This is from her son since Margaret is no longer able to post on here. So, here's the update. Margaret passed away Wednesday afternoon during surgery to drain fluid from around her heart and from her lungs. The surgery went fine, it was at the end when her heart rate went down and blood pressure fell also. The surgeons tried to bring her back for over an hour, unfortunately no luck. She went into the hospital on Monday afternoon because of hard breathing and her feet and legs were swollen. The doctors thought she might have had an infection in her legs but we never knew the answer to that. She was transferred to a different hospital for the surgery, where we were told that there was a 95% success rate. I guess that she was one of the 4 people that it just didn't work for. The surgeon did say that even if the surgery had been a success, that we should cherish every moment with her because it would have been unlikely that she would have lived past Thanksgiving, or Christmas at the longest. However, this was very unexpected and took us all by surprise. Our family has had about all of this that we can stand. Last Thursday Margaret's dad passed away as well.


I know she loved having this blog open to people to get information out as well as reading the comments that she got in reply. I will try to remember to post another update when all of this settles down and we figure some of this out. Thank You for all of your caring and understanding, we all know she will be missed greatly. R.I.P. Margaret May 1, 1959 --October 31, 2007  ¶ 12:53 PM 42 comments