My grandma...

Saturday, May 31st, I get a call at 9am in the morning from my Auntie Marian.

"Hi, where's your mom? I've been trying to get ahold of her because your LOLA (grandma in tagalog) was brought to the hospital at 2am because she stopped breathing."

I give my cell phone to my mom, I go in my room, and I start to ball my eyes out. My Lola is in the hospital! I know I can be a super emotional person, but it's my Lola who we're talking about here, she's the one who raised me. She's my favorite person in the whole wide world.

Anyways, when my momma got off the phone with my Auntie, I called Mike right away and told him what was happening. Mike's my rock! He's the one I go to to make me feel all better. He makes me feel safe.

I called my manager and told him what was happening as well. Told him I needed to go to San Diego. So we leave at noon and get there in less than 4 hours. Yeah... My momma drives like a maniac.

This is what happened: 2am on May 31st, my Lola had a hard time breathing. My Lolo (grandpa in tagalog) took her to the emergency room. There they placed her in the ICU. She had a mild heartattack, water in her lungs, and shortness of breath.

We got to the hospital and saw my Lola in the ICU. She was so full of smiles when we saw her. 'Cause I'm the favorite. Heehee! We got her to laugh a lot. Which wasn't really good for her 'cause she had a hard time breathing. But the smiles, and the laughing... all positive feelings, I think really helped her to get better.

Her status right now: She's doing good. She's eating a lot more than when I last saw her on Sunday. She's being trasferred to a much better hospital with much better technology as I type this. Things are looking good for her.

I thank God for making her better. I want to thank the holy spirit for giving her energy to make it through this. I want to give thanks to everyone who prayed for her. I truly appreciate it.

Marie` Digby - Paint Me In Your Sunshine