Just got her home from the hospital and thought all was well. We knew it would take awhile for her to get her strength back, but her breathing really concerned us. She was panting and of course it was very shallow breathing. I went and bought a warm mist humidifier thinking the air may be to dry in her apt. I got it all set up Friday night, got her some groceries and came home. I went to see her the next day and she still was panting but said she thought the humidifier was really helping.

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As I mentioned before, mama came home from the hospital Thursday night. I did not find out until then, that the ER Dr, not her regular Dr) had told her to stop taking her coumadin Friday morning. She is to have a cancer taken off her nose this next Friday the 12 of Jan. This concerned me because we almost lost her last year at this time because of this drug. It had caused her to bleed internally. She had lost 3 pints of blood, unbeknownst to us, and had to be given and plasma. She was in the hospital for 10 days, also at that time she got another stent, this time in her leg. They never did find out where the blood was coming from, but did get it to stop.

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As I mentioned before, mama came home from the hospital Thursday night. I did not find out until then, that the ER Dr, not her regular Dr) had told her to stop taking her coumadin Friday morning. She is to have a cancer taken off her nose this next Friday the 12 of Jan. This concerned me because we almost lost her last year at this time because of this drug. It had caused her to bleed internally. She had lost 3 pints of blood, unbeknownst to us, and had to be given and plasma. She was in the hospital for 10 days, also at that time she got another stent, this time in her leg. They never did find out where the blood was coming from, but did get it to stop.

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Mama got to go home from the hospital Thursday night. Boy was she ever ready. My daughter and I had gone to the grocery store before picking her up from the hospital. We got her a few things she needed to get her by for a few days. I talked to her yesterday morning ( Friday ) and she said her throat was really sore. I asked her if she had gargled with the vinegar and salt water and she said no. I asked her if she had taken her antibiotic and she said yes. So I figured that was a good thing. I can't imagine that she would have strep throat after being on antibiotic in the hospital and at home, but I suppose it is possible.

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I did not post yesterday, but I did go see my mom in the hospital a little after lunch. She was asleep when I went in and I debated whether to wake her or not. She was moving around a bit so a figured she was starting to wake up anyway. I set my keys on the side table and the noise woke her up. She sat right up so I think she was happy to have a visitor. I sat on the bed beside her and asked her how she was, her voice is almost gone but I could hear her. She asked me if I would help her make out her bills. She said she had tried to do it herself but was shaking so bad she couldn't stay on the line to write the checks. I told her sure, so I got her billfold out and we began.

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I went to the hospital this morning and saw my mom. I had called my sister-in-law on my way there because she was going to meet me. We walked into the room and mama was awake and watching TV. She smiled as we walked in so I think she was happy to see us. We asked her how she was and she said she hadn't slept all night long. Apparently one of the drugs they are giving her has a steroid in it and one of the side effects is uncontrolable shaking. She proved this to us when she sat up in the bed and was trying to get a bite of ice out of a cup with a spoon and lost most of her ice while trying to get it to her mouth. We laughed, as did she. She thought it was funny too. She said it was annoying and that before we had gotten there she had actually spilled the ice all over the floor. She had again commented also on the fact that she didn't get any sleep due to the shaking. She had asked the nurse for something but they had to talk to the Dr before they could give her anything to help her sleep.

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I have some other blogs about various things, such as music, reviewing DVD's, one for interactive story telling. but this one I decided to use for my own space. The space that I take up in this world, the air I breathe, me me me me. A place to gripe, cry, complain, and just get things off my chest. So here goes.

I got a call today around noon. It was my mother. She lives about 10 miles from me. I had found out that she was sick from my sister-in-law Friday night. She said she was short of breath and was really couphing quite a bit. I and my sister-law wanted to take her to the hopsital to get her checked out. We had talked about the clinics all being closed and she would not be able to get in until Tuesday after the new year. We then called my sister and told her what we were going to do. She told us she would call mom and then call us back.

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