Mamaw has been moved to a temporary care rehab facility for 20 days.
And then she returns home.
Tim is feeling better, but he asked for his vitamins (which I sent up to him) and he meant to ask for his medicine. And he's going to need them on Monday.
So either he comes home for good on Monday.
Or he comes, repacks and returns to his parents house.
Or somebody comes and gets his meds for him.
He has a volleyball function on Wednesday that he is determined to make. He is seriously considering coming home Monday and driving himself back to his folks and see how he does.
So keep him in your prayers.
The drug he was taking was Ramipril.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramipril
http://www.ehow.com/about_5409428_ramapril-side-effects.html
And if you read the side effects and severe side effects - that sounds like Tim for the last 4 months. I'm hoping that now he'll start to feel a whole lot better.
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Mamaw update
My Mamaw (My mother's mother) had a pacemaker installed Wednesday.
(Does that make her sound like a car or something?)
She is also being treated for severe dehydration and a bad UT infection.
Everybody was very encouraged yesterday - as she was far more alert and aware of things going on around her than she has been in a very long time.
Today, she's more "normal" - tired, not answering questions, seems disoriented. But still so much better than she was over the weekend. Those who saw her at Dad and Ann's wedding party will understand - she just was really not with us at all.
Some time this afternoon, she will be transported to the short term recovery nursing home here in town. Typical stay maximum is 90 days.
Over the last 3 or 4 years, we have been through a vicious cycle ... Mamaw gets deathly ill .... she gets an ambulance to the ER .... doctors treat her for some infection, dehydration, and such ..... she begins to recover and qualifies for short term rehab care (90 - 100 days is typical) and stays to the very last day ... she enjoys herself, gets healthy (as an 80 year old with Alzheimer and other health problems can get) .... Papaw takes her home .... he takes her everywhere with him, she sits in the truck while he shops and runs around - Uncle Roy had been having her to his house once or twice a week for home care people to come help with her baths, but this last time, Papaw kept putting them off until they left him alone (not good) ..... Mamaw's health begins to decline because she's not sleeping when she should, not getting proper nutrition, drinks constant soda pop, not getting proper baths and personal care and is out in the heat a lot .... FINALLY after being home for 2 or 3 months, she catches something or gets an infection or falls or a stroke and once again, we rush her to the ER.
Mamaw and Papaw have been in that house for their entire 45-50 years of marriage - in spite of how run down it is and how unhealthy, Papaw doesn't want to be anywhere else. I really do get it. Papaw thinks we are trying to steal his home and belongings - he is fiercely independent - and he loves Mamaw and wants her HOME with him.
So keep the situation in your prayers.
(Does that make her sound like a car or something?)
She is also being treated for severe dehydration and a bad UT infection.
Everybody was very encouraged yesterday - as she was far more alert and aware of things going on around her than she has been in a very long time.
Today, she's more "normal" - tired, not answering questions, seems disoriented. But still so much better than she was over the weekend. Those who saw her at Dad and Ann's wedding party will understand - she just was really not with us at all.
Some time this afternoon, she will be transported to the short term recovery nursing home here in town. Typical stay maximum is 90 days.
Over the last 3 or 4 years, we have been through a vicious cycle ... Mamaw gets deathly ill .... she gets an ambulance to the ER .... doctors treat her for some infection, dehydration, and such ..... she begins to recover and qualifies for short term rehab care (90 - 100 days is typical) and stays to the very last day ... she enjoys herself, gets healthy (as an 80 year old with Alzheimer and other health problems can get) .... Papaw takes her home .... he takes her everywhere with him, she sits in the truck while he shops and runs around - Uncle Roy had been having her to his house once or twice a week for home care people to come help with her baths, but this last time, Papaw kept putting them off until they left him alone (not good) ..... Mamaw's health begins to decline because she's not sleeping when she should, not getting proper nutrition, drinks constant soda pop, not getting proper baths and personal care and is out in the heat a lot .... FINALLY after being home for 2 or 3 months, she catches something or gets an infection or falls or a stroke and once again, we rush her to the ER.
Mamaw and Papaw have been in that house for their entire 45-50 years of marriage - in spite of how run down it is and how unhealthy, Papaw doesn't want to be anywhere else. I really do get it. Papaw thinks we are trying to steal his home and belongings - he is fiercely independent - and he loves Mamaw and wants her HOME with him.
So keep the situation in your prayers.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Tim is HOME
Well ... not exactly HOME as in with us.
But HOME as in .. with his parents in the house he grew up in.
His mom said he walked into the house,
sunk into her easy boy recliner
and has been asleep ever since ...
well - at least when Joel called after supper.
For all of the updates, click here : http://weshallmountupwithwings.blogspot.com/search/label/Heart%20Attack
But HOME as in .. with his parents in the house he grew up in.
His mom said he walked into the house,
sunk into her easy boy recliner
and has been asleep ever since ...
well - at least when Joel called after supper.
For all of the updates, click here : http://weshallmountupwithwings.blogspot.com/search/label/Heart%20Attack
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