Jun 25, 2009 22:35
My great aunt has been in the hospital since last Thursday. After her hospital stay, they will transport her to a nursing home with rehab services. 1 or 2 weeks after they will evaluate her and we will all decide about possible(most likely)permanent nursing home care. She's 82 1/2 yrs old and this is no surprise. They had her in isolation for a few days testing for tb-today we found out NO tb-YEAH!!!!! She does have a bacterial infection in her lungs that will be there for the rest of her life(has been there for about 3yrs now), she also has chronic bronchitis-which they are treating and she is responding well too. In the very recent time she has become alarmingly thin and frail. She is unable to walk by herself-she has had a walker for a while now, but she needs help now to stand up and to get to the walker and someone to help hold her up while there. She has a few other things which are secondary at the moment but are being looked at as well.
Loves