JulieWise
New member
- Joined
- May 20, 2006
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- 3
- Reason
- Loved one DX
- Country
- US
- State
- Indiana
- City
- Anderson
My mother has been in amazingly good health all of her life. She was evacuated from Orange during Hurricane Rita last fall, after losing her oldest son to cancer a month before. Since then, she started experiencing symptoms that were diagnosed as Progressive Bulbar Palsy a couple of months ago. She can no longer speak and agreed to go for the PEG placement today - trying to eat a small meal has been taking over an hour recently.
My brother just sent an e-mail to say that she was admitted to the hospital after the procedure, which no one expected. They warned him that they may keep her there 2 or 3 days. He also said they gave her demerol this afternoon, and more tonight around 8:00pm.
I was so proud of her for agreeing to the procedure - I know it scared her to think about it. I'm a little frustrated and scared to hear that they are keeping her there and giving her pain medication. Leaving her home for several weeks after the hurricane nearly drove her crazy - her home is her strength. She is NOT going to be happy to find out she has to stay in the hospital longer. (I wish I wasn't 1,000 miles away).
I'm going to call her primary doctor tomorrow to find out what's going on - but does anyone have experience with someone of her advanced age having to go through this?
Thanks all!
Julie
My brother just sent an e-mail to say that she was admitted to the hospital after the procedure, which no one expected. They warned him that they may keep her there 2 or 3 days. He also said they gave her demerol this afternoon, and more tonight around 8:00pm.
I was so proud of her for agreeing to the procedure - I know it scared her to think about it. I'm a little frustrated and scared to hear that they are keeping her there and giving her pain medication. Leaving her home for several weeks after the hurricane nearly drove her crazy - her home is her strength. She is NOT going to be happy to find out she has to stay in the hospital longer. (I wish I wasn't 1,000 miles away).
I'm going to call her primary doctor tomorrow to find out what's going on - but does anyone have experience with someone of her advanced age having to go through this?
Thanks all!
Julie