Friday the Thriteenth... it was a good day
I have been very remiss at sitting at my computer long enough to let my friends know how things are. I apologize for that.
Easter Monday was a "family" meeting in my Mom's hospital room with my two brothers, my sister and Mom and I there plus five medical people ranging from the Charge Nurse, to her nurse of the day, social worker, discharge nurse, and ostomy care giver.
It was a good information meeting for us in that we all received the same info at the same time. I did not know that my Mom was not healing properly and thus they had decided to put her intervenus back in to give her some sort of fat emulsion.. .. we did not know that her electrolytes were so out of whack that they are feeling that was the cause for her confusion. Nice to know that is being addressed.... We learned that the medical team still consider her critical. We learned that she is on an antidepressant..did know that..
We know that it's going to take a long while to get her up and going.... We know that it could be an option for her to have a respite bed in a nursing home before going to her own house... So all in all, a good meeting. My younger brother was an ass for just part of the meeting... better than the whole thing like we were fearful of!
So this has been a good week for Mom. She has actually been up each day for a walk.... she still can't keep food down so to me there is something more going on and hopefully they will figure that one out. We do know she has a tumour or mass that will need to be removed but at the time of her first surgery she was too critical for them to take the time..... Lordy but to think she was admitted to the hospital on March 7th... she had her surgery March 15th.....
But for the first time we are feeling some optimisim about her condition.
I have come to terms with the fact that I can't be driving the ninety minutes to see her every day. I got run down and sick..So now I try to go two or three times a week which is plenty. My three siblings all live in the town where she is so they can pop in and out whenever.
The Big Guy was away from Monday til Thursday this week. I was so busy it seemed like I hardly had time to miss him. I finally got my housework caught up that has slid for this past month. Feel good about that.
So my friends, I am hanging in there, doing much better.... have a long road ahead with Mom but it seems less of a winding road somehow.
Easter Monday was a "family" meeting in my Mom's hospital room with my two brothers, my sister and Mom and I there plus five medical people ranging from the Charge Nurse, to her nurse of the day, social worker, discharge nurse, and ostomy care giver.
It was a good information meeting for us in that we all received the same info at the same time. I did not know that my Mom was not healing properly and thus they had decided to put her intervenus back in to give her some sort of fat emulsion.. .. we did not know that her electrolytes were so out of whack that they are feeling that was the cause for her confusion. Nice to know that is being addressed.... We learned that the medical team still consider her critical. We learned that she is on an antidepressant..did know that..
We know that it's going to take a long while to get her up and going.... We know that it could be an option for her to have a respite bed in a nursing home before going to her own house... So all in all, a good meeting. My younger brother was an ass for just part of the meeting... better than the whole thing like we were fearful of!
So this has been a good week for Mom. She has actually been up each day for a walk.... she still can't keep food down so to me there is something more going on and hopefully they will figure that one out. We do know she has a tumour or mass that will need to be removed but at the time of her first surgery she was too critical for them to take the time..... Lordy but to think she was admitted to the hospital on March 7th... she had her surgery March 15th.....
But for the first time we are feeling some optimisim about her condition.
I have come to terms with the fact that I can't be driving the ninety minutes to see her every day. I got run down and sick..So now I try to go two or three times a week which is plenty. My three siblings all live in the town where she is so they can pop in and out whenever.
The Big Guy was away from Monday til Thursday this week. I was so busy it seemed like I hardly had time to miss him. I finally got my housework caught up that has slid for this past month. Feel good about that.
So my friends, I am hanging in there, doing much better.... have a long road ahead with Mom but it seems less of a winding road somehow.