I spent the past seven days in room 3007 at the Baptist Hospital in Jackson, MS. I’m now on American Air 1049 flying to LA for a board meeting. Mom’s small room got crowded at times with all five Murrell “kids,” a few grandkids, an occasional family friend, and the...
9:00 a.m. (Mississippi time). Dr. Barksdale, Mom’s heart doctor, talked to us an hour ago. He is surprised Mom is still hanging in there. He did not expect her to make it through the weekend. She did not have a single heart failure yesterday or last night. We have...
I’m writing this from my Mom’s hospital room. She’s dying. We arrived at the Mississippi Baptist Hospital at 7PM just after Mom’s 2nd near death heart malfunction of the day. Both my sisters and my younger brother are here. It is good to see them, but difficult to see...
I spoke to Mom this morning. She is still in the ICU. It was sad to hear her voice sounding so weak. She was obviously in much pain. We are flying to the USA tomorrow morning. The doctor does not expect her to recover. She has lived a good and long life....
I spoke to both my brothers at midnight (Manila time) last night. They were not sure if Mom would make it through the night. Here is the latest from my sister, Lynn: We are very encouraged by mom’s progress this afternoon. Jim, Liz, David and I all felt very good by...
A couple of hours ago, (about 3:00 a.m. Mississippi time) my brother called to inform us that my Mom had what the doctors described as a “massive heart attack” sometime in the past 48 hours. According to the doctor she is now stable and under observation at Baptist...
