still amazingly solid.
Last night we condensed from 2 hotel rooms to 1. Mainly because we didn't know what our plans were, but had kept 1 room from the night before to serve at home base. Yeah, count em-10 bodies in 1 hotel room. Eight adults and 2 chidren. Wondering how we did that? First off we had a handicap room, which was larger than a normal room, with 2 queen beds. Second, Deidra and Chris had packed their airmattress. Thirdly, Tameka spotted an open room in the hotel where they store the cots, so her and Chod borrowed a couple for the night. Fourth the hotel provided 2 cribs for the boys. Sounds packed but we even had a pathway to the door in case of a fire. We were all so tired that no one was bothered by snoring, although Bentley kept reminding people he was still there. Is it really legal to sleep 10 to a room, we don't know. Does Crystal Inn have a photo of Chod posted for taking cots without permission, we don't know that either. But we do know that we were all together, husbands and all. We all dropped everything and headed to SLC when we got the call. Sleeping babies were jerked out of bed and bags were packed in a hurry. We joked that this could be a new game we play. In the middle of the night we call with a destination and see who can get their the fastest. I hope Mom realizes how much she is loved, because we wouldn't do that for just anyone.
Mom's head still hurts, but she has morphine to help dull the pain and she is really tired as she is trying to recover. They still have her hooked up to all sorts of tubes and are keeping her there for about a week to monitor her and make sure things are okay. This is somewhat of a freak thing, although common enough that they know exactly what is going on. Hopefully in a few days she will be moved from ICU and into a normal room.
We love our mom and are glad that we still have her with us.
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