Re: [SPAM]RE: dad in hospital: sepsis + respirator (intubated)

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Eli,

My condolences to out to you and your family. Your Dad is at peace. May you

find your grieving leads you to remember better times.

Hugs,

Donna R

Caregave for Mom (after I brought her from WI to MI) for 3 years and 4th year in

a nh.

She was almost 89 when she died in '02. No dx other than mine.

dad in hospital: sepsis + respirator (intubated)

Hi All,

Eli in Jerusalem here

All: please read this and let me know if you have anything to share from

your experiences.

Bottom Line: My dad, 82, is in the hospital with Sepsis and is on a

respirator. The background is below

My dad has been diagnosed with LBD for about 3 years

Moved to a NH about a year ago; he has a separate apartment/unit and a

full-time male caregiver

Last 3 months has deteriorated a lot: lost almost all mobility, i.e., can't

even go from wheelchair to bed himself

In the last 2 months losing ability to speak: starts a sentence and then

gets stuck or repeats a word, or a nonsense word over and over

He was " out of it " on Monday - couldn't/didn't speak at all

On tuesday morning wasn't opening his eyes at all, high fever

The NH found that he had a UTI

His breathing was very belabored

They'd given him IV fluids the day before and thought it was the fluid that

hurt his breathing

Then they thought he also had pneumonia or Pulmonary edema

Finally the breathing turned to gasping and we called an Intensive Care

ambulabce

When he arrived at the ER he wasn't breathing and they intubated him

They found pus in his urine and said that he is septic (lungs were clear)

Started him on IV antiobiotics. They say it will take 48 hours to get

cultures and see if his body is responding

Last night the nurse was optimistic that they might be able to extubate him

this morning (wed morning)

Thoughts? Suggestions? Similar experiences?

Thanx in advance for all the love I know I'm going to get!

: )

Eli s

(please write to me directly as I am in digest-mode for this list:

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