Prayer request please. For my 99 Y/O mother.
 

My mother has been admitted to the hospital again, second time this month for low blood cell count, and low platelet count. They are under the impression that her bone marrow is not producing blood as it should, but haven't been able to pin down the cause, whether it's just old age catching up with her, or an infection. The biopsy they have done was inconclusive as they didn't get enough of a sample in their test. Her kidneys are under performing, and she has a case of colitis in the large bowel. All of this has come on rapidly within a couple of weeks.

It looks like I'm going to be making the drive to Phoenix tomorrow, getting there on Sunday to be with her.

The prognosis isn't very good from what the doctors are saying, so I'm going to make the journey out there.

She's had remarkable health up to this point, and has lived independently in an apartment in a assisted facility up until now. I have no idea if God has decided to call her home, or if this is a setback. At 99 Y/O it may be his will.

Anyone that believes in prayer, I would appreciate lifting up her cause to God in her name. My mothers name is Jeanne Yost.

Thanks you all!!!

Brad Yost

Best to your mom and have a safe trip.

George

Brad,

My prayers go out to your Mother "Jeanne Yost".

Have a safe drive.

Prayers have been given for Jeanne.
Safe travels for you Brad

Prayers up.

Done.

Prayers sent. Condolences.

Prayers for your Mom and safe travels for you.

Very best wishes for your precious mother Jeanne.

Be safe Brad.



Frank

Done...travel safely.

Prayers sent to your mom and to your entire family, Brad. Be safe.
Jeff

Prayer sent for Jeanne Yost
 

Godspeed

Prayers sent for your Mom and you.

Prayers for her and you and family.

May she heal quickly and tack more on to 99 blessed years.

Hope she is comfortable. 99 is a pretty good while. Good luck with the visit, and sending a Prayer up for her to be comfortable.

Sounds like what my grandmother had. Bone marrow not producing red blood cells. She was diagnosed with this;


https://my.clevelandclinic.org/healt...-myelofibrosis


Super rare 20 years ago. She was considered terminal.


Don`t know if your mom has this but, sounds familiar. She lived with this for several years with periodic blood transfusions.


I will pray that God has a place in His house for her. I know He does.

Praying for your dear mother Jeanne.

I lost my mom a year ago last May at age 86.

Take care in your travels Brad.

Bart

Prayers for your Mom and you too.

Best Wishes
 

Sending our best wishes, Brad.

Praying for you and your mom.

A huge thanks to all that have responded, You can always count on the people on PY when prayers are needed, always a great response. Really great, solid people on this board. :thumbup:

I'm going to call the hospital this AM to see if they have any further news. Then I'm gonna do some car maintenance and get on the road, either today, or tomorrow. I have a few things I need to get done around the house before I leave. I'll see how the car looks from underneath before I take off do an oil change, check the tires, and fluids before I head out.

Gonna drive the 99 GP that was originally a Mary Kay car (yes it's pale pink, most times it looks white), that I inherited when my mom quit driving. Only 126,000 on it, The lowest mileage vehicle in my fleet. It has the 3.1 and gets around 30 MPG on the road so it will be easy on fuel. I want to be able to get around when I get there, so I didn't want to fly out there.

I'm taking the laptop with me so I can keep everyone updated on her condition, hopefully it will be a recovery, and then to rehab, but I'm not going to fool myself into thinking she has an easy road. The facts don't support that.

Thanks again everyone for the support, I really needed it in this situation, I'll keep you informed.

I hope she see's 100 and more. Be safe. Sounds like she has had a great independent run so far.

Hope she gets good care, is not suffering, and recovers quickly. Best wishes to you and all in your family.

I have you and your mother in my prayers.

Thoughts and prayers to you all Brad...:(

Staying in Rolla MO tonight, expect to be in Scottsdale Monday afternoon. Docs told me yesterday there was a slight improvement in her conditions on Friday. She is still very weak.

Again, thank you all for the prayers.

That's great news, shell be tickled to see you!

Tell her we all said hi, get rest an be safe!


Frank

Kinda fun that you're visiting her driving her pink car. 👍
Be safe, keep us posted.

Eric

"It's not pink, it's Arizona Sunset", at least that's what the salesman told my parents back in 2000...........:eek:

Tonight in Amarillo TX, tomorrow is going to be a long haul to make it to Phoenix. One nice thing is the speed limit is 75 out here, no one bats an eye at 80. I just set the cruise on 80, and the miles get eaten up rather quickly, no small towns and such to slow you down along the interstates. The bigger towns I'm hitting on the weekend so virtually no traffic.

Prayers offered for your mom, and for your safe journey. All things are in God's hands.

I arrived here Monday night about 8 PM. I'll be allowed to see my mother Tuesday afternoon, doctors are supposed to update me on Tuesday.

I was able to talk to her on the phone Monday evening, she sounded weak, and she told me she was confused about why she was in the hospital.

My cousin was able to see her Monday afternoon, said she was slightly better from last week.

Thank you all again for the prayers, it's much appreciated.

Prayers for your Mom.

My Mom passed March 31st. She was in a nursing home with advanced dementia and got pneumonia. My wife or I fed her supper most nights until the damn pandemic hit, then suddenly we couldn't see her. Nobody could visit her the last three weeks, which was brutal, if I'm honest.

Best wishes, travel safe and love on her a bit.

Prayers offered Brad. Please update us when you can.

They only allow 1 visitor so I'm the person allowed at this time, I spent over 4 hours with her yesterday afternoon, talked to the doctor for awhile about her current ailments.

The events happened as follows near as they can figure out. She was bleeding from hemorrhoids for a few weeks depleting her blood supply. Evidently she isn't able to replenish her blood supply as needed and her blood cell counts dropped to the point she almost passed out in the dining hall. The called the squad to transport her to ER, where they did blood work and found the low levels of blood components.

At that point they gave her blood, and she improved enough to be sent to a rehab center to regain strength. After about 3 days they sent her back to the hospital as her blood was dropping again. The second time they deduced that her body isn't making blood as it should, but she has also contacted C-diff due to her low immunity levels.

She has colitis of small and large intestines, and infection in her stomach from the bacteria. This causes her not to be able to eat solid foods as she gets nauseous, sometimes vomiting. They are hoping that when and if they get the C-diff under control the blood manufacturing will right itself, but of course no one knows this for sure one way or the other.

She also told me yesterday that her vision is getting worse, I assume that all the trauma her body has experienced that it would affect her vision, but I never addressed it with the doc because I didn't learn of it until after the doctors had left, I will address it today.

Mom is in good spirits considering the level of her illness. She has had a remarkable run of good health and isn't used to being ill such as this. She is making steady progress, but is impatient and doesn't like being confined to bed.

All in all, we had a good visit yesterday, she's making slow progress so as everyone has been doing, keep my mom in your prayers. I told her I had mentioned a prayer request on PY, and she is thankful for the prayers, she says she needs them.......;)

I'll keep the PY members updated on progress, but know she appreciates the prayers and it seems that prayer is working at this point to move the needle the right way.

Many thanks from our family, to all that have taken up the cause......:thumbup: It's much appreciated!!!

Your Mom has myeloproliferative syndrome, a gradual failure of the bone marrow most commonly due to old age. There is no cure but transfusions can prolong life if indicated. In your Mom's case her kidneys and colon are failing also. That is known as multi-organ failure and is generally a gentle spiral at the end of life. Sad, but not typically painful. We can't live forever. Think of all the wonders she has seen in her 99 years and cherish the memories of times together when she is gone.

Prayers for you and your mom. Stay safe. Lost my mother in law this year at 96.

I get on here every few weeks so I spend a lot of time catching up. Prayers have been lifted to heaven’s throne room for your mom. May God grant her His peace in her current situation. May His power and grace sustain her till He calls her home. Prayers for your family, also while you attend to her. A good life is not measured by the years, but by our love and service to others.

GT

Update from her doctors is, that her kidney function has returned, The C-diff while not easily defeated, has come down in count, her bladder has urine in it, according to the scan they did just before I left the hospital. C-diff is what finally took my fathers life, it can be a death sentence for anyone with a compromised immune system.

I talked with the doctor this afternoon, and there is a drug that they can try to stimulate the bone marrow to start again producing the blood components. Of course there are no guarantees it will work, it is worth a shot.

Jimbobeast, I know you're a doctor, and I'm not disregarding your assessment at all. My wife is an RN and has cautioned me that the odds are against her full recovery from the bone marrow issue, as well as the body getting tired just from sheer aging.

It would probably be a miracle if the bone marrow started functioning again, but God is the only entity that can perform miracles. If God decides to call her home, I'm fine with that. We are not in charge of our destiny, he is. Whatever his will is, I, nor anyone else can change it. In the end The Father will decide how, and when things will happen.

99 years is a long life, and she has seen a lot of change in the US. She has raised me, and I think she, and my dad did a pretty good job setting good examples for me, as I grew up. She's been to China because it was her lifelong ambitions to see the Great Wall of China, she lived through the great depression. A very full life, and she has seen many things.

If prayers are the way to miracles, then we are in her corner, Again, I thank all of the people that have responded to this thread.

Updating this thread again:

I have a family meeting with 2 of the docs from the hospital tomorrow at 11:00 AM. There is mild improvement each day, which is good, but I'm not disillusioned that all is good. The main problem is still the bone marrow is not producing as it should, all the bleeding has stopped, but the platelet count is only mildly improving.

If the medication to stimulate the bone marrow production of blood does not work, and my wife also tells me that that medication is pretty harsh to the body, there is little hope of recovery.

There was a mention of hospice today so we shall see how the meeting tomorrow goes.

Prayers are appreciated, thank you for your consideration.

The Yost family.

Hang in there and spend as much time as you can with her if she is up to it. I lost both my parents over a 2 year period and I was in OH and they were both in San Diego. Being able to spend some extended time with them was something I am very glad I was able to do. My dad was still really sharp and drove my siblings and I to dinner at night 2 weeks before he passed. He was 92. So like you have said, your mom has lived a great life so far and could possibly rally. I am sure she loves having family near.

Updating again. from the Friday meeting with the docs.
The chemo that could stimulate the bone marrow is too harsh for someone of her age and condition. The concentious is placing her in hospice and keeping her comfortable as needed.

In hospice she will be made comfortable for as long as the process takes, she will be able to see her surviving family members and say her goodbyes.

She has myledisplastic syndrome which is low blood cell production as well as low platlet production. Had it been identified earlier there were treatments to slow the advance of the disease, but it's water under the bridge at this point.

I'd still appreciate prayers for low pain through her final days if you could.

THANKS TO ALL AGAIN
My family, and I appreciate all the efforts, it's just her time, and God decides, not us.

I'll update again when it's over.

Continued prayers sent for your mother and everyone else affected by this.

Sirrotica, my dad passed away from that in ‘08. The disease transitioned into leukemia and he passed after a few days. He was not in pain and pretty much slept his last days away. Prayers for your mother, hospice will be a big help.

Prays go out to your mother that she lives out the rest of her life comfortably.

Prayers sent for your Mom and family.

You ,your mother and family will be in our prayers. Not to take away ,my motherin law passed 3 weeks ago in assisted living.Sitting in her favorite chair doing what she liked,saying the Rosary.She was good to me.Wife had hip replacement 4 weeks ago,she couldnt go.They were close

Mom's time has ended....
 

As I had posted earlier I would update this thread when my mother had passed.

She decided to go into hospice of her own decision on Friday of last week, she was transported to the hospice facility last Sunday night. Today Sat. 11/14, at 11:40 she has passed from this world to be with Jesus and my father. I was in the room as she took her last breath.

I will be tying up all the loose ends as being an only child, I am executor of the estate, then driving back home to Ohio.

The prayers helped and she did regain her kidney function as well as kicking the C diff infection, the bone marrow issue would have to have been an act from God to overcome. In the end her inability to replenish the blood supply was the deciding factor.

The staff of the hospital, and the hospice staff, all did an excellent job. I can find no fault with any of the people that helped along the journey.

I want to again thank all that have offered their prayers, and thoughts during this trying time, it is appreciated by my family, and myself.

I'm just going to relax Saturday and Sunday, and try to form a plan for the mission at hand beginning on Monday of dispersing the possessions at her apartment, and doing all the legal matters that need attending to.

Very sorry for your loss. Living so far away is was great that you were able to be with her to the very end. 99 years old is a full life and you said she was active to near the end. There will be some tough days and weeks ahead. My mother has been gone several years now and I think of her often and my family have some good and funny memories. Take your time, take care of business and have a safe trip home.

My sincere condolences Brad.

She’s in a better place now. She lived a good life.

God bless.

Bart.

Peace to you, brother.