It's been a difficult few weeks. As she was recovering from pneumonia, she aspirated on applesauce (nurses didn't prep her for eating like they should have), she went to ER on Friday 10/7 for more x-rays and tests. She went back to Pac Spec with antibiotics for UTI and aspiration pneumonia. Lab results came back on 10/10 saying she had a drug resistant ecoli (!). Although its very serious, it is apparently very common for women in nursing homes who have been on antibiotics and have UTI.
The meds she was given made her alarmingly confused and mentally altered (hallucinating, trying to leave, pulling out feeding tube twice). After two or three days she started to show improvements.
Additional tests are showing no growth and she hasn't had any fevers or temperature spikes.
She continues to improve and is even looking forward to getting some physical therapy today.
I know she is so tired of being in a nursing facility away from home. She is really wants to get home.
Please help us encourage her to stay strong and motivated so she can get home soon.
Thank you so much for all the birthday cards, letters and wishes. We greatly appreciate your love and kind words.
Hi Kristen and Tom,
ReplyDeleteHow is she? How are YOU guys? I am thinking of you guys constantly. k