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Wednesday report: Greetings this day before our nor'easter, Schmoo Family!
We've been in a flurry of preparations for my knee replacement...shopping for supplies, cooking (to the best of my ability), and cat health care (Fay Wray's drooling again--periodontal disease--trying to get her stable with vet's help). This is not our first rodeo so we know what to do; it's just a lot of work.
I also must report that my mother's health is critical. She transferred to a rehab facility to rebuild her leg strength after a nasty UTI/treatment at the hospital. It appears, though, that the UTI has created a rapid-onset delirium that's making her brain misfire. She's stopped eating and drinking and speaks in garbled tones. The doctor is trying to pull her out of it, but it doesn't look good. It's horrible how something like a UTI can do this kind of damage. Any prayers you can send up for her would be greatly appreciated.
To lighten the tension, I was reminiscing with my Dad about how Schmoo--who loved to smell ladies' hairspray--burrowed into my Mom's hair like a Tasmanian devil, rubbing, marking, poking and deeply inhaling. She had the caviar of hairsprays to him:
Thursday report: Friends, I want to thank you for your prayers. As it stands now, things are backsliding and it appears there is slender to no medical hope for my mother.
They transported her from the rehab/nursing facility back to the hospital last night. Apparently the UTI cleared but a break-off strain has settled in her colon. She's just wearing out, having battled diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, incontinence, dementia, chronic UTIs, chronic kidney disease and Afib for far too long.
Even if they clear the infection, she likely will never rebound and instead will live in the constant state of agitation she is in now. She has a DNR order and wants no heroic measures made. We are heartbroken. She is the one who passed her interest in writing, animals and history to me.
A nor'easter is blocking travel in PA from east to west and vice versa. My father insists that we do not go back to Pittsburgh, that I instead stay on course for my surgery--he said my mother would want this, too.
Fay Wray has not responded to antibiotic pulse therapy for gingivitis and we're going to take the risk of having some teeth extracted in the hope that it gives her a better quality of life. Very risky given she's a diabetic. Surgery is tomorrow.
That's enough downer news for me--thank you again for your kind support and prayers. I have prayed for a miracle for my mother and my Fay Wray, but how many miracles is one family entitled to?
@Sammycat1 wrote:Thursday report: Friends, I want to thank you for your prayers. As it stands now, things are backsliding and it appears there is slender to no medical hope for my mother.
They transported her from the rehab/nursing facility back to the hospital last night. Apparently the UTI cleared but a break-off strain has settled in her colon. She's just wearing out, having battled diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, incontinence, dementia, chronic UTIs, chronic kidney disease and Afib for far too long.
Even if they clear the infection, she likely will never rebound and instead will live in the constant state of agitation she is in now. She has a DNR order and wants no heroic measures made. We are heartbroken. She is the one who passed her interest in writing, animals and history to me.
A nor'easter is blocking travel in PA from east to west and vice versa. My father insists that we do not go back to Pittsburgh, that I instead stay on course for my surgery--he said my mother would want this, too.
Fay Wray has not responded to antibiotic pulse therapy for gingivitis and we're going to take the risk of having some teeth extracted in the hope that it gives her a better quality of life. Very risky given she's a diabetic. Surgery is tomorrow.
That's enough downer news for me--thank you again for your kind support and prayers. I have prayed for a miracle for my mother and my Fay Wray, but how many miracles is one family entitled to?
Sammycat1, I have not been on for a few weeks but I am so very sorry for what you are going through. My heart breaks for you. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
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