What should have only been a simple procedure to remove my mom's teeth became a medical emergency. My mother went in to get her teeth pulled to get dentures, and during the process, her blood pressure and heart rate dropped. They were going to stop, but she pleaded for them to finish, so they quickly removed the last teeth remaining and she was rushed to the emergency room.

While she was at the hospital, she had a heart attack, which they got under control and then inserted a heart catheter to look into her heart and arteries to see what was going on. During the procedure, her heart fibrillated, which basically means the heart began to quiver and spasm and became unable to pump her blood. They shocked it back into rhythm and sedated her to put her to sleep. She was intubated and put onto a respirator. They continued with the procedure and found that she had a near 100% blockage in the artery leading to her heart. They were able to clear the blockage and her prognosis is good, and they don't think that the amount of time her heart basically stopped beating normally won't cause any brain damage. She's still asleep, but they may be able to wake her tomorrow.

They noticed other issues with her heart and one of the valves, but they say that this shouldn't be too much of a problem and can wait until she recovers from the heart attack to fix. At first I blamed myself. I was so adamant about her getting her teeth pulled and I felt as if I had caused it. I realized though, that if she had not went and gotten the procedure done, and if the medicine had not aggravated her preexisting heart issues, she may well have had a heart attack at work.. in the middle of the night... in the bathroom... basically somewhere where she would not have gotten to a hospital in time to save her life.

So... I'll probably not be posting for a few days until I know mom's gonna be alright. Keep us in your thoughts.

I'll be praying! I wish you and your family, especially your mom, all the best. <3

Just know Nako that I'm here wishing for the best as well. I kind of know how it is, my mom had double bypass surgery back when I was in fourth grade or so. I don't remember much, but I've been there. Just take care of things at home, we'll keep things alive.

Updates please! I've been buried - how's your mom doing?

Oh goodness I'm sorry for not updating this XD I posted a snippet in the most recent update but I'll post it here as well

Well, I'm home in Columbus, Ga... and mom's back in her own house as well. She's going to be resting, and we'll be back up there for the weekend but till then then, the weekdays are mine! I'm thoroughly looking forward to the rest, and I'm going be sure to cook mom a lot of squishy foods to keep her all nice and nourished as I know she'll be starving herself since her gums hurt and she won't want to eat.

But anywho... if she quits smoking, takes her meds and eats well then she'll be on the road to recovery. It's mostly in her hands now. I'll just try to make sure she keeps eating until she's able to get better fitting dentures and when her gums heal. You see, she's having to do without pain meds because of her heart, so she's in some pretty bad discomfort. But hey, she's ALIVE! So yay!


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That's really all there is to it right now. She's doing better. She had to take her Nitro glycerin tablets once because she couldn't breathe but she hasn't had another episode since. (don't know the doctor jargon behind it all but she's fine now.. my grandmother will probably blame me because I wasn't there but there were TWO other people in the house with her when it happened so if I'd been there I could well have been asleep and made no difference whether I was there or not) Her gums are still terribly sore but she'll be going back this upcoming week to be refitted for dentures and to make sure everything was done properly (she swears there are still tooth fragments in, but I think she's just feeling the bone that hasn't receded yet.)