Retraction

I am going to have to retract my earlier statement that we had not seen much digression in my Moms breathing. As I sat by her at church her breathing felt off to me and when we got home I examined her closely and sure enough she was retracting. Moms with asthmatic kids develop a sixth sense for retraction. Trust me, I'm a Pro!

Retraction is when the body has to use the accessory muscles to breathe. From the outside it looks like the skin sinks in at the base of the neck and also at the rib area when breathing occurs. It means the body is having to work really hard to breathe. So chances are good her numbers will not be good tomorrow. Her fasciculations have also become more pronounced and have spread to most of her upper body and can be seen almost all of the time.

Today she became too weak for the stairs. We moved her room downstairs to the family room and created a playroom in the master bedroom. Actually the Grange boys from our Church came and moved both rooms in about 5 minutes. They were amazing! They must have learned it from their amazingly hardworking babysitter growing up. Oh wait, that was me! Just kidding, well not about being their amazing babysitter...its obviously much to late for me to be updating this blog!

My Mom had a great day Thursday but since Friday morning she has been so weak its hard for her to even walk and lift her feet. She has a hard time keeping her head up and so she walks looking at the ground. Its like shes literally shrinking.

I know I don't even have to ask, but please pray for her.