Brenda was admitted to the hospital yesterday with chest pains. She is scheduled for bypass surgery sometime today. If anyone wants to send a card to Brenda they can do so at this address:
Brenda Sipher
st. joseph's hospital
room2425
301 prospect ave
syracuse, ny 13203
Prayers for "theraglady" - Brenda Sipher
OH wow..she is in my prayers for a speedy recovery!!!
Prayers and best wishes that all goes well.
Yes, will send a card.
Alice
She'll be in my prayers. I wish her a speedy recovery.
I Do Believe!!! Prayer Changes Things.
Will Be Praying
Chocolate Brug
Sending my prayers.Brenda is quite special.I wish her a speedy recovery.
Surgery has been postponed until monday. I spoke to her today and she is in good spirits.
Sending prayers. Good to hear her spirits are up!
praying for her surgery and recovery.
Prayers are with Brenda. Flower lovers are always strong and receive all the love and blessings.
confussedlady
I will light a candle for her and send up a little prayer for her speedy recovery
My prayers for succesful surgery and speedy recovery, will send a card too.
Hi, It is Brenda, Thank you for all of your kind words. I am having open heart surgery tomorrow(monday). I am bit nervous, but have been told by the Dr's my choices are 100% chance of death with out, 10% with it. The odds look good to me.
I am feeling as well as I can having been put in bed rest for 5 days. Spring finally arrived and I have to sit in the hospital and look out at it. I begged them to let me just walk outside for a few minutes, but they would not budge.
I will post again as soon after my surgery as I can, but Gary will no doubt update.
Again, thanks
Brenda, my thoughts are prayers are with you..
Hugs
elva
Spoke to Brenda's husband yesterday and everything went well. She was in intensive care after the surgery but the doctors say that the operation went off without a hitch. I just heard that she is off the respirator as well now so I'm sure we'll be hearing from her real soon.
Praying for you Brenda. So glad all went well. I hope you have a speedy recovery.
~Lenette
Thank God, Thats great news Gary, thanks for the update
This message was edited Apr 28, 2009 6:52 PM
been reeding the thread and glad that Brenda went through the operation with flying colors. I hope she can be back here before not to long
I spoke to Brenda today and she really sounds like her old self. She is anxiously awaiting the day that she can go home and get her brugs outside now that the weather has warmed up in NY.
Great news!
glad she's doing so well. She'll have a limit of not lifting anything over 10lbs for a few weeks.
(I used to work in an open heart ICU)
Linda in Victoria BC
Gary, the next time you talk to he , tell her we love her and cant wait to see her again at some swat or other.
Congratulations Brenda.. I bet you'll enjoy the new you.. more energy.. and strength.. glad to hear it went so well.. All the best.. in getting yourself out of there now... and ready for the northern round up..
I am home, slowly getting better. I did however manage to get about 17 people to refuse their food trays one day. There is just no excuse for the porr quality of food they served in the otherwise wonderful hospital. I was told it was economic.
I did have open heart surgery, and actually considering the short time I am doing well. I am pretty much off the meds and tonight hope to be able to sleep in my own bed.
My brugs(thanks to DH) are all outdoors and showing positive reaction to the pleasent seasons change.
Brenda that is just wonderful news! Wishing you continued speedy recovery.
I know it is not funny that the food is aweful at the hospital. But that you got so many folks to strike...and what gordo said, I just had to laugh
I knew it! ;)
There comes a time in life when one's own bed affirms rightness with being and settles us into a kind of comfortable gratitude...
Time stands still and the smell of wind dried sheets is a better perfume than all others.
Being there whispers, "Yes, you're still alive, a participant in the working out of so many things."
Very exciting stuff.
From my heart to yours Brenda...
So glad that you are now home and doing so well., that's great news.
Welcome home Brenda!!!!!! I hope you have a speedy recovery.
brenda, wishing you an uneventful and speedy recovery.
Brenda so glad to hear your home and doing well!
Best wishes,
Karen
I'm so glad that things worked out well, Brenda!
WELCOME BACK!
Brenda, I am so glad you are home, Prayer Power works!
Debra
I am home, doing okay. We have had a few set backs, but those too shall pass. I just need to find enough strong healthy people to come help me do all of this brug work.
Brenda, I just came across this post and was shocked to read about your heart surgery. So glad your doing much better.
If we lived closer, I'd help you with your gardens. I know your granddaughter is a big help to you in that department.....she's like a "little mini Brenda" when it comes to brugmansia growing.
God Bless!
Dollie
Hi Dollie,
Good to hear from you. I am doing well, probably better then we expected. Still have some pain but I can live with that. My brugs are looking good. I really have too many, but can't part with any of them.
Emily has been great. She still loves plants and gardens. We are going to her house tomorrow and plant to take a few more brugs out to her.
How are all of your wonderful brugs doing. I have so many new ones over the last year. I just came in from looking at them(that is about all i can do). I am very pleased with how they look right now and sure hope to see flowers early this year.
I still owe you a box. I will give my plants a few weeks to get some growth and send you a box of ones I know you do not have.
Take care and stay in touch
Brenda, You DO NOT worry about sending me a box....your to take care of yourself, and that means getting plenty of rest....not boxing up plants for me. We'll catch up with each other, maybe in FL. again and do an in-person brug swap....that's more fun anyway ;)
I had a feeling Emily would be a big help with your gardening, even at her young age. Your very blessed to have a granddaughter that shares your love of gardening.
Glad your health is better. You take care and God bless!
Dollie
I haven't been on the brug forum for quite a while, so was shocked to find this thread. Brenda, so glad you are doing well, and hope you will be able to make the trip down south in October. Do take care of yourself. Remember that hosta you gave me? It's looking the best ever. What was the name of it? Pineapple Upside Down Cake? Was that for real? My million bells is still blooming too.
Cannagirl, I expect to see you at the next swap!