and back again...

Sometimes I feel like we can't handle prosperity. Then, sometimes I feel like all things possible are not being done the way it should.

Mom went back to the hospital on Friday after being out 8 days. We saw her for a few minutes, but she was knocked out, so she didn't see us. We haven't been back yet today, but are getting ready to leave.

They are looking at a possible bowel obstruction. This resurrects unpleasant flashbacks, as that is what seemed to be the problem that Midland could never seem to address, and so here we are again with another round of bowel problems.

They had her calm (asleep, in fact), and without pain last night, so hopefully she's still resting well today. They had her in the emergency room and were getting ready to move her to a room after they did a "contrast" test (which takes 2 hours) and then a CAT scan. That was as of about 7:30 p.m. last night, so we'll see how she is today.

Out of the hospital!

Thursday was moving day- she was moved back to Vista Ridge Thursday afternoon.

Friday was a good day, but she complained of her weakness- I'm afraid she lost some motion and strength while she was in the hospital all that time. Otherwise, she's feeling good and ready to get back to work! She has been off oxygen for a while, but still taking some breathing treatments late at night (I'm not sure for what, but that looks like it happens a lot up there with a lot of respiratory patients).

Three or four more days....

maybe, in the hospital. This has been a little bit of a rough time.

She is still on oxygen and liquid diet only. She is still somewhat nauseated, and has some anxiety issues (again). They put the PICC line back in yesterday, so she was poked and punctured so much (her veins roll, so it is not easy to get those things going) that she was pretty much too nauseated to eat. We visited with her for quite a while last night, and she's frustrated that this is taking so long.

Add to the pneumonia a bladder and kidney infection, and it's just going to take some time.

Meanwhile, she's missing out on a lot of therapy, and that's frustrating, too.

Hopefully, by the middle of next week (at the latest), she'll be well enough to go back to Vista Ridge to her regular routine (including eating real food!).

She is moving around better, and they did put her in the shower pretty much alone yesterday (which was a horrowing experience for her), so she is at least maintaining some strength and not losing too much mobility and flexibility she had gained from therapy at Vista Ridge.

Back in the hospital...

We knew she had a touch of pneumonia late in the week, but didn't think it was too bad. However, they called Saturday morning about 11:00 and transported her to the Lewisville hospital. She was having stomach trouble-- couldn't keep anything down or inside her system. Nausea and diarrhea. Not a good combination...

And it hasn't gotten any better. We were there tonight for a few minutes: she was extremely uncomfortable, anxious/depressed (I probably would be, too), and nauseated. She had some soup and cranberry juice for supper, Dad said- it lasted less than 30 minutes.

She's feeling very poorly right now, and the doctors are not giving anyone a lot of info, which makes me think they either don't know exactly what it is or never have seen anyone to really tell them what's going on. I suspect a little of both.

Meanwhile, it seems like every time I post, something changes. So, I'm hoping by posting that she's in the hospital-- she'll turn right around, get better, and get back out before this thing is on for 24 hours.

Maybe I'll give it 48 hours...

Anyway, she's pretty sick right now. Hopefully, they'll give her something to calm her stomach, ease the diarrhea, and get her back on track to go back to the nursing home for therapy. I hate for her to fall behind.