Stopped by and visited with Mom tonight after work. She was quite a bit more confused. The confusion might be from a urinary tract infection, her dehydrated state, the pain medications, what is called "hospital psychosis," or a combination of things. Some people, particularly the elderly, are susceptible to this kind of confusion brought on by the unreality of being in a hospital setting. It usually clears within a few days of returning to a familiar setting, such as home.
On the up side, her appetite has improved greatly. The oncologist prescribed a medication that is suppose to stimulate her appetite. She ate 60% of her noon meal.
Currently, they are rehydrating her, running lots and lots of lab tests, giving her lipids to help her malnourished state, and monitoring her. I put a call into the oncologist to get a better understanding of her plan of care. Hopefully I will hear back from him today. If not by noon, I'll call his office.
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Lori,
Don't know how you found the time to make the blog, but thanks, it is great and will be so good for all of us to be able to check.
Love you,
Rox
Thanks so much Lori, for the "blog" (my first) and I'm very appreciative of you keeping me updated. I received the one for today (Nov. 4). Hope she gets to
feeling much better and will be back home soon. I know---we just have to hope and pray for the best, Lori.
Thanks again....I'm keeping the Prayer Request Line updated from your updates.
Love, Leona
Thanks so much for doing this. I will keep the blog address and try to keep up on Carol’s progress. Just as I had started writing this, Carol called and said she was back in the hospital and was really weak. I told her if the doctor could find a way for her to eat and it taste good, then she would be getting her strength back. I just hate to hear about this, she was looking forward to being at home and the doctor deciding what she could do. She did say he would be there in the morning, so hope she is feeling better by then. Again thank you for keeping us updated on this. Carol means a lot to me. You know we have been friends since you kids were small. I will keep sending prayers up for her and the rest of you. God Bless, Lenora
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