*takes another Prozac*
*twitches*
My stress level is at an all time high and who knows when it's going to get better.
*takes a deep, calming breath*
I had to take my Mother to the hospital tonight and they ended up admitting her. I came home briefly to eat dinner and take something for a massive headache (yes, another headache...I will call the doctor tomorrow), since my Mother was in the process of an Albuterol treatment via nebulizer...that she had to take for an entire HOUR!!! So I came home and just ended up calling Jamie (thefieryredhead) and told her what was going on.
Let me back track...once I got her to the hospital, it was about 30 minutes before I got in to see her. By the time I was allowed in to see her, she had an IV in, a foley catheter, had a chest x-ray, medications via her IV: pain medication and Lasix and had also received one breathing treatment...all before I got in to see her. She has massive, excessive retained water/fluids in her legs, fluid in her lungs, she was also barely moving any air in her lungs.
Move forward to when I called the hospital from home to see how she was doing. I spoke to her nurse, who was barely able to tell me much because of patient confidentiality and also because she barely could speak English. LOL...sorry, I find that a bit humorous in all this stress. She then sounded really relieved, because the doctor came and wanted to talk to me. I spoke to him and he told me about the retained fluid, the fluid in her lungs and then he mentioned the scarier stuff...like Congestive Heart Failure and the fact that her cardiac enzymes were borderline and he wanted to monitor them for at least 24 hours to be on the safe side.
*blinks and shakes head*
So...now I have to worry about her possibly having had another heart attack and how long it will take her to recover from all of this. I don't want to even think about her not recovering from this. I love my Mom and I'm not ready for her to pass away...not that I have a say in the matter. I realize that she will pass away one day, but she's all I have left of my side of the family, since my Dad died when I was 14. As Jamie has pointed out to me, I am very spoiled and lucky that my Mom lives with us and that she watches the kids for me as much as she does. I truly am deeply grateful and appreciative of all that she does for me and my family. My kids love her so much, as do I. I can't speak for Tony.
I realize, it could always be worse than it is, so I'm going to simply stay as positive as I can while trying to hold my frayed nerves together. I am exhausted beyond belief, I'm still having these terrible headaches and now *moves from side to side and grimaces* now my ass hurts from sitting on the floor while typing this entry out. I guess I had to take the time to write it down now, before tomorrow and all its craziness explode. My stomach is very upset too and I'm afraid that dinner is not going to be staying with me long.
I'm off to bed for now...I'll make updates when I get time. Please pray for my Mother and my family...we need all the help we can get. I just need to hold it together.
My stress level is at an all time high and who knows when it's going to get better.
*takes a deep, calming breath*
I had to take my Mother to the hospital tonight and they ended up admitting her. I came home briefly to eat dinner and take something for a massive headache (yes, another headache...I will call the doctor tomorrow), since my Mother was in the process of an Albuterol treatment via nebulizer...that she had to take for an entire HOUR!!! So I came home and just ended up calling Jamie (thefieryredhead) and told her what was going on.
Let me back track...once I got her to the hospital, it was about 30 minutes before I got in to see her. By the time I was allowed in to see her, she had an IV in, a foley catheter, had a chest x-ray, medications via her IV: pain medication and Lasix and had also received one breathing treatment...all before I got in to see her. She has massive, excessive retained water/fluids in her legs, fluid in her lungs, she was also barely moving any air in her lungs.
Move forward to when I called the hospital from home to see how she was doing. I spoke to her nurse, who was barely able to tell me much because of patient confidentiality and also because she barely could speak English. LOL...sorry, I find that a bit humorous in all this stress. She then sounded really relieved, because the doctor came and wanted to talk to me. I spoke to him and he told me about the retained fluid, the fluid in her lungs and then he mentioned the scarier stuff...like Congestive Heart Failure and the fact that her cardiac enzymes were borderline and he wanted to monitor them for at least 24 hours to be on the safe side.
*blinks and shakes head*
So...now I have to worry about her possibly having had another heart attack and how long it will take her to recover from all of this. I don't want to even think about her not recovering from this. I love my Mom and I'm not ready for her to pass away...not that I have a say in the matter. I realize that she will pass away one day, but she's all I have left of my side of the family, since my Dad died when I was 14. As Jamie has pointed out to me, I am very spoiled and lucky that my Mom lives with us and that she watches the kids for me as much as she does. I truly am deeply grateful and appreciative of all that she does for me and my family. My kids love her so much, as do I. I can't speak for Tony.
I realize, it could always be worse than it is, so I'm going to simply stay as positive as I can while trying to hold my frayed nerves together. I am exhausted beyond belief, I'm still having these terrible headaches and now *moves from side to side and grimaces* now my ass hurts from sitting on the floor while typing this entry out. I guess I had to take the time to write it down now, before tomorrow and all its craziness explode. My stomach is very upset too and I'm afraid that dinner is not going to be staying with me long.
I'm off to bed for now...I'll make updates when I get time. Please pray for my Mother and my family...we need all the help we can get. I just need to hold it together.