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thejunipertreeThe pain in her left leg is apparently due to a fractured pelvis.
The oseteo doctor believes that this could have been caused by the radiation therapy my mom received in 2003, which was in the same general area. He doesn't think it's bone cancer because hot spots would have shown up on the CAT scans and the bone scan, but tomorrow she'll be given an MRI as well.
She's still not eating like I wish she would and is now down to 105 pounds, which happened this weekend (and which I wasn't informed of until yesterday evening). I harassed her into eating part of her dinner when I was at the hospital this evening, but there still isn't enough nutrition getting into her body. When I got there this afternoon, there wasn't an IV set up, so I questioned the RN. And she had not the faintest clue as to what I was talking about.
Because the person I spoke to yesterday never did anything about it.
Said person is going to have their ass handed to them on a platter if I should happen to run into them again. I swear this, here and now.
Mom's spirits are slightly more elevated, mostly due to the sudden appearence of a nicotine patch on her shoulder. Slightly more elevated actually translates into "just hovering above piss-poor". She slept a lot today, after drinking half the chocolate milk shake I brought her.
A social worker came into the hospital room while I was there, as well. And she was briefed on everything which is currently going on and the things which will be happening in the future. So, hopefully that is one thing I can cross off my to-do list. This, of course, leaves about ten million other things to do.
I seem to be teeter-tottering back and forth between bright eyed optimisim and bleak pessimism. It doesn't look like I can find anything in the middle to settle on. And I wasn't able to make any of the phone calls I needed to today, so no one who I said I would call with updates on the situation were called. My apologies, if you should happen to be reading this (which I doubt, as many of these people have no idea of LJ or even that I am on it). I'm going to be a very busy Tara tomorrow.
The oseteo doctor believes that this could have been caused by the radiation therapy my mom received in 2003, which was in the same general area. He doesn't think it's bone cancer because hot spots would have shown up on the CAT scans and the bone scan, but tomorrow she'll be given an MRI as well.
She's still not eating like I wish she would and is now down to 105 pounds, which happened this weekend (and which I wasn't informed of until yesterday evening). I harassed her into eating part of her dinner when I was at the hospital this evening, but there still isn't enough nutrition getting into her body. When I got there this afternoon, there wasn't an IV set up, so I questioned the RN. And she had not the faintest clue as to what I was talking about.
Because the person I spoke to yesterday never did anything about it.
Said person is going to have their ass handed to them on a platter if I should happen to run into them again. I swear this, here and now.
Mom's spirits are slightly more elevated, mostly due to the sudden appearence of a nicotine patch on her shoulder. Slightly more elevated actually translates into "just hovering above piss-poor". She slept a lot today, after drinking half the chocolate milk shake I brought her.
A social worker came into the hospital room while I was there, as well. And she was briefed on everything which is currently going on and the things which will be happening in the future. So, hopefully that is one thing I can cross off my to-do list. This, of course, leaves about ten million other things to do.
I seem to be teeter-tottering back and forth between bright eyed optimisim and bleak pessimism. It doesn't look like I can find anything in the middle to settle on. And I wasn't able to make any of the phone calls I needed to today, so no one who I said I would call with updates on the situation were called. My apologies, if you should happen to be reading this (which I doubt, as many of these people have no idea of LJ or even that I am on it). I'm going to be a very busy Tara tomorrow.
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Date: 2004-05-18 10:32 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-05-18 01:22 pm (UTC)re: notes for the nurse - if your mom is laying down a lot, or in one position all the time, you/she should check her skin for any unusual red areas/red spots/abrasions (may be of varying sizes), especially around and over the bony areas. these marks are the precursors to bedsores, which can develop in a matter of hours. if you/she find any or if her skin is painful/itchy/warm to the touch in places, raise holy hell with the nursing staff immediately. they should be looking for the signs, but you should check too, given the IV incident. if she can't move by herself they should be repositioning her every couple hours to help prevent this.
um. yeah... hope that helps! if there's anything I can do, just give a shout.
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Date: 2004-05-18 03:55 pm (UTC)