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I am so glad your mother is off the ventilator and doing better! Know that we are all still thinking about her and you. 🙂
Thanks guys. Well, I’m exhausted. I’m going to bed, if you wish to make a bid go ahead, I’ll be back early in the morning, and I’ll email or PM everyone then. Have a good night 🙂
Sorry, guys that I haven’t gotten back to anyone yet today. I’m sending PMs and emails out now. If I miss you feel free to PM me. I’ve spent the day at work then at the hospital. They’ve taken Mom off of all of the medication that kept her blood pressure up and her heart beat regulated. She may not make it, but I have faith in her. I’ve come home to shoot off some emails and to get something to eat. I’ll be heading back to the hospital soon.
I have to leave a quick message. Sorry, I didn’t get a chance to mail out anybodies package yet. I promise I’ll remember to take them with me tomorrow to work.
Hi DM, I’m sure everyone is interested in how my mom is doing. Thank you for asking.
It’s a day to day thing. We are not sure what to expect or what will happen. This wed. we have a meeting with the doctor to discus some things. What, I haven’t been told. She is dying….? But, how long it’ll take is a mystery. She might last for a few years yet. I’m not sure how blunt or graphic to get. If you’d like specifics then feel free to poke me.
At this point she’s still in the hospital. Her blood pressure while low for most people is around normal for her. So, that’s good. Her leg is healing up (no more talk of amputation yay! at least not over the wound that wouldn’t heal) She has a bad habit of waking up at 3:00 am and being chatty or in one case walking around. One night they went to give her something (meds) and she wasn’t in bed. They found her wandering around looking for the shower. Then she tried to get out of bed again that same night. This time she fell. She’s not sure if she hurt herself or not in that fall (except for bruises) she’s lucky for sure. I have a sneaky suspicion that this meeting with the doctor is either about nursing care (nursing home probably) or about taking her off of her meds and leaving her in peace. We had a similar conversation with the doctors in the spring (about the meds at least). (We almost lost her then as well) In fact I think she was worse in the spring even though she wasn’t placed in ICU.
I feel bad since I haven’t visited her in awhile, I’ll be heading over today to visit. Even though I have a mile long to do list. I’ve been busy with a voluntary job online. I was accepted for it on Monday and I’ve been trying to help out with that and regular work. I’ve been too busy to visit. (Shame on me) I don’t know if she’ll remember what the date is tomorrow. But, tomorrow is the birthday of her mother. (While we don’t wish Grandma back we still get depressed over her birthday) Plus Tuesday is the anniversary of her brothers death…. (I hope she won’t remember!)
Hang in there Romeo! Making these decisions I know is hard, but I’m sure you and your family will do what’s best by her. I hope the next couple of days aren’t too hard, I know my mother-in-law always gets depressed this week of the year because it’s the anniversary of her deceased dad’s birthday, her brother being murdered and I think her deceased sister’s birthday. Rough couple of weeks where she is really emotionaly drained. We will light a couple extra Yahrzeit candles for your family that has passed away.
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