Mum now nearly 90 has lived with me and my husband for nearly three years. We have had up and downs and I have been, like so many of us, on a huge learning curve but today is again so different.
We are waiting for the results of the CT scan of her tummy which was done 4 weeks ago this coming Friday. I have chased for the results but to no avail. I now have a telephone appointment with the GP tomorrow afternoon.
My quandary is that Mum is not eating and I am barely able to get fluids into her and today she has gone back to bed, does not want to get up and did not want me to sit in with her which is something she has always wanted. For the first time she said she could not swallow her tablets but yet when coaxed she managed to take them.
She is obviously tired and listless because she is not taking in any calories to keep her going and also unsteady on her feet. There are no obvious signs of a UTI but I am getting at a loss to know what to do. How long can she go without taking in fluids and food before she will have to be taken to hospital which she will hate?
Anyone experienced anything similar please?
We are waiting for the results of the CT scan of her tummy which was done 4 weeks ago this coming Friday. I have chased for the results but to no avail. I now have a telephone appointment with the GP tomorrow afternoon.
My quandary is that Mum is not eating and I am barely able to get fluids into her and today she has gone back to bed, does not want to get up and did not want me to sit in with her which is something she has always wanted. For the first time she said she could not swallow her tablets but yet when coaxed she managed to take them.
She is obviously tired and listless because she is not taking in any calories to keep her going and also unsteady on her feet. There are no obvious signs of a UTI but I am getting at a loss to know what to do. How long can she go without taking in fluids and food before she will have to be taken to hospital which she will hate?
Anyone experienced anything similar please?