Postive Vibes needed

I have been hesitant to post this, but one of my good friends and his wife had their second child last Saturday. About 10 minutes after giving birth, her blood pressure shot up and she had a massive stroke. She wasn't expected to live through the night. Amazingly, she has held on. Yesterday her family said that she moved her fingers. The doctors have no idea what the prognosis is, and the family has been hesitant to pass many test results on. Based on teh reaction of the family, my hunch is that the prognosis is not good.

Her husband is a wreck. They have a 3 year old little boy and a week old boy. The ordeal is so emotionally draining on us, as friends, that I cannot imagine what it is doing to her family. We have been their for emotional support, physical support, and to help with the children. All I've wanted to do since I found out is to hold my kids and spouse. If you have a moment, please keep them in your thoughts and say a little prayer.

That's absolutely horrifying. A long-time friend of mine was having issues w/ blood pressure while she was pregnant, and it made us all very nervous. Her and her family will be in my prayers.

Best of luck to all involved. Thoughts and vibes heading your way.

d.

:eek: Oh man! She is in all our prayers.

man oh man...reading that horrifies me. Your friends will definately be in my prayers. I can't imagine what they must be going through right now. I'm at a total loss for words....

I hope all works out for the best. :(

I thought MD9's dental story was bad, but this kinda puts it into perspective.

Just be as good a friend as you can be.

I can't imagine how the family must feel.

Thinking positive thoughts.

Wow, what a tough situation. Thoughts going out.....

cololi,

I absolutely will be thinking the best for you and your friends... and hope that it turns around quickly.

as i mentioned in another thread, my best friend was just re- hospitalized post birth for elevated BP with risk of seizure/stroke, so I can sort of understand the situation.

You're doing everything you can do, that's awesome you are there for the kids and your friends.

Best of luck,
elis.

positive vibes my friend. That is so tough to hear. Hoping for the best.

~~~~~~~Love and Prayers, C~~~~~~~

Thoughts and prayers sent. That is horrible news, I hope for the best.

Sending good vibage, hoping for the best.

Can't think anything much worse (as a father of six month old daughter)

Wishes to upstairs sent.

Power and positive vibes to you also!

Hope everthing still works out right - best wishes sent.

Cololi,

Thoughts and prayers to your friend and his wife.

Mucho +++++ vibes. Keep us posted.

Punani

That's horrible - just horrible. My partner's buddy lost his wife that way. I cannot imagine being left to raise my kids without my wife around to do all the work.

Prayers sent.

prayers sent their way

Geez, that's horrible. Miracles can and do happen ... and sometimes the doctors are wrong. I'm hoping she's someone who defeats the odds. You're being a great friend by supporting their family.

I've taken care of people that the docs said wouldn't make it. But ... they did. I dunno if you're visiting her at all, but remember to encourage her. Talk to her, hold her hand, let her know you're all rooting for her.

Hang in there.

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Thanks for all the kind words. I went to the hospital for a visit Friday night. I couldn't find the family anywhere. I went to the ICU, no one around (nurses wouldn't tell me a thing and the rrom is off limits). Went to the maternity floor. The baby was in the nursery, but no family around. Decided to check the cafeteria, there was ahuge group of family and friends gathered. Judging by everyone reactions, I knew something positive had happened. Turns out that she started moving her limbs late Thursday night, opened her eyes briefly and acknowledged some her family members. She was intibated, so she couldn't talk, but was also able to scribble a note. By Friday afternoon, she had fully regained conciousness (sp?) and was no longer on a respirator. She was able to talk and remembered who everyone was. She also was able to visit her newborn. There are still some concerns, but the doctors are much more upbeat than they were. Her Kidneys had stopped working early on in the ordeal, but they are showing signs of recovering. Apparently, she has been diagnosed with TTP, which I know nothing about, but it has something to do with the blood and platelettes or something like that.

Again, thanks for all the kind words.

I just opened this thread, and I was so sad until I just read your last post. I"m so glad to hear that she is on her way back. Thank god. I can't even imagine the relief and elation the family is feeling. It sounds like she's made it through the worst.


My ex boyfriend's wife, who was also a dear friend of mine, passed away 3 days after giving birth to their first son after suffering a stroke. She went into a coma and never woke up. I'm so glad to hear that your friend is pulling through.

Continued good vibes and healing thoughts sent your way.

Shit man, that's great news. I was cringing over every word in your post, fearing the worst. What a beautiful thing, that's she is ok and gets to hold her baby. Awesome.

A maggott miracle! That is awesome news.

This thread has me seriously sketched out as my wife and I quickly (tomorrow...) approach our due date...

I too just opened this thread, and I'm so happy that things are looking better.

My wife's best friend in the world died that way, leaving her husband, my good friend, with the newborn and a three- and a five-year old. Rough can not begin to describe how bad it was.

Continued well wishes and good vibes to your friends!

Thank the almighty, be it God, Allah, Jah, Manitou, whatever. I like to think the positive vibes of the collective helped.

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I just read this thread..........glad she's doing much better.......+ vibes probably still needed so consider them sent.

Much better news!! - the collective mind was working!!

Guess it's true.... there's no such thing as a normal birth...

WOOHOO!!!!!!

That sounds so encouraging! So glad things are looking up for her, I'll still be hoping for the best though. My friend is doing much better too - she's at least home on bedrest now, (that is really killing her, she's the never stop doing stuff type) - but everyone is pitching in to help with the baby.

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positive thoughts, Canuk, even though it seems like a few of us have some similar scary stories here, it's probably a lot less common than you think, and plenty of births go off without any problems. Best of luck to you both.

Glad to hear your friend is getting better. I'll still say a prayer that her recovery keeps improving.

No sketchin' and NO WORRIES!!!... this chapter has not ended.

Cheers for all who have shown the love and I pray that all will become better with the hope and love of fam, friends, mags, and others.

S.M.I.L.E. :D

i spoke too soon... my friends BP spiked again, and she's back in the hospital again tonite.

this is just so damn FRUSTRATING!!!! :cussing:

skiguide - positive vibes to your friend. +++++++++++++++

I can't believe this, it seems more than a number of you have stories of loved ones passing on or having problems due to low post-birth blood pressure. This is very sad, I don't know what to say.

Positive thoughts to the recovering ladies!!

glad to hear things are looking so good, cololi.

This is not my area of expertise, but TTP is thrombocytopenic purpura. it is associated with pregnancy (as well as other conditions) but they don't know the cause. i guess what happens is the blood cells break down in the smaller vessels causing your platelets to form small clots. it usually affects the small vessels of the brain and kidneys, leading to stroke symptoms and renal failure. when it is treated, the survival rate is greater than 90%. It can recur (whether or not she gets pregnant again).

I will send some positive vibes hoping she makes a full recovery.

Good good good good vibrations ~~~~~~~~~~~