For those of you without facebook:

I'm sure lots of you will be shocked by my current status, [Graham Kingsley---It's 5:30AM, my mom was just taken to the hospital....and I think I might just skip school today. Oh WHY isn't anyone here?] so I'm going to explain it before everyone asks all at once.

Yesterday morning (9AM), my mom slipped while going down the stairs, hitting her back. She had the wind knocked out of her, and was just barely able to walk to her bed, though she was close to throwing up/passing out.
Once she was in bed, she took Advil and got into the most comfortable position she could.
The EMS came and checked her out, seeing if she had broken her back, etc, but they didn't take her to the hospital. They said that the severe pain should subside within 2 hours.
My dad and my sister were home at this point, but they had to leave soon because of a school camping trip. I got the fateful phone call (and yes, the second you get the phone call, you could care less if the teacher sees you on your cell phone in school), literally ran home, and finally got filled in.
At this point it's been about 2 hours, but the pain hasn't subsided much, she describes it as a "sharp, hot knife" in her back. My dad and sister regretfully leave (if you know my sister, you know how regretfully she leaves...
So now I'm stuck here doing everything in my power to make sure that she's all right, getting food, setting up the TV, etc. Of course, I need to get back to school, so I leave her at 12:15 and walk back. Warning all my teachers that I might need to leave at the drop of a hat (or cell phone call), I sit through 2 periods. Sure would have liked to miss that chem quiz though...
Anyways, after school I come straight home, sit on the bed with her, etc. Our great friend Julie came over (Julie, thank you SO SO much, I could never have done it without you) and stayed straight from about 8 or 9PM, and is currently still with my mom, wherever she is.
Now then, I go to bed at 11:30, knowing that I have to get up early for band. I go to sleep pretty easily, but then at 4:30 Julie wakes me up telling me that the EMS is going to be here in a few minutes. I get up, put yesterdays clothes on, and then they're here. I don't even have a chance to see her before they do.
3 EMS guys come in, do whatever stuff they do, then give her a 2.5mg dose of morphine. My mom is really unsure at this point because of the long wait times at the hospital, but knows that as soon as she gets the drugs, she has to go. After the morphine kicks in, she's able to sit up on the bed (slowly, and still with much pain). A second 2.5mg dose and they get her into a chair, carry her down the stairs, and get her on the stretcher. She's really nervous still, but I'm getting a bunch of her stuff together (blanket, clothes, toothbrush). Pretty much by the time I turned around, she was out the door, the ambulance doors were closed, and they were slowly pulling away (and I'm starting to water up again). So really, I didn't get to say goodbye. I know it shouldn't matter, but it's something so viciously important to us, even though people know we love them, if you don't say it, you just feel so bad about it.
Anyways, she's probably at the hospital right now, Julie followed behind them with the stuff (and her baby too!), and she's going to call me at about 7:30 to let me know how it's going.

So that's where it's at right now, I'm going to go try to get some more rest, skip band, and then hopefully I won't have to miss too much class. Please pray for me and my mom (and my dad and sister too).

I'll post updates as I become aware of them.