Thursday, May 7, 2015

Mom in ICU

What a month this has been!! My brother was trying to figure out what we needed to do today to get our mom more care but that pretty much got taken out of our hands! She hasn't been eating well at all, barely any really, and not drinking water for the most part, just juice. (Thus why we were seeking extra care since she wasn't listening to us!!) She is VERY weak as a result and her heart is very weak as well. There's quite a list of things that are issues. Her blood pressure wasn't registering when the EMT's tried to take it. Turns out it was somewhere around 60/30. My brother had to call 911 because she was too weak to get out of the chair to go to the hospital and they couldn't get her out either. Her blood count is low due to too thin of blood causing internal bleeding, high potassium, deydration, trouble breathing due to the weak heart. So the potassium is good now, she's sedated and on a ventilator tonight while they stablize everything. We're not sure how long she'll be in the hospital but then she'll most likely go to a care facility from there.

It's only the 8th and I'm ready for the month to be done!!

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