Tonight, the sedation in her body is still not leaving her. They want to bring her sedation levels down to 10 or 15. They’re at 30. It seems her body is not processing the meds out. Her liver/kidneys may be bad. They’ve been okay so far. So they’re not taking the ventilator off tonight. Tomorrow, […]

Grandmothers are always special. To me, abuelita is like my mom and dad. She has raised me basically from 13 on. When the Sandinista war forced my parents to send me to Long Beach at age 13, I came to live with my grandmother. Since then, we’ve lived together. First, I lived in her 1-bedroom

Grandmothers are always special. To me, abuelita is like my mom and dad. She has raised me basically from 13 on. When the Sandinista war forced my parents to send me to Long Beach at age 13, I came to live with my grandmother. Since then, we’ve lived together. First, I lived in her 1-bedroom

We left tonight and my gramma has not responded since we took her off the sedation. It’s been over 24hrs and they want to give her 48hrs which would be around 6pm tomorrow night. If nothing changes, they would take her off the ventilator for 5mns to see if she breathes on her own. If

We left tonight and my gramma has not responded since we took her off the sedation. It’s been over 24hrs and they want to give her 48hrs which would be around 6pm tomorrow night. If nothing changes, they would take her off the ventilator for 5mns to see if she breathes on her own. If

This is the last picture we took of gramma in our backyard Monday, Dec. 20th. We were planting seeds. Here she is working on the yard. All of us were around her, helping, her three great-grandkids steps away with their brooms. It was a fun day. We are still waiting to see if she comes

Today, wed. we talked to the nurse. Last night, we asked to have her off the sedationn medication to see if she comes out of the induced comma. So far, nothing. It’s been more than 12 hours and the tests show no signs of brain activity at this time. That’s not a positive sign, there

This is the last picture we took of gramma in our backyard Monday, Dec. 20th. We were planting seeds. Here she is working on the yard. All of us were around her, helping, her three great-grandkids steps away with their brooms. It was a fun day. We are still waiting to see if she comes

Today, wed. we talked to the nurse. Last night, we asked to have her off the sedationn medication to see if she comes out of the induced comma. So far, nothing. It’s been more than 12 hours and the tests show no signs of brain activity at this time. That’s not a positive sign, there

The right side of her brain is completely dead. Her life after would be limited and most likely with a breathing and feeding machine. We will decide tomorrow what/when to allow her to… The question they ask us is, ‘what kind of life would she want to have?’, ‘what have you heard her say?’ She