Mum has been really confused since last night, and i'm sort of at a loss as to what's wrong. Now before you all start screaming UTI at me, that was my first thought. I checked her urine last night and this morning (dip sticks coming in handy) she has some protein in her urine and leucocytes (just over a trace) or rather she did last night, today it's just a hint of protein so basically that's ok. Her temperature is normal, so no underlying fever although she does looked flush and you can have an infection without a fever.
So I called the duty Dr (not our own one) who said that i'm doing great and that mum is on antibiotics (from her supposedly chest infection from last Sunday, that never appeared) and if her temperature should go up or anything else happens to call them back. The Nurse came in and took some bloods, no glucose monitor so couldn't check her blood glucose (and I as yet don't have a monitor) to see if it was elevated.
So I have to basically yell to get mum to hear me (she still can't understand me, although I think the woman next door might be able to), you would think i'm 3 football pitches away from her, she is more jerky than normal and seems to be falling asleep every .2 of a second, but say to her she is falling asleep and she'll say 'no i'm watching that' (on tv), I ask her how can she watch anything with her eyes shut, no reply. She is on 2 quetiapene, Dr suggested I reduce it to 1, do I want the 'writing on the wall' episodes again, no.
Before I forget, we were in bed about 8.30pm last night, she got up twice to go to the toilet (never saw the commode), in-between she slept no problem, so I doubt she is tired.
Any suggestions as to what the problem may be?
So I called the duty Dr (not our own one) who said that i'm doing great and that mum is on antibiotics (from her supposedly chest infection from last Sunday, that never appeared) and if her temperature should go up or anything else happens to call them back. The Nurse came in and took some bloods, no glucose monitor so couldn't check her blood glucose (and I as yet don't have a monitor) to see if it was elevated.
So I have to basically yell to get mum to hear me (she still can't understand me, although I think the woman next door might be able to), you would think i'm 3 football pitches away from her, she is more jerky than normal and seems to be falling asleep every .2 of a second, but say to her she is falling asleep and she'll say 'no i'm watching that' (on tv), I ask her how can she watch anything with her eyes shut, no reply. She is on 2 quetiapene, Dr suggested I reduce it to 1, do I want the 'writing on the wall' episodes again, no.
Before I forget, we were in bed about 8.30pm last night, she got up twice to go to the toilet (never saw the commode), in-between she slept no problem, so I doubt she is tired.
Any suggestions as to what the problem may be?