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I know my family has terrible luck sometimes but with these past two weeks, it's getting out of hand. We've spent much of the past ten days in ICU. My grandmother suddenly became severely ill and had to be put on a ventilator. As of today, the outlook seems pretty grim. Yet even though I've been visiting her everyday I think the reality of the situation has yet to hit home. Perhaps I'm retaining some denial?
She was responding quite well to treatment initially, so last Wednesday they removed the ventilator and the NG Tube. The latter was a poor choice on the doctor's part, as she wasn't even able to swallow let alone be able to eat. By Saturday night she could no longer breath on her own, so it was back to ICU and the ventilator again. The worst part was, I expected this. Park Ridge Hospital (or "Unity" as it's now named) has very professional and respectable employees but when it comes down to it, they are way understaffed. On some visits (including those lasting over three hours) not a single nurse came in to check her vitals. That's okay for some patients but for someone who just came off of life support? Unbelievable. My mom being an R.N. has been all too familiar with this reality, I still find it quite unsettling.
So who knows what tomorrow will bring. She did well with the ventilator the first time, and this time the sedation is lighter. Well, this is my feeble attempt at being optimistic.
She was responding quite well to treatment initially, so last Wednesday they removed the ventilator and the NG Tube. The latter was a poor choice on the doctor's part, as she wasn't even able to swallow let alone be able to eat. By Saturday night she could no longer breath on her own, so it was back to ICU and the ventilator again. The worst part was, I expected this. Park Ridge Hospital (or "Unity" as it's now named) has very professional and respectable employees but when it comes down to it, they are way understaffed. On some visits (including those lasting over three hours) not a single nurse came in to check her vitals. That's okay for some patients but for someone who just came off of life support? Unbelievable. My mom being an R.N. has been all too familiar with this reality, I still find it quite unsettling.
So who knows what tomorrow will bring. She did well with the ventilator the first time, and this time the sedation is lighter. Well, this is my feeble attempt at being optimistic.