Recent content by kleptoice

Hi guys, I was wondering if any of you guys had any suggestions on extending a hospital stay. My dad is currently nearing the final stages. He is completely bedridden and has been on a trach for about six weeks. After the trach was done, Kaiser sent him to a subacute facility. However, the...

I am sorry to hear that. I wish you the best of luck. Hopefully you can contact an ALS clinic nearby and ask for help. To update everyone: My dad still claimed to feel very short of breath the past two nights, but it had gotten a lot worse. Instead of calling for us every two hours, it slowly...

Thank you for your response. Because he just started feeling short of breath last week, I am hopeful in believing that it's not the stomach cancer because I feel like it would have been more gradual, and he declines feeling any pain.

Thanks for the help, I appreciate it. I agree, I hope we can find out what it is and not have to resort to Ativan. I also agree with what you said about that. It's just that the respiratory therapists say since the machine doesn't show any errors and his oxygen levels are fine, they say there's...

Thanks, I really appreciate the response. This is the kind of information I was expecting to hear from instead of just having it get blamed on my dads anxiety. I think it could either be anemia, an infection, or congestive heart failure. Water intake should be taken care of by the facility, his...

Hi guys, My dad got his tracheotomy and ventilator a little over 2 weeks ago. When we were at the hospital, he was doing fine adapting to it. His heart rate was around 70-90. However, we just moved to a nursing facility that has a subacute section and the first week, he was doing fine. But in...