My mom was being sent home on Friday and so I was talking to my sister via phone to make sure all of her questions were asked and answered before she left and then I received a call from Glenn asking me if I were dressed because he was stopping by to pick me up because his mom was in critical condition. Remy had triple bypass surgery about 6 months ago and three months after that they said that she had a leaky valve and that they needed to go back in a repair it. That of course isn't the problem now. Apparently she had a silent heart attack a few days ago and it damaged her heart so badly that it created a hole in the heart muscle. By the time she got to the hospital and prepped for surgery they had drained 1200 cc's of blood from her chest. She shouldn't have lived even to the hospital to be truthful. They took her in for emergency surgery that lasted 7 hours. The doctor repaired the heart the best he could but he said the hole was about the size of a quarter and that it's very hard to repair a muscle that is constantly m oving. He put a pump in her leg to help the heart so it doesn't have to work so hard. The doctor is also worried that this has affected her brain function but isn't sure because he never knew her before the surgery and has never seen her even awake. She has awakened for a few seconds but doesn't follow commands at this time. We feel for now that it is best for them to take care of her so we are staying home today. They can call us with any changes and we can call. There is nothing that we can do for her in the hospital but get in the way so we will spend this time praying as much as possible. As for my mom they sent her home on Friday the day after her biopsy. For some reason unknown to me they are making her wait up to 2 weeks for the results. It is possible that she has bone and lung cancer so them making her wait for the results is foreign to me. She has appointments with the cardiologist and lung specialist this next week. She is also on many medications for heart, pain and electrolytes&nbs p;and such. Not being there I'm not really sure all that is going on but I know my sister is doing her best and that is all any of us can ask for. So needless to say it's been a very rough week and in between all of this I got food poisoning on Thursday............bah. Thank all of you for your kind words and prayers and they are much appreciated.

 Hugs, Zissy

I apologize for not being around much since before my birthday but I've been busy in my head. I had a great time in Long Beach and really it wasn't long enough but beautiful none the less. We ate and ate and took in some fresh salty air and Glenn re-bonded with an old friends so all was good. I didn't receive Katsu yet because they wanted to keep him with his siblings and mom for another week so that was ok with me. I don't like this part of getting a kitten having to take them away from their mom really breaks my heart. We will go pick him up tomorrow evening and bring him back to his new home with the 3 girls I bet that will be a shock to his system. ;) I hope all is well with your lives and I know I will have some serious reading to do on your blogs. Hugs, Zissy