Re: Update.../now its NO sleep/Emma/ drinks

[Guest guest]

I just took my husband in for UTI last Saturday. On the hand out given

me it lists water, juice, tea, soda pop(not alcohol) for beverages.

One drink my husband likes is crangrape juice mixed with a lemon lime

soda pop like sprite. (She did mention no caffeine) I hope it is not

a no-no but I am letting him have decaf coffee in a.m.

Lorraine

> > Just wanted to give a little update for those that were concerned

about my fainting etc.

> I

> > went and saw the PA at my doctor's office yesterday and he said

since it was an isolated

> > thing and I recovered so quickly that the fainting spell was

probably nothing, sometimes

> > people just faint. If it happens again then we might need to look

closer. However he did

> > diagnose me with a heart murmur! Said that this also was probably

nothing (said it was

> > most likely an " innocent flow murmur " which is VERY common and no

big deal) but is

> > sending me to have an echocardiogram just to be sure. SO the plot

thickens!

> > I also went to the chiropractor and she told me my back (from neck

to hips!) is a train

> > wreck! I could have told her that! My hips are not level and my

neck curves in exactly the

> > OPPOSITE direction that its supposed to. She said my x-rays look

like those of a person

> > who was in a car accident. I had to explain that there was no car

accident, I'm just one of

> > the clumsiest people alive and have gotten whip-lash 2 times from

falling. So I am going

> > to be having 2-3 adjustments with her a week for a little while

and I am on NO exercise

> > and NO lifting (yeah right!). But at least I feel a little better

after one treatment and will

> > hopefully feel even better after more.

> > Grandma is still having a hard time with pills but is eating

SLIGHTLY better. I think we're

> > up to 700 calories a day on a good day! If I can just get her to

stop LOSING weight I'll be

> > happy. Discovered this morning that she does not know what

" swallow " means. I think

> > this is a BIG part of the problem with getting pills down. She CAN

do it and says it

> doesn't

> > hurt but if you ask her to swallow a pill she then cannot do it.

I'm not sure how to get

> > around it as I can't think of a different word for swallow or a

different way to explain it

> so

> > she understands. Definitely frustrating.

> > Thanks for all your concern about my medical issues!!

> > Emma

> >

> >

> >

> > Welcome to LBDcaregivers.

> >

> >

> >