Mageejj
Member
- Joined
- Jun 17, 2013
- Messages
- 12
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 04/2021
- Country
- US
- State
- OK
- City
- Tulsa
Hello everyone,
We placed my father in the nursing facility last Wednesday. He was getting weaker by the day and losing his ability to walk. He required assistance with all aspects of his life. My parents house was no where near equipped for his care. We found the best place with super friendly staff and happy residents. I am pleased with the care he has been given and I'm relieved that my mom no longer has the stress of primary caregiver. She was not handling it well. We have been watching him like a hawk in the nursing home, talking to all the nurses, aides, directors, etc. he seems to be content there. The FTD has totally taken away his ability to communicate now.
Yesterday, when I was visiting, he seemed to be breathing very deeply ( Just like he does when sleeping) while resting watching TV. In the evening the nurses found him slumped in his chair gasping for air. They sent him the the hospital immediately. They did bloodwork and a chest x ray and said he was fine. They put him on oxygen and his breathing eventually returned to normal. This morning when he woke his O2 sat was low so they put him on oxygen again. When I got there it looked like he was having difficulty breathing(breathing deeply) again.
He has a ventilator/bipap that he barely will use. Thanks to the FTD. Our respiratory therapist said we shouldn't use oxygen without the ventilator so I had the nurses at the home add oxygen to it and put it on him this evening. I'm hoping he will improve with this. I'm afraid these are signs that respiratory failure is near. Does anyone have a similar experience? Should we try to force him to wear the ventilator? He has a DNR. Should we call hospice in the nursing home? Are we nearing the end?
We placed my father in the nursing facility last Wednesday. He was getting weaker by the day and losing his ability to walk. He required assistance with all aspects of his life. My parents house was no where near equipped for his care. We found the best place with super friendly staff and happy residents. I am pleased with the care he has been given and I'm relieved that my mom no longer has the stress of primary caregiver. She was not handling it well. We have been watching him like a hawk in the nursing home, talking to all the nurses, aides, directors, etc. he seems to be content there. The FTD has totally taken away his ability to communicate now.
Yesterday, when I was visiting, he seemed to be breathing very deeply ( Just like he does when sleeping) while resting watching TV. In the evening the nurses found him slumped in his chair gasping for air. They sent him the the hospital immediately. They did bloodwork and a chest x ray and said he was fine. They put him on oxygen and his breathing eventually returned to normal. This morning when he woke his O2 sat was low so they put him on oxygen again. When I got there it looked like he was having difficulty breathing(breathing deeply) again.
He has a ventilator/bipap that he barely will use. Thanks to the FTD. Our respiratory therapist said we shouldn't use oxygen without the ventilator so I had the nurses at the home add oxygen to it and put it on him this evening. I'm hoping he will improve with this. I'm afraid these are signs that respiratory failure is near. Does anyone have a similar experience? Should we try to force him to wear the ventilator? He has a DNR. Should we call hospice in the nursing home? Are we nearing the end?