We were all excited to see Matt finally arrive on Friday night. The girls were so happy that he was finally here and so was I. He had never been away from the girls for that long.

When Matt saw mom, he said there was a big difference in her looks since he had seen her two weeks prior. Basically, the last few days she didn't eat or drink much. We kept telling her to try to force herself to at least drink to stay hydrated. Because she had not eaten much, she lost 10 pounds in the last three days. She was looking very yellow and weak. She was also needing more physical help with even walking to the bathroom. On Friday we did take her to get some blood work done and that completely exhausted her.

On Saturday Kristi arrived! Everyone was so happy that she was finally here as well. Kristi told me that mom did not look good at all.

Matt and I took the kids to the beach for a fun family day on Saturday morning. On our way home, I got a call from Karen saying that she, Kristi and dad were taking mom to the ER. Mom requested to go. She said she did not feel well at all, was feeling light headed and was afraid she wouldn't be able to walk soon. From here, it's been kind of a whirlwind of events.

They admitted mom right away and started to run some blood test, etc. One of the main things that came back showed that basically her kidneys have failed and were not working and her bilirubin numbers were really high. She was also a bit dehydrated. The doctor said that hopefully once she starts to get hydrated again that her kidneys will start working again properly on their own.

Mom stayed the night in the hospital and they hooked her up to an iv and gave her morphine. Dad stayed with her last night. Matt and I went to see her this morning and she looked a lot better then she did yesterday. Last night when we saw her she looked very ill and if I'm not being too morbid, at deaths door. She even started talking like she was about to die and of course that was hard emotionally. We still don't have many results back yet today or what the future looks like for right now. She said she slept the best that she has since before her gallbladder surgery. This was the best nights sleep for like three months. She is not in any pain now and was quite alert this morning to talk for a while. Last night she was in and out of it.

I will try to keep this updated with more information as we find it out. We know that the hospital is going to have a hospice care representative come and talk to mom and dad. At this point we are just trying to stay positive for mom and let her know that we by no means are ready for her to check out eternally. She needs to know that we still want her around, but we do support whatever decision she wants to make regarding her health.

If anyone would like to send a card to her you can send it to:
Carol Lewis
1737 N Bates Cir.
Anaheim, CA 92806