Aortic dissection in a 87yr old woman

Hi , I would just like to tell you a story of my Mother , who in April 2016 was diagnosed with a aortic dissection and AAA . We were told to prepare her funeral as she was not expected to live long , we were given around 2 weeks . We were devastated , my Mum had Alzhiemers and was in care and was watching her slowly slip away from us , we were very lucky as she remembered us all and enjoyed her life. I took 6 weeks off work just to spend as much time with her as I could. Every time she had a pain or felt faint etc we thought it no this is it !!! Now March 2019 Mum is still here and still enjoying herself and is going to celebrate her 90th birthday on 8th March !!! The doctors are amazed stating she is a miracle that they did not really think she would have lived past her prognosis they all have. They have said that because of her Alzhiemers she is not stressed and that she really does no exercise , she is not very mobile, she is not putting pressure on her heart and she has good Blood Pressure c control. She really us our miracle and although we know it could rupture at anytime we are grateful f out the time we have had with her. So anyone out there who is facing the same prognosis ,do not take what specialists intensive care doctors cardiologists etc as always correct , they are just making assumptions based on statistics.

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