2nd Round of Antibiotics
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Tammy's CLL/SLL Quality of Life
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Tammy's CLL/SLL Quality of Life
Hello,
Friday September 4th 4:06 pm - My Mom spiked a fever of 102.2.
Our friend and I rushed her to the ER in Redlands. The doctor on shift wanted to treat her for sepsis and despite all the paperwork I handed her about my Mom's recent diagnosis and telling her what can and can't be done with my Mom's body, the doctor pushed ahead.
Because of my Mom's heart condition her body cannot handle more than 2 Liters of any kind of liquid per day. I told the doctor this 2 times, she ignored me and proceeded to hook up 4 liters of fluids. When I tried to tell her what would happen if she continued with this choice, she waved me away.
My Mom almost suffered cardiac arrest as a result.
Blood pressure dropped to 89/42, Heart rate shot up to 157, respiratory rate 57, and blood oxygen saturation 101.
The team had to work hard to get my Mom stable.
With my Mom's condition a dual fluid line isn't an option, yet the nurses put one in and charged the antibiotics, resulting in a vein imploding to the size of a golf ball. They worked for 15 minutes to stop any escalation and try to drain her arm of fluids.
An X-ray and EKG were conducted. I was relieved about the X-ray because my Mom still had a cough here and there and I wanted to get to the bottom of it.
1 am - A doctor came in to show us the results of her X-ray. At Hoag we were told that the round of antibiotics they had given her had knocked out the pneumonia, however, there was still some lingering. My Mom's fever never abated during her stay in the ER. It was mentioned to us that a transfer back to Hoag Hospital was a possibility.
1:20 am - A Specialist came to speak with us. She apologized for how things were handled that resulted in the stress and trauma on my Mom's heart from earlier. She told us that that was not how it should have been handled and all of this could have been avoided if matters had been handled properly.
1:45 am - My Mom was finally able to move into a room on the Telemetry floor. Her body was completely exhausted. Unfortunately I wasn't able to spend the night in the room with her, it was shredding having to leave her there.
Visiting hours opened at 8 and I spent the day with my Mom. She had a fever, slept 95% of the day.
The doctor on the Telemetry floor wanted my Mom's hydration levels higher and ordered a 2 liter bag of fluid for her. My Mom and I both said 'no'. I had to push to get the nurse to speak with the doctor again and review what had happened in the ER the day before. I was not going to leave the hospital until a new game plan was in place and they understood that they couldn't handle my Mom's pneumonia case as if she were healthy before coming in.
The night nurse was great, she reviewed the events of the day before and cancelled the fluids order.
My Mom had a good night until 2 am when a nurse came in to administer the antibiotics and charged the IV line resulting in another vein imploding in my Mom's arm.
When I called her Sunday Morning as I put together a bag for the day's visit, she told me that they were going to discharge her and have her finish out the round of antibiotics at home. She no longer had a fever. Within 10 minutes of my arriving at Redlands Mom was discharged and being wheeled out to the car.
She was her wonderful, spunky self, full of energy and feeling like she could climb a mountain. When we arrived at our friend's house she crashed, the activity, stress and infection hitting her all at once. She's been resting, napping, eating well and watching 'The Residence'.
The visit to Redlands didn't go as anticipated, it was very stressful and overwhelming. And while I don't like how some things were handled I'm working on not harboring anger towards the doctors and nurses. It's hard at times but it doesn't benefit anything and I need to conserve my brain capacity for other things.
We're going to be travelling to North Scottsdale later this week to continue my Mom's treatment and begin her recovery. Prescott was too high of elevation for her heart to safely handle coming from sea level soCal.
Thank you for reading this and thank you so much for your continued prayers. My Mom's a fighter.
-Renae
Friday September 4th 4:06 pm - My Mom spiked a fever of 102.2.
Our friend and I rushed her to the ER in Redlands. The doctor on shift wanted to treat her for sepsis and despite all the paperwork I handed her about my Mom's recent diagnosis and telling her what can and can't be done with my Mom's body, the doctor pushed ahead.
Because of my Mom's heart condition her body cannot handle more than 2 Liters of any kind of liquid per day. I told the doctor this 2 times, she ignored me and proceeded to hook up 4 liters of fluids. When I tried to tell her what would happen if she continued with this choice, she waved me away.
My Mom almost suffered cardiac arrest as a result.
Blood pressure dropped to 89/42, Heart rate shot up to 157, respiratory rate 57, and blood oxygen saturation 101.
The team had to work hard to get my Mom stable.
With my Mom's condition a dual fluid line isn't an option, yet the nurses put one in and charged the antibiotics, resulting in a vein imploding to the size of a golf ball. They worked for 15 minutes to stop any escalation and try to drain her arm of fluids.
An X-ray and EKG were conducted. I was relieved about the X-ray because my Mom still had a cough here and there and I wanted to get to the bottom of it.
1 am - A doctor came in to show us the results of her X-ray. At Hoag we were told that the round of antibiotics they had given her had knocked out the pneumonia, however, there was still some lingering. My Mom's fever never abated during her stay in the ER. It was mentioned to us that a transfer back to Hoag Hospital was a possibility.
1:20 am - A Specialist came to speak with us. She apologized for how things were handled that resulted in the stress and trauma on my Mom's heart from earlier. She told us that that was not how it should have been handled and all of this could have been avoided if matters had been handled properly.
1:45 am - My Mom was finally able to move into a room on the Telemetry floor. Her body was completely exhausted. Unfortunately I wasn't able to spend the night in the room with her, it was shredding having to leave her there.
Visiting hours opened at 8 and I spent the day with my Mom. She had a fever, slept 95% of the day.
The doctor on the Telemetry floor wanted my Mom's hydration levels higher and ordered a 2 liter bag of fluid for her. My Mom and I both said 'no'. I had to push to get the nurse to speak with the doctor again and review what had happened in the ER the day before. I was not going to leave the hospital until a new game plan was in place and they understood that they couldn't handle my Mom's pneumonia case as if she were healthy before coming in.
The night nurse was great, she reviewed the events of the day before and cancelled the fluids order.
My Mom had a good night until 2 am when a nurse came in to administer the antibiotics and charged the IV line resulting in another vein imploding in my Mom's arm.
When I called her Sunday Morning as I put together a bag for the day's visit, she told me that they were going to discharge her and have her finish out the round of antibiotics at home. She no longer had a fever. Within 10 minutes of my arriving at Redlands Mom was discharged and being wheeled out to the car.
She was her wonderful, spunky self, full of energy and feeling like she could climb a mountain. When we arrived at our friend's house she crashed, the activity, stress and infection hitting her all at once. She's been resting, napping, eating well and watching 'The Residence'.
The visit to Redlands didn't go as anticipated, it was very stressful and overwhelming. And while I don't like how some things were handled I'm working on not harboring anger towards the doctors and nurses. It's hard at times but it doesn't benefit anything and I need to conserve my brain capacity for other things.
We're going to be travelling to North Scottsdale later this week to continue my Mom's treatment and begin her recovery. Prescott was too high of elevation for her heart to safely handle coming from sea level soCal.
Thank you for reading this and thank you so much for your continued prayers. My Mom's a fighter.
-Renae
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