Sorry, most days I have no idea. She made it through the night after what the nurse called an issue, then stabilized. Her kind doctor called at 10pm yesterday which of course was alarming, but I'm very grateful to her for working so late and still thinking of family. Everyone involved is hoping her BP rises, but drugs are required to help it (below 95/50). When she would feel weak at home, she would sit and even just a few minutes would allow it to rise. Lying flat, no movement for almost a week and it's that low? What will happen when she stands? Well, that is not in the next few days. I cannot imagine four weeks without a shower, hair wash, seeing no family for two, but the absolute worst is lying flat for weeks, spinal stenosis pain, extreme foot pain, difficult to eat, bedpans. She must remain on that lifesaving pump for ????? requiring this miserable position. I don't know if I would be able to do anything but send out a grateful cry. If this continues and the mitral does not improve sufficiently to hold a better pressure, I don't think she would survive another surgery. During the valve replacement, TEE was repeated and they were pleased to see immediate mitral improvement, but whether it continues will be told in the next few days.
Excuse please if I repeat myself in posts. With my dumb phone texts needed typed (no voice) and allowed a max of four recipients in each, to finding a window or yard area with a bar or two to send, confusion and repetition is rampant. Personally phoning is saved for immediate family, any more fades my voice to a whisper and the grease doesn't help that.
Minimal work on this, but I am loving the colors I changed so far. 36 PTP Legacy.
Bud ate a can of FF another 1/2 the next day so he's hanging in there. Won't lick the vitamin gel, cannot hold him to get a pill or anything close to his mouth. If our vet has trouble, no way I want to risk a bite from that mouth. Petey is limping again. And the gorgeous long hair that Chris tried trapping for two months, is back.
Enjoy your day!
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8 comments:
Marly: It is good to hear they are calling you even at ten p.m.
So you all are going through this.
Lovely stitching, I like the colors you have chosen.
We have to give Krissy meds two times a day we hide it in cheese.
Be safe my friend
Hugs
Catherine
So glad that you found the where with all to pick up your
stitching and to find some peace in being out of routine.
Although not what was hoped, the prognosis on Carole holds
promise that in a few weeks they can iron out the wrinkles
and get her back home. Please use this time to care for yourself.
Praying for Carole and for you and Mark and the pets to find
some peace of heart.
I know you don't know me. I don't leave comments very often, but I do think of you and
Carol. I pray for you both every night. It's a very hard thing to be going through but
our faith and prayers are the answer.
Try to keep stitching, such a comfort and relaxation during hard times.
Many blessings.....
Having stopped praying for any of you (fur babes included) and I will continue to. As a person with back issues (as you know), I have often thought how intolerable it would be for me to end up in a long-term care facility, etc. Now I can hardly stay in the same position for more than 1/2 hr at a time without a change of position...I can only imagine what it would be like to have to lay flat on my back. Add in no proper hygiene and it'd bring me to a breaking point. Poor Carole. How we take for granted little things, eh? Wow....Bud ate an entire can? I am struggling here. I have been to the vet 3x in less than a week...the first was an emergency vet...(Rajah Roo had a blockage). I am now medicating (or attempting to medicate) all three critters, mostly unsuccessfully. And, I am attempting to change foods for Rajah which neither he nor Liza find palatable. Hey, for $53/bag for dry food and $2.25/can for wet, you would think they would gobble it down, no? Think I'm going to love your new stitch. ~Robin~
Poor Carole, I'm sure it's hard on her having to lie flat, foot pain, difficulty eating and not being able to see family. But she's hanging in there and hopefully soon they'll see improvement. Very nice of her doctor to call. I'm pretty sure she's getting an occasional sponge bath so don't worry about that. Still praying for her. Glad Bud is eating.
So glad to hear that Bud ate that much. Jill found a new treat for Sheldon.......he had four teeth extracted on Tues. It's Temptations Creamy Puree with chicken. Sheldon and Pippa LOVE it. It's something that Bud might enjoy.....you can squeeze some on his food to entice him to eat more. Smallish Yellow box with kitty on it.
Praying for Carole to have the strength, courage, will power, fortitude and good doctors to pull her through this.
I know you are suffering right along with her. Prayers for you and Mark too.
I hope your weather will be nice so you can get outside and take a deep breath. Enjoy your swings, stitch a little bit. Hold on tight.
Love and prayers,
Charlotte in Va.
I'm hoping Carole keeps improving, and yes, lying that long flat on back and no shower, etc would be quite unpleasant. Those hot damp towelettes can only do so much, but better than nothing. I'm glad the phone number situation seems to be corrected now. I'm glad you keep stitching a bit, to take your mind off everything else, if only for a few minutes at a time.
Poor Bud, eating that much in one shot, is it possible that the bad tooth came out on its own? As grumpy as DH gets when he suddenly needs yet another root canal done, I really feel bad for Bud (and you). It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. Take a chance on him not surviving anesthesia, or dying from starvation or maybe infection? No easy answers on that. On trapping that other cat, has Chris tried wiring the trap open and putting food in it for a while? Then when it's used to going in for food, undo the wire. And then what will you do with it? Neuter/spay and release? And if you catch Petey instead, will he go in for neutering?
Thinking of you and praying for both you and Carole...and Bud, too.
Hugs!
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