Re: Dad is progressing in a bad direction

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone

Dad has had 2 very bad hallucinating, confused, anxiety filled days. The

marines have come in the house and told him not to get up from the chair,

calling my sister - my aunt's name (his sister) she died in 2005. Afraid of all

the imaginary people in the house. Things mentally and physically are going

down the path - of very bad ending.

He is so darn skinny and having trouble swallowing too. Walking is very scary

tenuous undertaking which he still tried to do and people encouraging it - but I

don't know how he hasn't fallen again.

He did fall 2 weeks ago, then this bad turn. Could hitting his head have caused

this downturn?

Don't know what I am asking here - I am just sad.

H

[Guest guest]

,

I am so sorry boy I do know how hard this is. But there might be something

going on with your father also, aside from this disease.

To answer your question if " yes " - if your father fell and hit his head

that could be causing problems. How thoroughly was he checked out after he

fell? My mil has had two concussions (that we know of from falls we were

aware of) and we got into the habit of taking her to the ER everytime she

had a bad fall. We were advised this was reasonable to do. After one bad

fall where she had a fractured back that was missed for two weeks (she broke

her arm and they moved her to rehab), my husband and I decided to be on the

safe side and have someone check her out thoroughly if she had a bad fall or

fell and had any complaint of discomfort.

I am in contact with a family in a nearby town who's loved fell at the

facility she lived in. Her behavior and delusions became more and more

bizarre but no one had taken her to the ER after the fall to be checked out.

Turns out she had a subdural hematoma for two months that was causing this

problem and other problems. She is still in the hospital - now about a

week. I'm not sure what they can or will do for her. She took another

fall and the paramedics were called and when they did a ct scan they found

the old previous injury.

But what is much more common to cause a sudden behavior change like this is

infection - a UTI (urinary tract infection) or Pneumonia especially. Has

he had a UA with culture and a chest xray? He may or may not have a

temperature even if he has a raging infection. I found that out with my

mil - she can be very ill and have no temp and even a normal white count.

If he hasn't been seen I would consider this. Maybe there is an infection

that with some antibiotics will resolve and he'll feel better.

-Dorothy

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Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 9:55 AM

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Subject: Re: Dad is progressing in a bad direction

Hi everyone

Dad has had 2 very bad hallucinating, confused, anxiety filled days. The

marines have come in the house and told him not to get up from the chair,

calling my sister - my aunt's name (his sister) she died in 2005. Afraid of

all the imaginary people in the house. Things mentally and physically are

going down the path - of very bad ending.

He is so darn skinny and having trouble swallowing too. Walking is very

scary tenuous undertaking which he still tried to do and people encouraging

it - but I don't know how he hasn't fallen again.

He did fall 2 weeks ago, then this bad turn. Could hitting his head have

caused this downturn?

Don't know what I am asking here - I am just sad.

H