Mum needs Good Thoughts(TM)

[wiseheart]

My mother has been diagnosed with icterus. I had to leave her in the hospital - she's frightened out of her mind, the poor thing, and so am I, to be perfectly honest. This morning, in five hour's time, we were supposed to go for a one-day-trip to Vienna, to give the summer a worthy ending.

Well, this was not what we had in mind, I tell you.

This is the second time in my entire life that I'm alone in the flat for the night. It's... eerie, somehow. It doesn't feel right. I can only imagine how my poor Mum feels in her hospital bed. :(

Good thoughts and the odd prayer would be appreciated very much.

Comments

[cirdan-havens.livejournal.com]

*hugs!* *and sends good thoughts* I hope things work out. Did take a look online to figure out icterus=jaundice, and it seems treatable enough. I just worry because she's old. :/ *hugs again*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me too. Thanks for the support. *hugs back*

[songfire3.livejournal.com]

{{HUGS}} I'm so sorry! I hope she'll be ok! I'm lighting a candle for her!

I know how scary it is when a parent gets sick...my dad had a heart attack 2 years ago and had to have a triple bypass...I've never been so scared in my life.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you! She's the only family I have, and thank God, she's fairly robust as a rule for someone aged 77, but it's indeed frightening. *hugs back*

[skyfiery.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Will keep both of you in my thoughts.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you, little sis! *hugs back*

[thezonefic.livejournal.com]

I'll be sending good thoughts and prayers in you and your mother's direction. Jaundice is not pleasant and I hope that your mom gets to feeling better soon.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you. The weird thing is, she doesn't feel ill at all - it's just that we noticed how yellow her skin and the white of her eye has become and got worried. Otherwise, she wouldn't even have gone to the doctor.

The examinations woun't be pleasant indeed, especially the one where they'll push some sort of tube down her throat to see what's wron with her liver or whatnot. Thanks for the prayers, I'm really scared.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Sending lots of get well wishes to your Mum.It is scary being on your own when you are not used to it,but the eerie feeling soon goes.
Sending lots of good wishes to you too.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It's scary when someone is ill and you feel so helpless, waiting for things to happening... arrrgh!

[jen-rock.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear that and I'll be keeping both of you in my thought and prayers. Hopefully, she'll recover soon enough.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, so do I. Thanks for the support, I'm really scared shitless here.

[lissas-elves.livejournal.com]

So sorry to hear that your mother is ill, Soledad!

I hope she'll be getting better soon, now that she's been diagnosed, and that you managed to sleep in the empty apartment.

*sending good thoughts and virtual hugs*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Lissa. Yeah, I've managed to sleep, since I was so drained when I finally got home, around 1 o'clock in the night. Met a colleague in the hospital who was taking her father in, for dizzy spells and stuff. Waited for her until they were done and then she took me home by car, which was a great help, especially as the last bus was gone by then.

Thanks for the support.

[lissas-elves.livejournal.com]

Keep us updated about your mother, and don't forget to vent here so we can comfort you a bit, OK?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Will do. *points at update which will follow in a minute or so*

[mistry89.livejournal.com]

Healing Wishes to your mum and Good Thoughts to both of you!
I hope that the cause of the jaundice is a easily solved one and that you are back together again soon.
I'm sorry that you had to miss out on your end-of-summer treat.
*hugs*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you. *hugs back*

I'll try to bring the train tickets back, hopefully I'll get at least part of the money again, but that's really my least concern right now.

Good Thoughts are muchly appreciated.

[makamu]

*hugs* Two pounds of good thoughts coming your way *hugs tight*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Tessy! *hugs back*

[the-wild-iris.livejournal.com]

Oh, Soledad, I'm so sorry that the two of you have to go through this. I hope the doctors can tell you something good and that your mum will be home with you soon.

At least, given that you've worried for some time that she might have a liver problem, you've got a diagnosis now. And once there's a diagnosis, there's treatment.

*Hugs* to you and please give my good wishes to your mum.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Gemma. Her liver readings had been checked regularly, due to the medicine she took for 8 years against blackouts - it's known that it could cause liver damage.

She's been off the meds for half a year or longer now, but they've apparently weaken her liver and galls, which means she propably won't be able to eat certain things she could eat without problems earlier. Oh, I don't know, I'm just so scared.

Will give her your good wishes; she'll be happy to hear of you. She grew very fond of you, Una and Andria the time we visited Cambridge.

[rcfinch.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. Given her age I can understand why you're scared! Hopefully she'll recover soon so you won't have to spend many more nights alone in the flat - I feel out of sorts when my daughers are away even when there's nothing wrong with them. Give her my love when you visit her! *wishing you both the best*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks. She'll appreciate the good wishes, especially given how much she liked you. :)

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sorry, Soledad. I hope the cause is speedily uncovered so that you and your mother can be reunited at home.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks. They found the cause - or so they think - but there will be some more examinations, I'm afraid.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Aie. Fingers crossed that all goes well, and quickly.

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry to hear this! Am sending healing vibes to your mother, and stress-reduction ones to you.

(Why are illnesses never well-timed?)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Very true. It's reassuring to know that at least you will understand the gibberish of the update-to-come-soon, even if my translation of medical terms probably sucks. ;)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Ah, very sorry to read this. Sending you both lots of love.

*hugs*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Una! *hugs back*

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

I'm late reading this, but sending good thoughts and healing wishes her way, and warm hugs to you.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks, my friend, it's deeply appreciated. *hugs*

[scifimimi.livejournal.com]

*prayers and hugs*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you. We can use them both.