Hi Guys,
A quick run down, of things.
My Mum got diagnosed with AD in the middle of 03 when she was 54. She followed the symptoms almost to the letter. we experienced the decline as was expected. until the middle of may this year when she had what could only be described as a fit. So we moved the bed from the pare room downstairs to the dinning room.
Me and my Dad struggled on until the 3rd of July when she was put into a specialised ward until we could find a nursing home. she was in the hospital for about 4/5 weeks. In the middle of Aug we got her into the nursing home she was only in a few days and she got pneumonia. When I saw her in the resuscitation room of the hospital I thought it was game over. She was on a respirator and a saline drip and a heart monitor. Anyway over the next few weeks the doctors and nurses did what they could and got rid of the infection, but she was having difficulty swallowing and her speech had become limited two one word. After she had gotten over the pneumonia she was put back into the nursing home.
After a couple of days she was then put back into hospital because she now has a water infection. She is on nil by mouth they have taken her off the saline drip and the palliative care team are going to giver her Diamorphine.
So this will probably be the end in a few days now that she can't do anything for herself and now that the docs have taken he off the Saline.
I will say thanks for your support and help over the years, and when my Mum does finally give in to this horrible disease, I hope I never encounter it ever again.
A quick run down, of things.
My Mum got diagnosed with AD in the middle of 03 when she was 54. She followed the symptoms almost to the letter. we experienced the decline as was expected. until the middle of may this year when she had what could only be described as a fit. So we moved the bed from the pare room downstairs to the dinning room.
Me and my Dad struggled on until the 3rd of July when she was put into a specialised ward until we could find a nursing home. she was in the hospital for about 4/5 weeks. In the middle of Aug we got her into the nursing home she was only in a few days and she got pneumonia. When I saw her in the resuscitation room of the hospital I thought it was game over. She was on a respirator and a saline drip and a heart monitor. Anyway over the next few weeks the doctors and nurses did what they could and got rid of the infection, but she was having difficulty swallowing and her speech had become limited two one word. After she had gotten over the pneumonia she was put back into the nursing home.
After a couple of days she was then put back into hospital because she now has a water infection. She is on nil by mouth they have taken her off the saline drip and the palliative care team are going to giver her Diamorphine.
So this will probably be the end in a few days now that she can't do anything for herself and now that the docs have taken he off the Saline.
I will say thanks for your support and help over the years, and when my Mum does finally give in to this horrible disease, I hope I never encounter it ever again.
