Update: Grandma

Days #281-#289:
I know. WAAAAAYYYY Behind. All in good reason. As most of you know, there's been major drama in the Tittle Fam. Thankfully, things are looking up. Below is the email update that i sent to inquiring minds on Monday. One thing I have noticed for sure through all of this, I am loved and have the best friends and family in the world. Grandma is DEFINITELY loved by everyone, everywhere! And no matter how bad things are, the Tittles come out in full force and there is nothing better than having all of my aunts, uncles, and cousins in times of crisis. We are crazy, wild, weird, not extremely intelligent or wealthy, but we love each other and that's all that really matters. I have the best family around and am glad that all of you guys are a part of it as well. :0)

Hi All! I wanted to give you all a quick update on Grandma - and I must start with we serve an Amazingly Soverign God. His fingerprints have been all over this weekend of events and it's exciting to tell you of how He has worked the past 4 days. Even before it all started happening, He was getting things lined up. For instance, I'd taken off work to fly to Louisville to see Cousin. Southwest has amazingly chep flights but you have to leave from Birmingham, rather than Huntsville. So.. I was on my way from Florence to Lynn (to pick up my sister) and then on to Birmingham when I got the call. UNcle Earl had worked at Princeton for many years before transferring to Kirklin Clinic (across town), but he just recently moved back to Princeton (where she was taken). I believe him moving back was all in the plan. Having him know the doctors, nurses, understand the hospital lingo and be able to decipher it for all of us is a miracle in itself. Late Wednesday night, Dad and one of his brothers and one of his sisters got a call from Grandma that she believed she needed to go to the doctor. It turned out that she had a severe hernia in the front of her stomach. She had just come back from x-ray Thursday moring when she told Uncle Earl and Uncle Dennis that her arm felt heavy. After a quick assessment , it was determined she'd had a stroke and they were immediately able to begin to treat her. Had she not been at the hospital for the hernia, I don't believe she'd have ever made it TO the hospital because she is an extremely independent 86 year old that lives by herself, so no one would've found her for a few hours. The neurosurgeon told us that it was a deep bleed in her head, and surgery was no option and with it being located where it was in the brain, he expected the damage to be more on the permananet side of things. (Her face and right arm had been paralyzed as a result of the stroke.) He repeated the CAT Scan Thursday night and Friday morning. Those were long days, but I am glad to report there had been no change - God stopped the bleeding in her head but He didn't stop working there. Thankfully, she never completely lost consciousness... at least the times I saw her... and she recognized us. She has been working her right arm as she's been laying in SICU and has been able to raise it up pretty high and her face is also a little less droopy. We moved her into a regular room last night around 7:30ish. I think this will be much better for her as we will be able to get her up and moving (she's been sitting in a chair this morning) and it gives her much more peace of mind with us in the room with her rather than having to wait 4 hours for a 30 minute visit. She has also told us that she is ready to go HOME... not to one of her kid's houses, but HOME. All reports from the stroke seem to be good for now. The hernia will still have to be fixed in 4-6 weeks, but again, God made it to where that was able to be put on the back burner until she recovered from the stroke. One thing I have learned for sure, if God had taken Grandma, He would've gotten the glory for it. If He gave us a miracle and healed her, He was going to get the glory. Either way, He gets the glory. I am very glad He chose option 2 and let us see a mirace AND still have Grandma. Please continue to remember her as she now has be extremely careful not to rupture that hernia and hopefully in 4-6 weeks we can get it repaired. Thank you so much for your calls, thoughts and prayers. It means more than you could ever know. I truly have the greatest family, church family, and friends that anyone has ever had. If I can ever do anything for any of you, please let me know.
Love to All,
Kim Tittle