Early this morning I got a phone call from Luella's daughter in California informing me that they had to take Luella to the hospital in the middle of the night due to extreme shortness of breath. They are keeping her for observation and no news is available at this point, although her daughter did say that she has improved since being put on an IV and, while understandibly worried, is not happy with being in a hospital. One thing mainstream doctors usually excel at is diagnosis.
The main reason Luella went to California in the first place, besides seeing her children, was for rest and recovery. I fear that her tying to do everything while caring for me 24/7 with my ordeal of back pain, and all the worry and stress, had taken quite a toll. She had lost too much weight and was beginning to have anxiety and panic attacks and sometimes a racing heartbeat, though in typical Luella style, she had complained little of such things and devoted herself to caring for me and all her "family" on the forums.
Her shortness of breath may or may not be related to those problems, but since her daughter mentioned that she was spitting up stuff I suspect that it may be a respiratory infection of some kind. Certainly being so worn down would have left her susceptible. Also, over the past week or so she has received a number of good supplements for the heart, panic and weight issues and told me that she had been getting increasingly better, heartbeat stablizing, fewer episodes and eating and feeling better too. But really, we will have to wait and see what the docs say.
Per her daughter and also typical of our, and MY, precious Luella, she only wanted me to make a post saying she would be out of pocket for a couple of days and unable to make posts on the forums. But I think of you as part of Luella's family (and mine too), and I wanted to let you know and ask for your prayers for her.
Hopefully, this will be something relatively simple that we can address in short order. As soon as I know more I will let you know. I'm kind of numb right now myself. Luella has become a very big part of my life.
All the best,
Tony
Please tell Luella she is a wonderful lady and that she is in my daily prayers. I miss reading her posts.
Willow
Yesterday, Luella's daughter Veronica made these two posts in our Oleander Soup Yahoo group:
Tony thank you so much for what you said. I just got back a little while ago
from seeing Mom and she is doing a little better. They are running a lot of
tests on her and we don't know what the problem is yet. She was admitted for
respiratory problems last night and they said it could be a number of things. I
am trying not to worry too much until we get the tests back. I am not sure how
long she will be in the hospital. I will keep you informed on what is
happening. Thank you ALL for all of you prayers for my mom. She is truly the
best and I want her to have a speedy recovery and be herself again. I love you
all......
and
Hi everyone. I want to thank you all for your prayers and support for my mom.
She is doing better but they still are not sure what is going on with her. I
will keep you all informed on her progress. Words cannot express how much she
and I appreciate all of your support. Thank you so much. Tony.....thank you
for posting such a beautiful post for her. This really touched me today and
again I thank you all.
In the meanwhile, I have spoken with Luella a half dozen times or so since she got into her own room. She is in good spirits, was touched to tears when I told her how great everyone was in sending her prayers and healing wishes on the forum, and it is easy to tell from listening that she has a lot of congestion. They still have some testing to do today and hopefully I will have some results to pass on later today. In the interim, I am sending her a nebulizer, some colloidal silver, some ClearLungs (it is a wonderful Chinese herbal formula) and some Dr. Christopher's Lobelia for her to use as soon as she gets back to her daughter's house.
Thanks so much to everyone - you folks are the best and you have touched us both.
Tony
Thanks for the update Tony. I have read enough of your forum to know that neither you or Luella will be moved to do exactly what the doctors come up with for treatment for Luella. Thank God you guys know better than do what they say.
So whatever the outcome of her tests are I know you'll have an alternate plan of attack that will be much better for Luella and her body.
Willow
Thank you, MamacatPatch for this lovely prayer.
I am still doing a lot of resting and am not quite caught up with my emails and posts, but doing the best I can. I will eventually respond to everyone. Please bear with me.
With Love and Hugs,
Luella
Thank you one and all for your caring, thoughts, and prayers. This thread has touched my heart immensely. Curezone...... where not only healing, but love, is found.
I am doing better. Actually, when it comes to breathing, I am almost fine. No more asthma attacks, and I feel no heaviness. However, I feel that I am allergic to the entire Southern California atmosphere. Lots of smog, so for now I am staying indoors as much as possible.
I am still tired a great deal of the time and at times have bouts of weakness where it is imperative that I lie down for a while. Can't wait until this stops.
Maybe as I leave the California border and enter enter Arizona everything will change......... aaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway, the target date is still around August 1st. I have a few weeks to get stronger and build up my strength.
Love to all,
Luella
Received a package from Trapper last week......... And...... I'm feeling better...........
Hugs,
Luella