Sorry, if anyone has experience, could I please be told to suck it up and cope or do something.
My husband fell in the house on Friday, he is mid stage Alz. We went down to the local minor injuries unit and the on call doctor said he has a cracked or fractured rib. He also has a UTI, which she took him off the antibiotics he had been taking and gave him another one. To cut a long story short, he fell again, now cannot get up, legs give way if he gets that far - usually screams in pain from rib before that. He hasn't eaten since yesterday afternoon, is refusing anything liquid for the past 15 hours, hasn't urinated in about 12 hours, is now refusing all pain, UTI and regular medication.
The ambulance crew told me, he's 87 you can't expect miracles, a rib is a bad break. They said that as he had gotten up, the hospital wouldn't keep him and it would be really stressful with his dementia. I'm more concerned about all the other stuff. Any suggestions?
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My husband fell in the house on Friday, he is mid stage Alz. We went down to the local minor injuries unit and the on call doctor said he has a cracked or fractured rib. He also has a UTI, which she took him off the antibiotics he had been taking and gave him another one. To cut a long story short, he fell again, now cannot get up, legs give way if he gets that far - usually screams in pain from rib before that. He hasn't eaten since yesterday afternoon, is refusing anything liquid for the past 15 hours, hasn't urinated in about 12 hours, is now refusing all pain, UTI and regular medication.
The ambulance crew told me, he's 87 you can't expect miracles, a rib is a bad break. They said that as he had gotten up, the hospital wouldn't keep him and it would be really stressful with his dementia. I'm more concerned about all the other stuff. Any suggestions?
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