Vibe time
Posted: November 1st, 2020, 11:32 am
Got a phone call Friday evening about 7 pm from my mom's assisted living facility. Never a good sign, right? It was the nurse, telling me that my mom had just been transported to a local hospital. She experienced shortness of breath and chest pains while eating dinner. They called 911 and off she went. I may have misheard about the chest pains, but not shortness of breath. The nurse didn't know if she would be admitted to the hospital later that night or not, and wouldn't until about 11 pm. I called my brother, who lives near Ft. Lauderdale, and told him what was going on. He spoke to someone at hospital but didn't get much more info.
The hospital did admit her, and I called mom's cell phone about 8 a.m. and she answered. She sounded groggy, and didn't know what was going on or why she was there. Mom has no short term memory, so asking her questions about something important is never productive, but she said she felt tired and did sound a little out of breath, but not bad. Later in the morning my brother was told by a nurse there that she did in fact have Covid-19 and was on an antibiotic and oxygen. In the afternoon when I spoke with the nurse she told me she also has pneumonia, and that's what the antibiotic was for.
Spoke to mom again this morning, her lack of memory kicking in big time, she wanted to know where her furniture was? Didn't argue with her that she was still in the hospital. Other than that, she sounded OK. Ron, my brother, called mid morning and we had a 3-way (call) with the day nurse, who updated us, confirming the pneumonia and Covid, asked who was her one proxy (me, I have her POA's and copies of her living will, etc.). We requested that the nurse have the doctor (of record) call me later today after he made rounds to give me a further update on her condition. She is not on Remdesivir - the hospital said they only give that to the most critical patients. Um, need to talk to the doctor about this. Here's some info on Remdesivir https://www.vekluryhcp.com/?gclid=Cj0KC ... lsrc=aw.ds
So anyway, vibes from my CTN family are appreciated!
The hospital did admit her, and I called mom's cell phone about 8 a.m. and she answered. She sounded groggy, and didn't know what was going on or why she was there. Mom has no short term memory, so asking her questions about something important is never productive, but she said she felt tired and did sound a little out of breath, but not bad. Later in the morning my brother was told by a nurse there that she did in fact have Covid-19 and was on an antibiotic and oxygen. In the afternoon when I spoke with the nurse she told me she also has pneumonia, and that's what the antibiotic was for.
Spoke to mom again this morning, her lack of memory kicking in big time, she wanted to know where her furniture was? Didn't argue with her that she was still in the hospital. Other than that, she sounded OK. Ron, my brother, called mid morning and we had a 3-way (call) with the day nurse, who updated us, confirming the pneumonia and Covid, asked who was her one proxy (me, I have her POA's and copies of her living will, etc.). We requested that the nurse have the doctor (of record) call me later today after he made rounds to give me a further update on her condition. She is not on Remdesivir - the hospital said they only give that to the most critical patients. Um, need to talk to the doctor about this. Here's some info on Remdesivir https://www.vekluryhcp.com/?gclid=Cj0KC ... lsrc=aw.ds
So anyway, vibes from my CTN family are appreciated!
