I stopped writing yesterday because all hell broke loose. All of a sudden my mom crashed. Her nurse recognized what was going on and called the i.c.u. and the i.c.u. team ran down. They worked on her for more than an hour. We were so lucky that Caroline (the nurse) was there. It was Caroline and Bev that pulled my mom through in 2010 and basically saved her life. Then there was Caroline again and again, as far as I'm concerned, she saved her life with the i.c.u. team.
It wasn't good. They could not get a bp on her at all. Even with the doplar machine they could barely raise anything. They were not sure she would make it and at first were telling me to call my family. They forced fluids in her, you name it they did it. By a couple of hours later she was stabilizing and her blood pressure was up. She was holding and now the Dr was fairly sure she was going to make it through the night and told me to go home and get some sleep. I was exhausted, physically and emotionally. I was watching her die and them working so hard on her.
Finally later that evening the Dr. told me she was holding her own and to go home and get some sleep. Which I did. I jumped in the shower, towel dried my hair, took care of the dogs and went to bed, all within an hour. I didn't wake up for 4 hrs the first time! Didn't get up until about 8 or 8:30 which is late for me.
Before I went home though... there is a man in her room... yes... this place always puts men in with women. In this case he has either Alzheimers or Dementia, he's been here 6 weeks now and he needs to be watched because he can wander. He also gets very aggressive and agitated at times. So for well over an hour, while I'm sitting there with my mom he is having a conversation, mostly with himself.. he used to be a professor and he thinks he is teaching a class again, we are his students. Today's topic is sex with the therapist!! oh yes... the Psychiatrists here have sex with the sophomores!! He has seen them. According to him we all have and we are just ignoring it. They do it all the time in the open according to him. The sitter is trying to calm him and change the subject but he gets fixated on things and this is one of them. Then he starts going on about masturbation and how they all masterbate and how many fingers they use.... etc. etc. etc. What I wouldn't give for a pair of earplugs.
urban angle my big old fat ass........ this place is the Devil's Den and the 14th floor is hell.
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