She's Back In The Hospital Again.

[Blueyes]

Just wondering how your mom is tonight....

[Janet]

The nuclear test they did showed abnormalities. They wanted to do a heart cath but Mom said no. Drs said it really wasn't safe considering her being on dialysis. She would rather try to manage it with meds.

I did bring her home yesterday, but she's weak.

[judy]

I guess you'll be running over there all the time? I hope she regains her strength and starts feeling good soon!

[paula1961]

I hope your Mom improves Janet! Is she with you or at her house? I'm so sorry she is so weak! Hopefully she will feel okay through the holiday. My thoughts and prayers are certainly with you and your family.

[Janet]

I brought Mom home and she was happy to be there and sleep in her own bed. She is weak though. Yesterday (Sat.) I spent the afternoon with her at her house. She keeps all her meds in a cabinet by the kitchen sink so I decided it was time to go through it. Good thing.....there were medicines OTC and prescription dating back to 1985. I brought a big bag of all the stuff we through out home to be destroyed. To tell you the truth...I was afraid to leave any of it because Mom just hates throwing anything out and I was afraid she would go through it and keep something.

She had two shelves in this cabinet full of meds. Now she doesn't even have enough to fill one shelf. We have her medicines all organized now. I also cleaned out 3 other cabinets for her and there was something on her kitchen ceiling that had splattered up there so I cleaned it off. Changed the sheets on her bed and stayed while she took a shower.

It was work, but I had a good time...Mom was being good...lol...and I enjoyed being with her.

Today..she wants me to take her to Wal Mart if she's strong enough (she can ride one of the scooters), but she would like to get a few groceries and some gift cards. Mom wasn't able to gift shop and well....neither was I. Hopefully she'll be fine and we can get her there and back without an incident of any kind.

I do need to bake a cake or buy one for Monday....my little boy is going to be 20 years old on Monday the 20th....I can't believe it. Someone's getting old and it sure isn't me....rofl!!!!

Thank you all for your prayers. I appreciate you all so much and really don't know what I'd do without you all.

[gja1000]

I"m glad to hear that things are going better. Did you get her to Walmart? Gary is having to ride in the little carts now at Walmart, etc. too. His asthma kicked up with all the construction and moving so he is not able to walk very far without being completely out of breath. I hope your mom was able to do some shopping. Doing normal activities will help her feel better!

[DianaB]

I'm glad to hear that your Mom is better and back home. I'm glad to hear that she's well enough to go to Walmart and ride the scooters. Hopefully you'll both find some time to do some shopping.

Ricky's going to be 20!!!! Wow!!! That's so hard to believe!!! They do grow so fast!!!!

[Janet]

We did make it to Wal Mart and she spent more than she has in a long time for groceries. She does really well on those scooters...only knocked over one display this time.....lol. It was a good day for her to get gift cards for everyone too. I felt bad for her because she usually buys gifts, but this year there just wasn't enough time and being in the hospital didn't help. I don't have anything bought for her yet or for Rick. I ordered Ricky a couple things, but that it for him too. Just doesn't seem like Christmas this year and I'm so not in the mood. Be glad when it's over.

[JJJ]

Janet I'm so happy to hear she's doing a little better. She sounds so very like my mom, not wanting to throw stuff out

I hope everything improves for the best.

[judy]

It sounds like she is behaving herself! I know you enjoy your time together when she is being good, so this is a nice Christmas present for you!

[gja1000]

Janet, I just read where your mom is back in the hospital again. I didn't know that! What happened?

[Janet]

I tried posting with my son's Ipod Touch when I was at the hospital, but obviously that didn't work..lol. Hope I didn't post it somewhere else on the forum and end up repeating myself.

My Mom always goes to my younger brother's house Christmas Eve and eats supper. They had pizza. At about 8:30, they brought her to my house because she always spends the night and wakes up with us to open presents. It took my brother and I both to get her into the house...she was just weak and shaky. She told me she had a BM at my brother's house and there was blood.

After an hour...she decided she would go ahead and go to bed. At about 10:30 I heard her calling me and she was having chest pains. She wanted a nitro pill because it frightened her of course, but then took a tums. The pain lessoned and we sat up and talked abit and then both lied down and went to sleep. I woke after about 30, minutes and went to sleep on the couch so I could hear her better than in my bed. She likes the bedroom really warm and I just can't take it.

I got up with her a few times so she could go to the bathroom and each time, it was a BM with blood. We stayed up since it was 5:30 and I fixed some cinnamon rolls. She had a roll, coffee and some juice. Mom was just so weak and couldn't walk or stand by herself so I told her I wasn't going to let her go to my older brother's house for dinner, but I was taking her to the ER instead. She wasn't happy but agreed.

I felt so bad for Mom and she was crying...saying "why me"...."why am I being punished?"

The GI Dr. came in this morning and said that they would be putting Mom on a liquid diet starting tomorrow at 6:30 and plan for a colonoscopy, but she still needed to be bleeding to know where the blood is coming from.

The heart Dr. came in and said that from her last stress test, there was damage and blockages. That we were not to worry about that now because they needed to get her bleeding stopped because it stresses the heart. Her heart enzymes are high, the EKG didn't show another heart attack of any kind, but the bleeding could be causing it to be high. As soon as they get the bleeding stopped, they will be doing an angio something/heart cath? But it was important to get the bleeding stopped first.

That is where we are now. Mom wanted me to spend the night, but I needed to get some laundry done so I told her I would be at the hospital tomorrow around noon and then possibly spend the night then.

I hope they can fix what is wrong....I'm exhausted. Been with Mom everyday for almost a week and a half and almost fell asleep at the wheel coming home from the hospital last night. I won't be driving that tired/sleepy ever again.

I would really appreciate you keeping Mom in your prayers.

[gja1000]

Oh Janet, I'm so sorry! I know you are exhausted, I've been there so many times with Gary. You just feel like you can't do anymore, yet you do! I'm so glad school is out this week so you don't have to drive the bus.

When they get the bleeding stopped, and they do the heart cath, I hope they can put in stents or control the heart things with medication. I'm not sure your mom can stand surgery.

Please get your brothers to help you, if they can do something to help. You just can't do it all yourself.

Keep us posted!

[Blueyes]

Oh Janet, you and your mom are having such a hard time. I hope they can get to the bottom of her problems soon. Don't worry about the heart cath, it's a pretty simple procedure. They will give her a pill to relax, then put a tiny line in the artery in her groin up to her heart and inject dye. It will show exactly how much blockage she has and where it is. If it's something they can open with a stent, they will do it right then. They use the same line they already have in there to place the stent. Mike has 11 stents

I hope they can easily pinpoint the bleeding. I'm sorry she feels so bad, and I know how hard it is for you to watch. Will pray for you both!

[JJJ]

Hoping to hear some good news but I guess not

I do hope she feels better soon. Sending lots of positive energy.