It has almost been a month since I have blogged. On June 4th, mother got sick at the nursing home and we had to put her back in the hospital. Her heart failure has become worse and her kidneys stopped working for almost 24 hours! She had a bad infection in her bladder, a fever, and trouble breathing. She was in MICU (Medical Intensive Care Unit) for several days. We were only able to see her for 20 min at a time, 4 times a day. We camped out in the ICU waiting area and day after day just prayed and hoped for the best. She did finally come to the floor. That is when I went to the nursing home to collect all her things and take them home because that is where we will be bringing her after she gets well. We contacted Medicare and got all the equipment delivered to the house in order for us to take care of her. Just when we thought she was coming home, she began to cough up blood and had to go back to ICU. She only stayed two days this time and they chalked it up to her Coumadin being out of whack. She had to go back to the floor where she started to get Stasis Dermatitis. That is a inflammation in her legs from the heart failure and fluid retention. Back on more antibiotics! The whole hospital thing was exhausting!! Now she is home and I know that things will get better.
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