Mama spent a week in the hospital. Her kidney function is back to 100% and her blood pressure is stabilized. While she is well enough to not be in the hospital, she is not well enough to go home by herself. We have moved her to a rehab/ assisted living facility to regain her strength, so that eventually she will be able to go home.
While she was in the hospital, we found out she was taking one of her med incorrectly, which meant she was talking too much. She is now on the correct dose. The doctors also reduced the amount of blood pressure medications she is to take, and in all, she is now only on four medications total, instead of about 11 or 12, four of which were blood pressure meds.
She will stay at the rehab facility until she meets the goals given to her by the physical therapy staff. How long that takes is going to be up to her. Her medicare and insurance pays 100%, but we are not sure for how long. Until she goes home, I will be going to visit twice a week. I am hoping she has a really quick recovery.
Pamela in Louisiana says
I’m so glad to hear your moma has shown some improvement! It’s good that they’ve taken her off of so many medications, as they have a tendency to counteract each other at times, often making things worse. My moma is 86 years old and on zero medications, but that is due to being somewhat hard headed at times. She’s also at the age of needing some living assistance, but her hard headiness is bucking that issue also. *sigh* As caregivers we do the best we can, and can only hope for the best outcome. Your moma is probably exactly where she needs to be right now, so we’ll continue to say prayers for her, as well as your families’ well being through this bump in the road of life.
Gaelyn says
Sometimes I think my Mom was right about taking NO meds. Hope she recovers soon and can go back home.
Jennifer @ MySweetSanity says
Oh that is good news. So nice to know that she is making improvements. Praying for her and a speedy recovery.