I got home from work this afternoon and my sister who lives out of state left 4 messages on my answering machine.  Appearently a family friend who lives in my area and I talked to just saturday was in the hospital ICU in a coma.  So I went over during visiting hours.  She was moving around in the bed, making a few vocalizations that weren't quite words, and was opening her eyes a tiny bit on occasion but I wasn't sure if she was able to tell if she was aware I was there or not.  I wasn't sure if she was responding because I was talking to her (she did make a sound after I mentioned her birthday so I'm a little hopeful) or if it was random or not. 

I don't know how to describe it other than wierd.  One day you are talking to the person and they seem fine, a few days later boom, you're visiting them in the hospital with a possible chance they might never wake up for fully recover.

Yeah, what my mommy told me was true: Life isn't very fair.

I hope your friend recovers.

Laurie

Here's for wishing her well.

Things like this are always sudden and that's never easy.

So sorry to hear this news.

Wishing your friend a full recovery.

There but for the grace of God or fate goes any one of us.

I sincerely hope your friend will make a full and rapid recovery.

I visited her in the hospital last night and she doing a lot better.  Something happened and her blood sugar went seriously out of wack.  Funny thing was a little too much or too little blood sugar can do.  She doesn't remember what happened or much before yesterday.

Thanks for your thoughts guys.  :)

Wow, that's awesome Winterclaw. Glad to hear it :).

Laurie

As a diabetic for the last ten years I know what changes in sugar levels can do.  

Glad to hear she is feeling better and I hope her rapid recovery continues.

Now you can write that was a wierd day. Three days ago it was shocking day.

Good to hear things are looking up for your friend Winterclaw... hope she continues to recover well.

Well I saw her again today and she was getting better and her blood sugar levels were getting back to normal.

The doctors think they found what caused them to spike like that: she had a "silent" heart attack and didn't feel any of the traditional symptoms.  Turns out about 20% of the people who have heart attacks never realize they've had one.

Glad she is doing better!

Yeah definately know that effect well, Before we were moving I made a call to my grandmother and uncle to let them know we were moving late in the evening. Everybody was ok, and in good spirits. The next morning I get a call from my grandmother saying my uncle passed in his sleep, at home not even 24 hours after I spoke with him over the phone. It is very surreal, and a rip ride, and lets just say the next few days were insane, and very intense.

I feel for ya, and hope all turns out well.

Ok was it acidkeotosis, or however that is spelled? Damn I should have read all the posts before I chimed in, my step daughter who is 10 and not diagnosed with diabetes went through the same kinda event in February, to give a proper scenario of events it was like seeing Rainbow bright turn into the preceived notion of Reagan from the exorcist. Scared the living hell out of us. turns out she is type 1, and a bout of what we thought was pnuemonia caused it to spike into what it became.

Silent heart attack, that is insane man, how something can cause much more trauma, like the domino effect. I really hope all goes well for your friend, and hope ya can get some comfort or peace within mind. The anxiety from these situations can be just as bad as the actual pain being dealt with...just breathe

Winterflame - know you feel - just had two close relatives in hospital. Ones just come out after 3 weeks, so hopefully your friend will recover just as quickly as she did. mahakali - way true there - especially the up and down feelings. Particularly about lifes unfairness. Our drunk neigbhour orders booze by taxi and brags about how much help/money he gets from the state. Yet another neighbour who's had a double knee op, can't get easily up the stairs, is told theres nothing for her. Sometimes makes me wish there was something which could assign life and health to those really deserve it.

Best wishes to your friend, Winter.

@ MrSparky - Your drunk neighbour sounds like way too many people I've met.  And yes, it's a damn shame there's no way to balance things out fairly.