Deja-vu

Deja-vu ... I've said it so many times today I lost count.

We had a repeat episode today with mom of what took place in late June. This time, however, there were no missing pieces of the puzzle, she was with me every second. She had a migraine a couple days ago and with mom they always come in clusters. When she told me she was having another migraine yesterday and got pretty sick my brothers and I didn't think there was reason to panic. She is staying with us so I was with her through the night and at one point thought she was showing improvement. At my next check her condition had begun to decline and from there it went downhill fast and was clearly no ordinary migraine - and was beginning to look too much like the episode earlier this summer for any of our comfort levels. We called an ambulance this morning and she was in such bad shape it wasn't safe to transport to Miami Valley and they took her to the closest ER in Middletown. Her blood pressure had climbed to 200/100 at that point and she was rapidly becoming less and less responsive. It was a long day and we went through all the same things, with her and the doctors, that we did in June. However, this time we have an answer. Mom has viral meningitis as well as MRSA. She is in ICU and showing little improvement tonight but that is to be expected. They expect to see improvement late tomorrow or Thursday and that would follow along with what we saw last time as well.

Steve and I were both exposed to the meningitis and MRSA in caring for her. The initial conversations with the doctor sound like there is not cause for great concern for the baby and me but John will have the opportunity to talk more with him tomorrow and we will also hear from my OB in the morning. My wonderful sis-in-law and niece were here earlier and disinfected the house for me and wiped down anything mom might have touched.

I am having contractions on and off so rest is the main item on my agenda right now. If mom comes out of this to find she missed her grandson's birth I will be in BIG trouble! LOL So, I am taking it easy and encouraging my son to give Grandma some time to get better before he gets too serious about his arrival.

We are so thankful she was here with us and we have answers tonight. God is good!

Blessings and sweet dreams!