I mentioned in my last post that my usually bubbly friend Tiffany had an unexpected reaction to a medical procedure and was in a coma. In summary, she was having an out-patient surgical procedure (the family hasn't specified) and was administered the anesthesia propofol. She went into cardiac arrest, the medical team immediately performed CPR and got her heart restarted in about a minute and a half.
She never regained consciousness, but her brain showed signs of response to stimuli in the first few days. We were all hopeful that she would wake up and begin the long road to recovery. After all, this is Tiffany. She's a young, energetic, healthy 41-year-old.
I can hardly believe I'm writing this.
She's been taken off of life support and will go soon to hospice care in her parent's home. It's expected she will go "Home" soon after that.
I know Tiffany from P.E.O. She's one of my sisters. I don't have any biological sisters, but I love all of my P.E.O. sisters, and we are all grieving. We had a meeting yesterday, but didn't get any business done. We spent the meeting writing notes to Tiffany that her family would read to her. There were lots of tears and lots of snot.
But honestly, there were lots of laughs, too. Big laughs between tears and hugs and snot. We may have not gotten any "business" accomplished, but it was still a damn good meeting.
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| Tiffany's nephew with his favorite Aunt |
Tiffany, I'm so grateful that in this vast world in this relatively tiny blip of time I'm on it, my path crossed with yours. I'll miss you like crazy, but know you'll just be on another great adventure.
See you on the other side, Sis.
8 comments:
Oh, Abby, I am so sorry to hear this news about Tiffany. Please tell me that baby in her arms is not hers. The poor family and Tiffany. This is so heartbreaking. I wish you calm and peace on this journey.
Peggy, thanks. And no, the little boy in the picture is Tiffany's nephew. He and Tiffany are very close, and no one has told him yet about Tiffany, but he somehow knows... "Auntie Tiffany is sick?" 😢
Abby - I am so sorry. That was a reaction from anesthesia? What a blow. I am just sorry. Love, sandie
I am so sorry to hear about your friend. Business might not have been done at the meeting, but more important things were done and friendship and sisterhood are definitely important things to focus on. Tiffany sounds like an amazing person.
Sandie, thank you. Yes, it was an unexpected and serious reaction to the propofol.
Morgan, thanks, and you're right about our meeting.
Oh no I'm so sorry, even from those photos I can tell she is lots of fun. How awful. :(
Joey, thanks. She's a wonderful person.
Wow... and that's a sad and confused Wow. Unexpected death is so hard to process. I'm really sorry.
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