My Mom's Update

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It's been a little while since I posted. My Mom was admitted to the

hospital towards the end of June because she had a couple bad falls

and just wasn't eating--also seemed very out of it and confused. At

the hospital they discovered she had a bad infection when they

drained her fluid. The doctors at the hospital seemed very down

about my Mom because of the cancer--made it sound hopeless. They

were really pushing her to leave the hospital and be put in a nursing

home for rehab. The day before discharge, both her legs swelled with

fluid and she was forming blisters. She was having i.v. fluids the

whole time at the hospital so I don't know if this contributed to

that?? They still let her go, though. That was over the 4th of July

weekend and she is still at the nursing home being treated for her

legs. I'm not sure if she still has the infection because they had

to stop giving her the antibiotic because she felt sick from it.

Well, she still is having problems keeping food down and sometimes

will throw up a green colored liquid which I thought is bile?? She's

also very tired all the time. I know they give her a pain patch for

her pain and I believe it has morphine in it. She is having a heck

of a time with constipation. I don't know if it's from the morphine

or what and maybe this has something to do with her vomiting? She

goes to see her oncologist on Thursday--she hasn't had a chemo

treatment since May 24th but they can't give her one until this

infection is better. There was a horrible nurse at the nursing home

telling my Mom the cancer is probably so bad there is no hope. What

a terrible thing to say especially when my Mom is so pessimistic--she

needs to have hope.

Any help you guys can give me will be so much appreciated.

Take care.

Diane