I lost my Grandpa at the beginning of June...now I am facing losing my best friend....
My friend, Eldrena, is in a coma. She has been since June 22...she has been sick for going on 3 yrs. and her body has just given out...
Her mom, who is a real bitch, was fighting her for custody of her daughter. Eldrena was in a nuring home because she was sick all the time and needed around the clock care, plus she was on dyalisis(sp?). On the 22nd, Eldrena found out that she was awarded full custody of her 2 yr. old daughter. 2 hrs. after hearing the news, she called her nurse to tell her she wasnt feeling well. When the nurse got down to her room, she found Eldrena in cardiac arrest. She was flatlined for 18 minutes before they got her revived. She flatlined again, and when they brought her back, they hooked her to a defibulator. She was 26 at the time.
While in her coma, her sisters decided that her mom should not be allowed to see her and blocked her from coming to the room. over the last week, they did 2 EEG's and found no brain activity. Her sisters had to decide when to pull the plug. She was scheduled for this on July 21st, which was her 27th birthday. The day before, the girls decided to let her mom come and see her to say her goodbyes or whatnot. When she came, she gave the hospital a letter, signed by a judge that they were not to pull the plug, that they had to wait on the ruling of the judge about Eldrena's competance when signing the release papers to not be put on a resperator.
Her mom is doing this to make herself look good. She appealed the decision of the judge about custody, but only for so she would continue to recieve the money she got for support. Eldrena's mom didnt even raise Eldrena, she called another woman mom.
While I'm glad to an extent of this being prolonged, I am also a bit disturbed by it, for the simple fact that I feel if she cant live on her own now, that she is not going to be able to do it later....
I am hoping for a miracle, along with the people who love her the most. I do not want to lose this wonderful person, but at the same time, I don't want her to live in pain as she has for the last few years. I am going to visit her tomorrow, and it is very hard not to break down and cry when I see her laying in that bed and not be able to talk to her like we have so much...I love her very much, and I just want her to wake up and be better.....
