Quinn was on her way to visit mom today when Arden Courts called her. It seems that Mom has been choking on any solid foods that they can feed her and she has not been taking in much fluids either (not swallowing). They called in Hospice and have ordered her a hospital bed. Without solids or liquids, she will become very weak, very quickly. The hospital bed will be more comfortable and allow her head to be raised should she be able to sip from a cup. Quinn arrived soon after and found Mom to be very tired and difficult to rouse. She "entertained" Mom in the living room while they set up the bed in Mom's room. She then worked with Hospice nurse to get Mom into bed.
My non-medical question to Quinn was, "are they talking hours, days, weeks?" She said that they didn't know, but that once a person stops taking in fluids, they become dehydrated and organs begin to shut down.
If you want to reach Quinn, you'll have to do it the old-fashioned way since her computer is dead. Give her a call if you have any questions or need better info.
Love to all and prayers for Mom - Levelle
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Outsprinkles
These are the people whose love and support get us through each day and who we owe so much. They also helped a little producing......
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Waiting........
Just for the sake of clarification, Levelle posted the title to this thread first and went back quite a bit later to add in the commentary. I woke up only to see the title which was worrying, then posted my "waiting" comment. I was waiting for the rest of the post, nothing else. It sure does look bad without this explanation!!
Megan, Paul and Levelle were all in to see Mom today and said she seemed peppier than yesterday and happy to see everyone. She is in bed, but dressed. She ate a little of the ice cream that Megan brought. Just wanted to post this for Michael to give a little update.
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