The last few days have been an emotional roller coaster, having been admitted to hospital Tues, slurred speech, dysphasia etc, Mum took a turn for the worst and virtually disappeared in front of our eyes Weds evening, we were then advised that likely cause Aspiration Pneumonia brought on by difficulty in swallowing and she has also lost the cough reflex although at times she can cough, other times nothing.
Mum was discharged back to NH last night, with diagnosis of aspiration pneumonia and progression of VD - she is so tired and although on antibiotics, she cannot move any rubbish by coughing and this is upsetting her. At the moment she is such a frail lady, can do little for herself as she is so weak and a fall risk.
We know she is scared but doesn't understand what's happening to her and we don't know how to respond - will she get better, will her swallow and cough reflex return and why has this come on so suddenly, we saw her Thurs last week and by Monday she was so unwell.
Mum has the classic signs - holding foods/liquid in her mouth, pulling faces when she puts food in her mouth and forgetting to swallow and like I say, can't cough, just makes a strange noise when she tries - what does diagnosis of "progression of VD" mean - at the hospital when I asked - they just said her current state of health is all part of the disease - so what can we expect next?
Mum was discharged back to NH last night, with diagnosis of aspiration pneumonia and progression of VD - she is so tired and although on antibiotics, she cannot move any rubbish by coughing and this is upsetting her. At the moment she is such a frail lady, can do little for herself as she is so weak and a fall risk.
We know she is scared but doesn't understand what's happening to her and we don't know how to respond - will she get better, will her swallow and cough reflex return and why has this come on so suddenly, we saw her Thurs last week and by Monday she was so unwell.
Mum has the classic signs - holding foods/liquid in her mouth, pulling faces when she puts food in her mouth and forgetting to swallow and like I say, can't cough, just makes a strange noise when she tries - what does diagnosis of "progression of VD" mean - at the hospital when I asked - they just said her current state of health is all part of the disease - so what can we expect next?