One step backward

Mom's surgery is not the health issue right now. Since Wed. she has steadily put on water weight and is lethargic and having trouble breathing. Bridget found her so out, in her chair Saturday that she had trouble waking her. It turns out she was overmedicated.

I asked the nurse to check her on Sunday because of her raspy voice and gurgly breathing. The decision to call the doctor was postponed. So I waited for the second shift nurses who shared my concerns but when the doctor was called, she put off any action until Monday morning when she would see her at St. Anne's.

The Monday update is frustrating. They feel she has pneumonia and are treating it with antibiotics but still have not increased the diuretic to get rid of the fluid. I'm sure she is in congestive heart failure but they aren't treating that. All this wasted time really taxes her heart. Mom sounds and feels lousy. Her foot isn't paining her much so that is good. It is never easy.