Never in your life as a child can you imagine a day without your mother. Our mother, Elivira Naser, has been battling heart failure since the time we could remember. At 71, her body no longer is able to handle the stresses that the illness brings to the body. 

These recent couple of months, her doctor visits have become more frequent, her emergency visits have extended to longer stays in the hospital.....And now, resulting from this, her life has now become shorter.

Thanksgiving Day, our mother had decided to stay home due to her poor health condition. Early the next morning, our mother requested to be taken to the hospital due to her water retention accumulation levels (see below information on congestive heart failure).  This time, the news we received in regard to this hospital visit was not expected. Since her body was accumulating more fluid than normal, they treated her with a stronger version of Bumix via IV treatment. Usually this method works and my mother can go home... However... this time there would be news that would change everyones life.

Our mothers care team let us know that at this point in her life and severity of her condition that the congestive heart failure was beginning to win the race. They estimated her life expectancy to be 6 months. The options were a) remain in the hospital until the end or b) go home via hospice care and ascend to the heavens in the comfort of her home. Accepting of this fate, our mother chose to be released to hospice care.  (Hospice care is end-of-life care. A team of health care professionals and volunteers provides it. They give medical, psychological, and spiritual support. The goal of the care is to help people who are dying have peace, comfort, and dignity.)

A couple days later, hospice care/palliative care team entered into our room to discuss her life wishes and informed us on even more devastating news. Our mothers body was much worse then they assumed. The IV medication was not working to drain the fluid from her body to where they expected her to pass between 3-7 days when coming home. No amount of medication would be able to get her feeling better, the swelling of her feet and abdomen would continue to increase and eventually cause her heart to stop.

Our mother has now been released from the hospital since Wednesday, November 30th. The entire family did not expect such tragic news... How would we have known the doctors to predict this?? We are not able to afford many of necessary expenses to cover the in-home care and funeral expenses. 

We are reaching out to everyone to help aid us in the time of need. The help will cover the current in-home care being provided as she begins to transition into the final stage of her life... As well as the funeral expenses that have quatrupled in price. To see our mother rest her head comfortably during these times and in complete rest would touch us dearly. 

Family, friends, and all those else who read this.. We thank you in advance for the blessing you can give...

Until the day she rest, we will work hard to give her the best quality of life that is possible.. 

An amazing wife, mother, sister, friend... her story will be told to the world once it is complete. We are letting Gods will be done...  


Congestive Heart Failure: Heart failure is an illness in which the pumping action of the heart becomes less and less powerful. When this happens, blood does not move efficiently through the circulatory system and starts to back up, increasing the pressure in the blood vessels and forcing fluid from the blood vessels into body tissues. When the left side of the heart (left ventricle) starts to fail, fluid collects in the lungs (edema). This extra fluid in the lungs (pulmonary congestion) makes it more difficult for the airways to expand as a person inhales. Breathing becomes more difficult and the person may feel short of breath, particularly with activity or when lying down.
When the right side of the heart (right ventricle) starts to fail, fluid begins to collect in the feet and lower legs. Puffy leg swelling (edema) is a sign of right heart failure, especially if the edema is pitting edema. With pitting edema, a finger pressed on the swollen leg leaves an imprint. Non-pitting edema is not caused by heart failure. As the right heart failure worsens, the upper legs swell and eventually the abdomen collects fluid (ascites). Weight gain accompanies the fluid retention and is a reliable measure of how much fluid is being retained.