Could really use some prayers guys...

[Amanda]

Ok, so my mom was having some minor chest pain and shortness of breath so her docter sent her in for a treadmill... FAILED!! She could barely make it 4 minutes. Ok, so next step was to have a cardiac cath. done (that was last Friday while I was out of town). They found bad news.... 4 total blockages, 1 artery was 100% blocked, 2 arteries were 90% blocked, and the extra bypass that her heart grew on it's own is either 90 or 60% blocked. So now she is going to have to have a triple bypass done this week. She meets with her cardiologist tomorrow and is tentatively scheduled for surgery Wednesday morning.

If we could get some prayers going, I think it would be great. I will try and update as I can too.

Thanks everyone!!

[PamelaTX]

[Amanda]

Hey guys, just an update.... Surgery is tomorrow at 7:30am, the doctor looked at her MRI and has decided that they don't want to put her on the heart/lung machine (take the heart offline) because of the strokes she's had and the images of the MRI, so they are going to do a "beating heart bypass". They are going to do a double bypass for sure. If she tolorates that well and the surgery is going good, then they will do the third. If that goes well, then they'll continue on and do the 4th..... Don't know where they got the 4th at, but they say there is another blocked artery. So hopefully they'll repair all 4 tomorrow, if not it will just be a double.

I'll post tomorrow night after I get home since they won't let me stay with her at the hospital, which is better for her rest.

[PamelaTX]

Oh my Amanda!!

Y'all are in my thoughts & prayers!!

[Amanda not signed in]

Hey guys!! they did the surgery this morning. Completed a double bypass, but no more. She did great and is recovering well.

Thank you for all of your prayers, it really helps!!!

I'll update again in a few days after things progress a bit more.

Amanda.

[momofjandj]

Oh my gosh Amanda.... that must have been very scary. How is your mom doing now? Keeping you all in my prayers and hoping for a speedy recovery!