Please pray for my mom! :'(

Hello everyone. I really need everyone's wishes and prayers for my mom.

My mom got admitted into the hospital yesterday because she was having severe asthma attacks. Like usual (she goes into the hospital a lot with her asthma), they gave her solu medrol to help her breathe, and like always it shoots her blood sugar up really high. But every other time, they've been able to control it with frequent insulin. However, today we were up there visiting her, and after we were there for about an hour she started slipping in and out of consciousness. I rushed to get a nurse while my brother and sister tried to keep her as aware as they could, and the nurse rushed in and gave her some emergency insulin, kept tapping her to keep her awake, and kept asking her questions to try to keep her alert. Then she rushed out and got a huge medical group of people to watch her and told us we had to leave. We didn't hear anything for hours. I just got a call from my mom and they moved her to the ICU and have her on a continuous insulin drip. She told me not to be scared, but what we saw was her slipping into a coma (her blood sugar was so high it wouldn't even register). She said if it wasn't for us acting so quickly, she doesn't know what would have happened. And the scariest part is, even though she's stable, they still must give her the solu medrol or else she'll keep having severe asthma attacks. They said she's not allowed to eat because they can't risk her blood sugar going up any higher than the solu medrol is already making it. And when I was on the phone with her, the nurse took her blood pressure and now that is dangerously low. I just don't know what to do. I'm trying to keep my cool for my mom/brother/sister, but I'm kind of losing it here.

Please, send wishes and prayers my mom's way. She really needs them! I'm so worried for her.

Of course we will, Please keep us posted on her progress

Steroids are fantastic drugs that help so many people. However sometimes the side effects can play havoc with the body systems. It sounds like that is happening to your mom. My prayers are with you both.

Your mom is in my thoughts and prayers. I hope she recovers soon:60:

Thank you so much everyone! Even though she called me on the phone, she was slurring a lot. I hope so much by tomorrow she'll be more stable than she is now.

Your mom will be in my prayers. I know just how you feel. My nana has diabetes, asthma, and history of heart attack. On Thanksgiving, two years ago we were at my aunt's house, all leaving. As I was walking outside (carrying my keet in her cage) I heard my aunt scream to my dad, "Oh god, mom just fell on the steps." Re rushed inside to find her having an asthma AND heart attack. At least that's what I was told. So we rushed her her to the hospital. It was scary, I love my nana very much and I couldn't handle losing her, but she recovered. Pray your mom has a speedy recovery! Keep us up to date.

I will be sure to keep her in my prayers!

Thinking of you, your mother and family, and keeping you in my prayers. Be strong.

Thank you so much everyone! It means so much to me, and I'm feeling a lot better now. I just got off the phone with my mom, and she sounds so much better! She said that they brought up her blood pressure from 64/30 (when I was talking to her, probably why I could barely understand her ), to now 90/55. Still low, but not as dangerous as it was. Her blood sugar is still high, but at the very least they have it stabilized with the insulin drip. Lets just hope that by morning, her blood pressure is normal and she's doing even better! She says they're pumping her full of a bunch of different things, and are constantly watching her. Thanks for all the good wishes guys, I think it's really helping! I'll update again in the morning.

I'll pray for your mom and your family.

I will be praying for a speedy recovery for your mum. Take care .

*fingers crossed*

All our prayers and thoughts are with your mom and the family.
Praying she recovers soon
Be strong :60:
Please keep us updated
God bless and be safe

How's your mom doing?
Let us know! Prayers for all of you!

So very sorry for your mother's problem, I will keep her in my thoughts. I also suffer from asthma although mine is much, much milder and easily controlled by preventives so I know how scary it can be.

Hope when you read this, that your mom is home and recovering well.
Please keep us updated
Always in our thoughts and prayers :60:

Thank you so much everyone! Sorry I didn't update yesterday, it was just too hectic. My mom is doing so much better. She had another close call yesterday morning, but since then she has been very stable. Her breathing is getting better, and they're even starting to wean her off of the solu medrol! She still has a lot of fluid in her lungs though, and the CT scan she had done yesterday showed severe sinusitis. However, they have her on an antibiotic (azithromycin) and hopefully that will help to clear her out the rest of the way. Her blood pressure is finally back into a healthy range, but now we're a little worried it's going to get too high (her last bp was 134/70), so they're going to keep watching that. Her blood sugar is also still high at around 350 (normal is around 100), but that should keep going down as they wean her off the steroids. But overall, she's talking so much better, she's alert, and it seems like she's out of the danger zone! She thinks she'll be out on Wednesday at the earliest, Friday at the latest. I sure hope so, I want her home and better! Unfortunately she's probably not going to be able to walk again like every other time she's on solu medrol (her muscles atrophy terribly on it), but with some physical therapy, she should hopefully be returning to her ol' self.

Thank you so much again everyone. I will continue to update until she is home.

That's good to hear. Hope she'll be home free soon! She's a trouper, that's for sure!

Glad to hear she is getting better, still keeping you and your family in my thoughts.

Wow, I missed this all over the weekend. I'm so glad she's doing better.