Ah, never mind my Stroke, my little mum died today at lunchtime. It was an absolute shock. No warning at all. She had fallen in the early hours, no major injury from that, but staff noted her shallow and rattly breathing, so called the paremedics. They suggested a chest infection and she should be hospitalised but the Care Home were concerned that if she were tranferred to hospital without supervision she would be off the trolley and disappearing down the corridor, so they asked me to visit and called the GP.
So hubby and I went to the Home, me being unable to drive cos of this stupid Stroke, and mum was clearly ill. Face as white as a sheet, clearly unwell in herself and this dreaful rasping chest.
By 1 p.m. no doctor had arrived, so they took mum downstairs to have some lunch. The rest is history. I don't know exactly what happened, staff have tried to tell me but were distressed. For whatever reason mum's heart stopped, there was no breathing and no pulse. The staff administered first aid and the paramedics arrived within minutes. They tried for an hour to resucitate mum to no aviail, but they would not tell me that until a doctor declared mum dead. We followed the ambulance to the A and E unit where I think she was dead on arrival.
I am not unhappy about it at all, just shocked at the suddenness of it. She was an old lady with an unpleasant future ahead of her had she lived longer. She never really recovered from the death of my dad in 2004.
I'd like her to have lived longer, if happy, but she wasn't happy, she was okay at best. I am still in shock. Comments appreciated.
Love
Margaret
So hubby and I went to the Home, me being unable to drive cos of this stupid Stroke, and mum was clearly ill. Face as white as a sheet, clearly unwell in herself and this dreaful rasping chest.
By 1 p.m. no doctor had arrived, so they took mum downstairs to have some lunch. The rest is history. I don't know exactly what happened, staff have tried to tell me but were distressed. For whatever reason mum's heart stopped, there was no breathing and no pulse. The staff administered first aid and the paramedics arrived within minutes. They tried for an hour to resucitate mum to no aviail, but they would not tell me that until a doctor declared mum dead. We followed the ambulance to the A and E unit where I think she was dead on arrival.
I am not unhappy about it at all, just shocked at the suddenness of it. She was an old lady with an unpleasant future ahead of her had she lived longer. She never really recovered from the death of my dad in 2004.
I'd like her to have lived longer, if happy, but she wasn't happy, she was okay at best. I am still in shock. Comments appreciated.
Love
Margaret
