Mom's blood count before she left for Florida the first weekend in January was down to 9. She figured by the time she got to Florida she would have to have blood added, but when she had it checked down there, it was up to 12. They don't usually add blood until it is down to 7.

My mother's kidneys are functioning at 12%. She should be on dialysis, but refuses so far saying she feels fine. She won't listen, but it's her life....I'm not going to spend it arguing with her.

Thanks Gayle for the info. I do believe my grandpas blood is building up somewhere like in the stomach area. I think the build up of blood is what caused his diverticulitis & the recent throwing up of blood.

Janet I'm so sorry you're mom won't listen to you. These older people can be a bit stubborn & not what to listen to anyone. I don't see why she wouldn't want dialysis, I know it's a bit of a time consuming process, but if it would make her feel better why not try it.

Grandpa seemed pretty good yesterday, but I honestly believe he's not long for this world. I think he's ready to go home & be with my grandma.

She says she doesn't feel bad so until she does she's not doing it. We've all tried to tell her that by the time she starts feeling bad....it probably won't help her much. But she's not a crazy out of her mind person....so we figure she knows the facts and it's her life.

Yes, that could be why he was throwing up blood OR his diverticulitis could be causing the bleeding - but you can usually find that in the poop samples. Puzzling.

I guess they are going to go ahead & do surgery on my grandpas arm. The break is actual worse now that it was a week ago. The pieces have moved farther apart. My g-pa doesn't seem super thrilled about the surgery, but everyone thinks that it will have a hard time healing without the surgery. My g-pa is willing to do anything that will lessen his pain. Please say prayers that the surgery gets scheduled soon & that all goes well & it reduces his pain.

I hope his surgery goes well and that the pain subsides quickly. Bless his heart!

My friend ended up having to have surgery on her arm for the same type of break. They kept saying it would heal on its own, but it did not and it was very very painful for her. The arm healed well after surgery. I hope it is successful and that your grandpa can get some relief!

Your poor grandfather...having to go through the pain for this long. I hope they can get it scheduled soon so he can start healing and the pain will cease.

The surgery is scheduled for tomorrow at 4.

Thanks for letting us know. I hope everything goes well!

I'm so sorry that your Grandpa is still in pain. Hopefully the surgery will help it heal faster. I'll say a prayer for your Grandpa.

The surgery has been pushed back until tuesday morning. The antistesiologist (sp) was not happy with the equipment at our small town hospital. With a person my grandpas age he wanted some monitor that monitors blood flow so they can see a clot or what not quicker. Our hospital doesn't have this so he's been tranferred to a bigger hospital & will have the surgery on tuesday. I guess he was in massive pain yesterday. Please prayer that he gets some form of pain relief soon.

Today is pretty crappy
 

Will be praying.

Saying a prayer.

I will be praying for him.