Karen T
03-13-2005, 05:53 PM
My husbands grandmother (98) fell and broke her leg and has been in the hospital for almost 2 week. Today, my husband and I went to see Grammy B. at the rehab unit that she has been moved to. She has a very young roommate. Just before we left, her roommate was leaning over talking to Grammy B. and I saw her name band. I recognized her name as that of a woman I spoke with on the phone about 1 1/2 yrs ago who has PPCM and who lives in a nearby town. I asked her if she was "so and so" and she said YES. Can you believe it? We have only spoke on a few occasions and its been close to a year since we last spoke and have never met. I am truly amazed that our paths have crossed, even more amazed how I figured out it was her. We hugged and cried and hugged some more. She has a 2 yr old and 5 yr old. She had surgery for what they thought was a cyst somewhere on/near her uterus. It was not cancerous, but they had to do a hysterectomy. She lossed a lot of blood during the surgery as well as the doctors nicked her bladder, so she has another set of complications. Because of her PPCM (her EF is 20%) and all that she's been through, they put her in this rehab hospital. We didn't have long to talk (my husband has bee dealing with a Kidney stone for 2 months and it decided to flare up while we were there....timing is everything). I can't wait to go and see my grandmother again and to see Patty!!! I will do a better job at staying in contact with her. Say a prayer for her and her family. :)
Karen
Karen