The Christmas That Wasn't
Was there a holiday? The only way I could tell was the fact that everything was closed. And there was ice covering all of the roads I drove on. Other than that, I couldn't tell. 1:30 am on Christmas Eve, Mom was back in the hospital because she is a diabetic and her blood sugar was 544 and she was starting to get dehydrated again. How did it get that high?! She barely eats! She was constantly drinking something so I don't know how she was dehydrated. I cannot tell you how frustrating it is for her and really everyone.
So since then it has been another round of hospitalization. She might get out tomorrow. Maybe. Her sugars have been high and they had her on an insulin drip along with subcutaneous insulin shots till last night. Now she is just on the shots, but it keeps bouncing around from low 200's to low 300's. In a perfect world her sugars should be around 120. I really don't know what is going on and how long this is going to be, because I doubt they will let her out till they get lower than what they are running. Poor Mom. Her fingers look like pincushions and they are so bruised and sore.
They are also talking about doing things carefully so her acute kidney failure doesn't come back, but they never explained what was going on so we are once again in the dark.
I'm on my way back to the hospital, bearing unsweet iced tea and a positive attitude (even if it is getting increasingly harder to put on a smile). I hope they can get things straightened out so there will not be a third hospital trip after this. She is getting depressed about the whole situation and a third time would be devastating for her.
I hope everyone had a great holiday and got everything they wanted and more. You all deserve it.
So since then it has been another round of hospitalization. She might get out tomorrow. Maybe. Her sugars have been high and they had her on an insulin drip along with subcutaneous insulin shots till last night. Now she is just on the shots, but it keeps bouncing around from low 200's to low 300's. In a perfect world her sugars should be around 120. I really don't know what is going on and how long this is going to be, because I doubt they will let her out till they get lower than what they are running. Poor Mom. Her fingers look like pincushions and they are so bruised and sore.
They are also talking about doing things carefully so her acute kidney failure doesn't come back, but they never explained what was going on so we are once again in the dark.
I'm on my way back to the hospital, bearing unsweet iced tea and a positive attitude (even if it is getting increasingly harder to put on a smile). I hope they can get things straightened out so there will not be a third hospital trip after this. She is getting depressed about the whole situation and a third time would be devastating for her.
I hope everyone had a great holiday and got everything they wanted and more. You all deserve it.