Well like a previous rant post about gmommy, my parents had to take her up to Piedmont from Albany because she was so dehydrated on Thursday the 4th. She spent a lil under 24hrs in ICU because her sodium level was so low. Then they put her in a regular room. She went home on that Saturday. Well last Thursday the 11th the nurse who was staying with her had to take her back to the hospital because she was once again dehydrated. They told the doctor that was there that they need to put her back on schedule to get the visiting nurse coming twice a week to her house to give her an IV. But the doctor said no that it was to much of a risk of infection to do that. we said fine we'll be back again for dehydration next week. He said fine. Well obviously everyone is mad at this man. He's not even one of gmommys doctors he was just the hospitalist that was there this time. So we're trying to get a hold of two of her doctors to see what they say. Because if gmommy doesn't get this iv at home then this will be a never ending process of going to the hospital for dehydration. It's incredibly annoying. The risk of infection in an iv is better than racing to the hospital every week for fluids. Not 2 days after she got out of the hospital did she start feeling bad again. Their trying to hold off on taking her to see if maybe it'll go away but probably not. She'll probably be right back in there in a few days.
Back when everything first happened one of the doctors said that there is a surgery he could do to put everything back in and close her up, but that we'd have to wait a year to see how she heals and everything. Well last time she went to the doctor he said that shes doing great and he should be able to do the surgery. The only thing about it is because of her age and delicate state she only has a 50/50 chance of making it. So of course she's worried about having the surgery. It may sound morbid and awful however some of us, definitely me, think that she should do it. Best case scenario it works and she does much better or she doesn't make it and her suffering is ended and she gets to be in Heaven with God and gdaddy. Worse case scenario she makes it through but has complications and we're really in no better shape than she is now. Some of us think that if she doesn't make it would be a huge relief on her and a relief for everyone else. She is depressed all the time, she has trouble remembering things, she doesn't want to try any more, and she's constantly having to go back to the hospital. She's running out of money having to pay the medical bills and nurses to stay with her. My mom and aunt take turns on weekends taking care of her and giving the nurses a break off. My uncle doesn't do crap and is being a huge pain in their neck, causing more stress for them and the nurses.
My mom, dad, aunt and uncle (her husband not their brother) have discussed what they could do about the money situation. She can't continue to pay nurses to stay with her forever. She can't go to a nursing home with the health problems that she has. She can't stay in the hospital cause they don't do that nor could she afford that any ways. Long term hospitals are for people who require long term care and rehab to get better and go home, so she can't go there cause she's not really going to get any better than she is. She could possibly live with my aunt and uncle or my parents but then the problem is that all her doctors are at Piedmont and they don't want to take her far away from them. They don't want to try to get new doctors into her case.
So that's what's been going on with gmommy. It's a lot of mess.
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