Hello everyone
Quite an urgent situation this time - and it never ends, does it ! The minute one thing gets sorted out and our stress levels dip a tiny bit then something else happens !
Our Mumm is back in hospital yet again - just came out a month ago - and had to go to EMI CH. CH is wonderful BUT after 2 days of total refusal of food and drink she had, we think, a TIA.
(left with weak left side)
Last night very junior doc asked if we knew she was suffering from malnutrition and dehydration and was doubly incontinent and refuses to open her eyes, speech is garbled etc. DUH - yes - we've been living with it for two years ! Blood tests show something but he's not sure what. SO THEY GAVE HER AN ENEMA ! By the time we arrived to visit she'd been without any food or drink for 24 hours - she gulped down a carton of Ensure Plus and a whole sippy cup of water with spectacular results !
( could have been the enema but also the severe diarrhoea they released her with a month ago and has never really cleared )
Staff nurse was quite pushy and gave us choice of catheter (why ?) and naso gastric tube or PEG. said no to all 3 and made to feel like mass murderers ! We also had the old chestnut - of course it my be a UTI but as she's incontinent we can't get a sample !
Visited again tonite to find chart saying she had weetabix for breakfast, two sandwiches for lunch etc - all this while lying flat on her back !!! Her nurse then said she hadn't woken all day !! Hubby and I sat quietly while the evening meal trolley passed by, sat another 15 minutes just to make sure and then asked what Mum was having "Oh- we forgot to order her anything !!!" So this time we fed her two Ensure cartons and half a tub of ice cream - again with spectacular results !
Now saying potassium is low - well it would be as hospital took her off her supplement last visit - and get this - no reminyl or fludrocortisone given for last two days since she arrived as ward are out of stock !
We're going to try to see her consultant tomorrow - but failing this and with no treatment being offered or food or drink to speak of, can we just take her home (and it will be TO a place of safety - the CH - and away from the risk factor - the hospital)
Advice/opinions/willing fists/ sedatives (for me) sought yet again.
regards & apologies pals for yet another ranting session
Germain
Quite an urgent situation this time - and it never ends, does it ! The minute one thing gets sorted out and our stress levels dip a tiny bit then something else happens !
Our Mumm is back in hospital yet again - just came out a month ago - and had to go to EMI CH. CH is wonderful BUT after 2 days of total refusal of food and drink she had, we think, a TIA.
(left with weak left side)
Last night very junior doc asked if we knew she was suffering from malnutrition and dehydration and was doubly incontinent and refuses to open her eyes, speech is garbled etc. DUH - yes - we've been living with it for two years ! Blood tests show something but he's not sure what. SO THEY GAVE HER AN ENEMA ! By the time we arrived to visit she'd been without any food or drink for 24 hours - she gulped down a carton of Ensure Plus and a whole sippy cup of water with spectacular results !
( could have been the enema but also the severe diarrhoea they released her with a month ago and has never really cleared )
Staff nurse was quite pushy and gave us choice of catheter (why ?) and naso gastric tube or PEG. said no to all 3 and made to feel like mass murderers ! We also had the old chestnut - of course it my be a UTI but as she's incontinent we can't get a sample !
Visited again tonite to find chart saying she had weetabix for breakfast, two sandwiches for lunch etc - all this while lying flat on her back !!! Her nurse then said she hadn't woken all day !! Hubby and I sat quietly while the evening meal trolley passed by, sat another 15 minutes just to make sure and then asked what Mum was having "Oh- we forgot to order her anything !!!" So this time we fed her two Ensure cartons and half a tub of ice cream - again with spectacular results !
Now saying potassium is low - well it would be as hospital took her off her supplement last visit - and get this - no reminyl or fludrocortisone given for last two days since she arrived as ward are out of stock !
We're going to try to see her consultant tomorrow - but failing this and with no treatment being offered or food or drink to speak of, can we just take her home (and it will be TO a place of safety - the CH - and away from the risk factor - the hospital)
Advice/opinions/willing fists/ sedatives (for me) sought yet again.
regards & apologies pals for yet another ranting session
Germain