Needing Prayers

Saturday morning I had a big day of shopping planned with MeMe and the boys. Once we got to Murfreesboro and in our first store, we got a call from my dad. It wasn't a good call. It was one of those calls that everyone NEVER wants to get. My Nana (dad's mom) and her husband were in a bad accident. So we packed the boys back up in the car and headed over to MTMC's emergency room. At this point all they knew was that she had a tear in her aorta and a cut on her pancreas. They were most concerned about the tear in her aorta. They sent her straight to Vanderbilt shortly after we arrived at the ER in Murfreesboro. Later Saturday, they discovered the tear wasn't big enough to have to perform surgery which was WONDERFUL news because they would have had to crack her chest open to repair it during surgery. They also got x-ray's back showing she has 6 broken ribs and a broken sternum. She was in ALOT of pain while we were there with her Saturday. Late Saturday night/early Sunday morning, she starting having trouble breathing and stopped breathing around 2 am. They had to put her on a ventilator and she's been on it every since. They were hoping to wean her off of it by yesterday afternoon and she didn't do too well so they kept her on it a little longer. We were hoping for her to be off of it and breathing on her own by lunch time today but plans changed when the Dr. came around this morning. He told my Aunt Melissa that she wasn't doing well breathing without the vent. This is how he described it... "We take in 20% of oxygen to breathe on our own. She is currently taking 80% FROM the vent to be able to breathe." Since the vent can cause pnemonia, which can be VERY dangerous in her current condition, they don't want to keep her on it any longer. The new plan is to place what they call a "Trach" tube in through her throat. It will pretty much do the same thing the vent was doing but make her much more comfortable and will lessen the chances of her getting pnemonia. They also said it makes the process of trying to breathe on your own, better. Right now, we are praying for that. Everything else is good. Her stats are good, her BP is good, her aorta tear and cut in the pancreas are all completely healed already.... She just can't breathe on her own. This is a BIG step for her. We NEED her to breathe on her own. Please pray for her... She needs all the prayers she can get.

My Nana on the far left.

This was her wedding day in October of 2010.

My dad in back, Aunt Melissa in the middle, uncle Kevin on far right and her husband in the middle.

Her husband Ray was also hurt pretty badly. He has a broken nose, broken hand, broken sternum and 8 broken ribs. He should be released from the hospital in Murfreesboro today but will have to go straight to rehab. He could also use some prayers.

Thank you ALL.