Update

For those who know and those who don't, I thought it best to give an update now that we are a full week in to this hellish nightmare.

My mom was attacked by a bull dog mix last week when she was on her morning walk. The dog was tall enough that he took her straight down. Thankfully, their landscaper had come early to do some work and heard her fall. He was able to get the dog away before he bit her.

She went via ambulance to Marion General where it was found that her L2 vertebra had been crushed. They checked her into her room where she impact coded on Tuesday afternoon due to respiratory depression. They got her back for a short time and she went down again. Fortunately, they got her back again and (knock on wood) has been with us since.

It was found on Wednesday that she had a broken right wrist and right middle finger. Since then, she has also developed pneumonia, paralytic ileus & obstruction, and a fever. She has an NG tube in and constant oxygen. She's NPO and is on supplemental nutrition through a lovely tube. (Those are a few of the details in a nutshell, I'd love to say those were the only points, but they aren't.)

None of the doctors have given her a time frame of going home, as she will be here for awhile. All of the cards, flowers, visits & prayers have been much appreciated. We know who is in control and are thankful for His faithfulness and provision.

In the interim, I am about 75% behind on school as this has been a "real-life" clinical. How the next several days/weeks play out will ultimately determine what will happen there. As I keep having to remind myself, I'm not the boss. I don't know what the future holds, but I know who holds the future.