feeling very thankful...

i received a call from my dad very early on sunday morning, telling me that my grandma had been rushed to the hospital. he also told me that the doctors said she wouldn't make it through the day. james was such a dear sweetheart and drove us quickly to castro valley to visit with my granny before it was too late.

from my understanding, she had pressed her life alert button at around 4 in the morning because her heart wasn't feeling well. they call her back and ask what's wrong so they can call 911, or i guess they do it automatically if she's not able to answer the phone. she was able to talk, and said her heart wasn't feeling right. when the paramedics arrived, her heart rate was at 20 bpm, and they resuscitated her in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, not knowing my granny had a DNR note at the apt complex.

i saw her in the emergency room, and she looked out of breath with an big oxygen mask on her. the docs said her heartbeat was back up to normal, but that she had pneumonia/water in the lungs, and moved her to ICU. after about an hour there, she looked quite better, so my family decided to go ahead and treat the pneumonia and take other blood tests to see if they could find out what was wrong with her, as she looked to be getting her color back.

at about 1pm, they took the oxygen mask off, and just gave her a small breathing tube for her nose, and her breathing levels went back to normal. she also opened her eyes when we were talking to her, and started saying words, then phrases. she also wanted water (which she never ever drinks) and my mom and i may have snuck her a small piece of chocolate to suck on. :D

my mom visited her this morning, and she was sitting up, eating a normal breakfast, and chatting. thankfully, she doesn't remember much of yesterday. i'm incredibly grateful that the ambulance workers were unaware of her DNR note, because if they had known that, she probably wouldn't be with us right now. we still have no idea what happened, and are waiting for results, but it just boggles the mind that she could go from so uncertain, back to her normal self in about 24 hours. here's hoping, wishing, and praying that she makes a full recovery, and they can find out what happened to her, because my granny is the best!! :)