Mom Hasn't Been Well

[Janet]

I was really ready to get my house cleaned up so tomorrow I could bathe the dogs. The house is a mess. So I got a couple rooms done and then Mom called. She didn't sound good and said she was feeling weaker than yesterday and getting more out of breath, that yesterday she could walk through her house as long as she held onto something...today she couldn't even stand without her cane.

I called her Dr. and was told to get her back to the hospital. Took her back to the ER and some of the same nurses were there which made Mom more comfortable. Her hemoglobin was 8 somthing yesterday when we were at the ER and today it was down to 7. One of the Drs. did a rectal exam and it was bloody, so she was admitted and when I left...on her first unit of blood. They are going to give her 2 units. She's upset because she can't have anything to eat. She will harp on that to everyone who will come into her room. They will check the hemoglobin again tomorrow and if it's still low, they will do a scope.

When I left, my brother Jerry and his wife were there and were going to stay until they move her up to her room.

Another Dr. came in and asked if she had a Living Will and of course she doesn't. So he asked her what she would want done if her heart stopped or if she wanted life saving measures taken. She told him no....she was tired of medicine, dialysis and hospitals. He looked at me and I said that it was her life...she could do what she wants.

I'll be heading back to the hospital tomorrow.