Jon called mom and dad to let them know that aunt muriel is not doing very well. Her whole family is in saint augustine so it could be any time now. The family has already decided that they would have the service on august 11th. Mom and dad want to fly down for it. Since they will be in NJ anyway i suggested that they fly out of philadelphia with dan and evie. One of us should go with them also.
Mom is doing very well and her cough has finally subsided. She is not on coumadine as i speculated. She is on plavix.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Mom's Home!
Quick update. Mom went home this morning at around 9am. She sounds great and happy to be out of the hospital (even though the experience was not all that bad). They prescribed new drugs but I don't know what they are. I'll let everyone know as soon as I find out. I assume coumadine is one of them. Through all the testing they did not find anything of concern. I have not talked to the doctor nor have I seen the doctor's report but I will let you know more once I find out. Anyway everything looks good now.
Mom and Dad have a new deck extention on their back patio which turned ou wonderful. They can now relax and enjoy the nice warm weather.
Bart thanks for the update.
More to come later....
Mom and Dad have a new deck extention on their back patio which turned ou wonderful. They can now relax and enjoy the nice warm weather.
Bart thanks for the update.
More to come later....
Monday, June 25, 2007
HI THIS IS NEW FOR ME I HOPE IT WORKS. MOM IS IN FOR A STRESS TEST AND DAD IS AT HOME HE WILL GO BACK TO THE HILTON LATER THIS MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. I PLAN TO CHECK IN THIS AFTERNOON AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING. JUST ANOTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION. WHEN WE GOT BACK FROM THE ER ON WEDSDAY AS I WAS GETTING MOM SETTLED DAD FELL AND HIT THE COFFEE TABLE WITH HIS CHEST AND SAID HE PASSED OUT FOR A MINUTE. I KEEP HIM ON THE FLOOR AND NINA CAME OVER AND SO DID SPRINGHILL BUT DETERMINED HE WAS OK. THEN ON THURSDAY I MADE A APPOINTMENT AT DR. MURPHYS AND HE WAS CONSIDED ABOUT HIS LUNGS BEING CONJUSTED SO WE HAD A CHEST XRAY AND HE IS ON MEDS. JUST THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW AND ASK HOW HE IS DOING. SALLY
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Moms home away from home
Happy Birthday Sally!
Well Mom is back in the hospital. She was admitted on Friday (6/22/07). She is in room 549 at Hamot. She probably will be there until tomorrow morning. So you ask why???
Mom has been battling a persistent cough for almost two weeks. this has resulted in two emergency room visits along with at least one doctors office visit (could be more, I seem to have lost count). Diagnosis - Acute Bronchitis. She was put on antibiotics, cough medicine with codeine and steroids (pretesone). That was almost 1 week ago and she still has a persistent cough, The coughing seems to be taking a toll on her physically.
But that's not the real reason she is in the hospital. On Friday around 1:30pm she started to get heart palpitations. Her heart was racing and her BP went up. Reminiscent of Florida two years ago. This was really strange because there had been no indications that this could happen. Her BP has been very stable, she has not complained at all about her heart and we were all focused on her coughing. Nina had just visited mom 10 minutes before she had her episode and she was fine. Nina dropped off a couple of milkshakes and all was well. Go figure..
They have been giving mom tests mostly focusing on her heart. It looks like she most likely will be put on coumadin. Not sure what else. I am on my way to the hospital now. I'll update everyone later.
Otherwise, mom seems to be in great spirits. Her memory is excellent and it's kind of funny but I think she is enjoying her stay at the hospital. Dad is also releived to have her in the hospital. Maybe they needed some time apart.
Dad seems good but is getting confused more often. His memory is getting worse but he has moments of great clarity. We all still worry about his driving....
More to follow. I am going to try and be good about updating this site. I will also try to give more details as needed.
Well Mom is back in the hospital. She was admitted on Friday (6/22/07). She is in room 549 at Hamot. She probably will be there until tomorrow morning. So you ask why???
Mom has been battling a persistent cough for almost two weeks. this has resulted in two emergency room visits along with at least one doctors office visit (could be more, I seem to have lost count). Diagnosis - Acute Bronchitis. She was put on antibiotics, cough medicine with codeine and steroids (pretesone). That was almost 1 week ago and she still has a persistent cough, The coughing seems to be taking a toll on her physically.
But that's not the real reason she is in the hospital. On Friday around 1:30pm she started to get heart palpitations. Her heart was racing and her BP went up. Reminiscent of Florida two years ago. This was really strange because there had been no indications that this could happen. Her BP has been very stable, she has not complained at all about her heart and we were all focused on her coughing. Nina had just visited mom 10 minutes before she had her episode and she was fine. Nina dropped off a couple of milkshakes and all was well. Go figure..
They have been giving mom tests mostly focusing on her heart. It looks like she most likely will be put on coumadin. Not sure what else. I am on my way to the hospital now. I'll update everyone later.
Otherwise, mom seems to be in great spirits. Her memory is excellent and it's kind of funny but I think she is enjoying her stay at the hospital. Dad is also releived to have her in the hospital. Maybe they needed some time apart.
Dad seems good but is getting confused more often. His memory is getting worse but he has moments of great clarity. We all still worry about his driving....
More to follow. I am going to try and be good about updating this site. I will also try to give more details as needed.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Welcome to the new BrackLOG Site
So I'm lying in bed at 4 am thinking about communicating to the "family" about things going on with Mom and Dad. I don't know why I put quotes around the word family but somehow it seems appropriate. Anyway, it seems like everyone is posting things on the internets (as George Bush would say) and even Paris Hilton blogs. Therefore it came to me that we need a site for the "family" to access. I decided that we could not only send news from the Eerie front but I would open up the site to allow posting (or blogging) from all "family" members, even Bart.
This could be a bad idea but what the heck it's worth a try. More blogging to follow.....
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