Hello all,
As some of you may know, from my previous posts - our Mum has been in hospital for about 3 weeks now and its been a real roller-coaster.
After finally persuading the staff that her dramatic decline was not just "how Alzheimers is" she was started on strong antibiotics for chest infection and UTI.
After about 48 hours there was a very marked improvement but now 5 days in with the antibiotics she's gone downhill again - refuses to open her eyes - speech is totally garbled etc.
We're at the stage now of just waiting for a bed in the rehab ward of our local community hospital BUT for the last two days she's had quite bad diarrhoea !
Could be just the antibiotics but if it isn't we're a bit worried.
I'm bringing home large amounts of heavily soiled pyjamas to soak and wash - and by the time I get home from the visits the soiling is dried on and takes a lot of "moving" - sorry bad choice of words there I think.
Will I be spreading infections at home if she has caught a hospital bug ?
Am using Napisan and very hot water at the moment but is there anything else I should be using or that others can recommend ?
(think washing machine will be going to the great white goods store in the sky very soon)
Any advice appreciated
Thanks
Germain
As some of you may know, from my previous posts - our Mum has been in hospital for about 3 weeks now and its been a real roller-coaster.
After finally persuading the staff that her dramatic decline was not just "how Alzheimers is" she was started on strong antibiotics for chest infection and UTI.
After about 48 hours there was a very marked improvement but now 5 days in with the antibiotics she's gone downhill again - refuses to open her eyes - speech is totally garbled etc.
We're at the stage now of just waiting for a bed in the rehab ward of our local community hospital BUT for the last two days she's had quite bad diarrhoea !
Could be just the antibiotics but if it isn't we're a bit worried.
I'm bringing home large amounts of heavily soiled pyjamas to soak and wash - and by the time I get home from the visits the soiling is dried on and takes a lot of "moving" - sorry bad choice of words there I think.
Will I be spreading infections at home if she has caught a hospital bug ?
Am using Napisan and very hot water at the moment but is there anything else I should be using or that others can recommend ?
(think washing machine will be going to the great white goods store in the sky very soon)
Any advice appreciated
Thanks
Germain