Here's what we know so far... Yesterday Mom fell down at her garage. I went over there and happened to find her sprawled on the floor. She had laid there for an hour before I showed up. I got her up and she waddled out to the car exhausted from trying to get up. After she got home, she fell two more times before we got her to the hospital. She didn't want to pay for an ambulance ride so Becky and I wrestled her into the car.
We got to the hospital (St. Lukes) at 5:30 and she told them her leg wasn't working. She was showing signs of stroke because her left arm and leg weren't moving right. So we waited...and waited and waited in the waiting room for 5 hours before Mom threw a fit and they got her back to see a doctor. After X-rays, they said she had no broken bones but she did have a mass on her right side of her brain. We don't know yet if it's from bleeding or an object, but something is there. They scheduled an MRI and told us we would know more in the morning. They couldn't get her into a room because the hospital is full again. So she's at the ER and there isn't a number for everyone to call.
That's where we're at and we can't answer 40 questions from everyone because THAT's all we know so far. I'm headed down there and they don't allow phones in the ER. Be patient and I'll update when I can.
**UPDATE 1**
Around 12:30 she went into the OR...she has a blood clot on her brain that they are removing. She elected to go ahead and have it removed so she wouldn't have a such a long recovery. The operation will take a few hours.
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