Hi all
My mother came home on Friday.
Consultant said we may get a week or days with her.
They tried to treat her for a uti but didn't get a therapeutic dose of antibiotics into her as she kept refusing (she was taking them for family)
They tried iv tazocin which I understand is for a chest infection, even though she had no symptoms. Iv dislodged twice.
Developed cough & expectorating green phlegm before discharge but no further antibiotics given.
She is drinking small amounts, some days about 200ml Fortijuce, other days takes nothing. Hasn't eaten other than a mouthful, for a month.
Now a nasty, hacking cough is getting worse, I suspect a chest infection & it sounds awful. Would GP give antibiotics to keep her comfortable? Would it be right to ask?
So hard to watch my mother like this.
Sharon x
My mother came home on Friday.
Consultant said we may get a week or days with her.
They tried to treat her for a uti but didn't get a therapeutic dose of antibiotics into her as she kept refusing (she was taking them for family)
They tried iv tazocin which I understand is for a chest infection, even though she had no symptoms. Iv dislodged twice.
Developed cough & expectorating green phlegm before discharge but no further antibiotics given.
She is drinking small amounts, some days about 200ml Fortijuce, other days takes nothing. Hasn't eaten other than a mouthful, for a month.
Now a nasty, hacking cough is getting worse, I suspect a chest infection & it sounds awful. Would GP give antibiotics to keep her comfortable? Would it be right to ask?
So hard to watch my mother like this.
Sharon x