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Please pray for the extended Cockerill clan

I have to say we've had better weeks. Yesterday about 3:30 am I got a call from my mother. She's in the hospital in Germany with some apparent heart troubles. She's been having trouble with high blood pressure for a while now, but it seems that now her EKG has become "erradic" and so this morning they were going to do a heart catherization with dye to try to find the problem.

She gave me the number to her room, but I've called and called and it doesn't work. Her cell phone seems to be out of juice. Someone was supposed to call after the procedure, but so far we haven't heard anything. We should have heard something hours ago.

Meanwhile, I had called my aunt in Dallas to tell her the news. I thought she could help tell the rest of the family etc. When she called to tell my aunt Ched (my great aunt, but she's the same age as my other aunts) she discovered that Ched was on the way to the hospital. She'd had a stroke and the doctors think there may be bleeding in her brain. There seems to be swelling.

Another aunt has pheumonia.

We're falling apart here.

Not being able to check up on my mom is driving me insane. I'm at work, but having a huge problem staying focused on what I need to do.

When it rains in our family, it poors. When I had my surgery years ago and was in the hospital for months, my grandfather was also terminally ill at the same time. He died a week before I was released from the hospital.

Comments

Unknown said…
:O Wow, my prayers are with you and your family! (((((())))))) Call me if ya want to talk, k? I know how frustrating all this can be!!
Anonymous said…
I hope you're able to get some information about your Mom soon. It's so hard when the people you care about are incredibly far away and struggling.

I'll keep them all in my prayers.

Sandy
Unknown said…
Dear Heather,

I am so sorry to hear about your mom. Its always scary when someone you love is going through a rough time and you can't be there. Please know that we will be praying for your family during this time. If you need to talk to someone your welcome to call us as well. Love, Candice & Crystal

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