Mum had a fall the other week and basically fell "face first"
she previously had been shuffling. I beleive her spatial awareness has deteriorated significantly.
mum has been very agitated and was being given anti-pshycotics and anti depressive meds. they have discontinued aricept.
due to the fall she had a brief visit at hospital and had a few stiches ....she has a huge lump on her forehead and 2 black eyes.
mum had previously been mobile,verbal and eating well.(but with mod-severe dementia)
got a call at 6.15 am this morning(sunday) from the NH to say she was
"not responding neurologically" and that she was being transferred to hospital.
She is suddenly no longer swallowing, non verbal and has no urine output.
Therefore the hospital did blood tests, tested for a UTI, and did a CT.
CT showed brain atrophy, no stroke. no UTI
they think it is some kind of infection
Hospital put her on a sedative, and as she ripped out her first IV, they shackled her to the bed. So she is now shackled with an IV and catheter and showing obvious signs of distress. she was fighting the shackles trying to remove the cathetar
they still dont know what is wrong
I know that she would have EVENTUALLY had trouble speaking and swallowing but I always thought it would be a gradual deterioration
she cannot speak but from her moans etc i requested pain killers as they had not authorised any
I have already decided no peg feeding should it come to that, but if she cannot or will not swallow a drink, how can I allow them to shackle her for the IV??
I know that you can survive a lot longer without food than drink
i think that what I am asking is what is the difference between forced peg feeding and forced IV fluids?
watching her fight the shackles highly distressed was ABSOLUTE torture...
I just dont want her to suffer.
(if i had a thesaurus i would find another word for distressed)
BTW...I have medical POA
Please reply to the best of your knowledge
Please help me help my mum (71 years)
kind regards,
Jo
she previously had been shuffling. I beleive her spatial awareness has deteriorated significantly.
mum has been very agitated and was being given anti-pshycotics and anti depressive meds. they have discontinued aricept.
due to the fall she had a brief visit at hospital and had a few stiches ....she has a huge lump on her forehead and 2 black eyes.
mum had previously been mobile,verbal and eating well.(but with mod-severe dementia)
got a call at 6.15 am this morning(sunday) from the NH to say she was
"not responding neurologically" and that she was being transferred to hospital.
She is suddenly no longer swallowing, non verbal and has no urine output.
Therefore the hospital did blood tests, tested for a UTI, and did a CT.
CT showed brain atrophy, no stroke. no UTI
they think it is some kind of infection
Hospital put her on a sedative, and as she ripped out her first IV, they shackled her to the bed. So she is now shackled with an IV and catheter and showing obvious signs of distress. she was fighting the shackles trying to remove the cathetar
they still dont know what is wrong
I know that she would have EVENTUALLY had trouble speaking and swallowing but I always thought it would be a gradual deterioration
she cannot speak but from her moans etc i requested pain killers as they had not authorised any
I have already decided no peg feeding should it come to that, but if she cannot or will not swallow a drink, how can I allow them to shackle her for the IV??
I know that you can survive a lot longer without food than drink
i think that what I am asking is what is the difference between forced peg feeding and forced IV fluids?
watching her fight the shackles highly distressed was ABSOLUTE torture...
I just dont want her to suffer.
(if i had a thesaurus i would find another word for distressed)
BTW...I have medical POA
Please reply to the best of your knowledge
Please help me help my mum (71 years)
kind regards,
Jo