Well,
the funeral was yesterday and my aunt said it went well.
Evidently the cause of death was because....a few weeks ago she had two slip and fall accidents that left her with crushed discs and a fuzed spine...due to the pain, she was using pain meds...due to her weight, she used more than she should have. Although there was no overdose found, pain meds at all will do harm.
Evidently there is a switch in the brain that goes on to remind the body to start breathing again if the body stops.....pain meds make this trigger stop working, and this is what killed her.
My uncle was admitted to ICU 2 nights ago by my aunt who found him not breathing as well. They diagnosed him with sleep apnea and now he cannot take his pain meds as well. Which...he has been on these meds for ten years and survived...I don't know what he is going to do now.
He had back surgery that screwed him up years ago and most of the time he is in horrible pain and crawls around the house...he was so sad and hurting, he did not even attend the funeral. He is only 65.
My aunt found him on the floor the night before methodically picking up spilled batteries and talking to himself...please, thoughts and prayers...this is not easy on her.
Oh, and by the way..I found out my cousin just turned 37 this last b-day not 38....adore your loved ones and make the most of the time..and DO NOT take sleep apea lightly....
the funeral was yesterday and my aunt said it went well.
Evidently the cause of death was because....a few weeks ago she had two slip and fall accidents that left her with crushed discs and a fuzed spine...due to the pain, she was using pain meds...due to her weight, she used more than she should have. Although there was no overdose found, pain meds at all will do harm.
Evidently there is a switch in the brain that goes on to remind the body to start breathing again if the body stops.....pain meds make this trigger stop working, and this is what killed her.
My uncle was admitted to ICU 2 nights ago by my aunt who found him not breathing as well. They diagnosed him with sleep apnea and now he cannot take his pain meds as well. Which...he has been on these meds for ten years and survived...I don't know what he is going to do now.
He had back surgery that screwed him up years ago and most of the time he is in horrible pain and crawls around the house...he was so sad and hurting, he did not even attend the funeral. He is only 65.
My aunt found him on the floor the night before methodically picking up spilled batteries and talking to himself...please, thoughts and prayers...this is not easy on her.
Oh, and by the way..I found out my cousin just turned 37 this last b-day not 38....adore your loved ones and make the most of the time..and DO NOT take sleep apea lightly....