QUOTE(Yardiewife @ Mar 10 2008, 11:17 AM)

Good Morning. I can't believe we are back to another Monday
Congrats and Happy Birthday to Shauna!!! What a wonderful weekend for you

Well my weekend didn't go as planned. My mom was out of town and she is my grandmother's primary advocate while she is in an assisted living home. Anyways my grandma was having a lot of trouble so then I got to step in and play my mothers role alongside my aunt. Trust me it is disgusting the way the elderly are treated

I just can't believe it. My grandma gained 10 pounds in 4 days and not one of the nurses noticed. Her belly was all extended and her ankles were the size of her thighs. This happened on Wed. so my mom threw a fit and got my gma on some new meds and the docs told the assisted living people that my gma was to be weighed every single day to make sure her lungs weren't filling up with fluid. Anyways I get a call on Friday night that my gma gained 4 pounds in ONE day and she was already on a double dose of the meds. Ugh it made me so mad. The nurses then tried to convince my gma that it was her fault because she wasn't going to the bathroom enough. She called my crying on Saturday telling me about how they keep telling her to go to the bathroom but she doesn't need to go. She was having all this trouble breathing and was turning blue - while on full oxygen. She asked if she should go to the hospital but the damn nurse told her there was nothing the hospital could do that they couldn't and she just needed to go to the bathroom and she would feel better. My gma was so distraught she called me and told me she was going to drown. I was furious. I channeled my inner Gill and went and had quite the talk with those nurses

How dare they make my gma feel bad for something she can't control. I can't believe the treatment she is getting and my family is paying so much for her to be in this place. Can you believe it is one of the top facilities in our county?!? Imagine the care she would be getting elsewhere...unbelievable. So if you could all keep her in your prayers that they can find a way to stop this fluid from collecting in her lungs that would be great. I know she probably doesn't have a lot of time left on this earth but I at least want her to go out comfortable and well taken care of. Thanks

So anyways that is how I spent my weekend. Not what I expected but glad I could be there for my gma. Hope you all had a good weekend.
Hey Yardie, sorry to hear about your grandma.

How could these professionals be so cold and uncouth? Why are you in the healthcare business if you do not have compassion for older, sickly people. That is what is wrong with our society today--no respect for our elders. It is all about making the money without fullfilling their obligation to their clients.
Telling her to go to the bathroon if she can't? Bwoy I tell you. Some people
Yardie, not to scare or frighten you. If she has congestive heart failure, maybe it is at it's endstage. You say her ejection fraction (the pumping ability of the heart) is low. Even if they triple her diuretics (water pills), it might not make a difference, because your heart has to be able to pull that fluid out of your vascular sytem and pump it to your kidneys and then the kidneys filter out the watse and it comes out as urine. Is she being evaluated by a doctor? Whenever people are on diuretics, they are supposed to get daily weights. How could she have gained 10 lbs in four days without them knowing?

What kinda of system do they have set up to moinitor fluid intake and loss? I am so mad

right now, I might not be too sensitive right now. Not directed at you though, just the system. More and more of these facilities are being exposed for the slackness that happens there. They treat these people like trash. Can you imagine what happens to those people who have no family?
I know this situation suck really bad, but you guys have to keep closer monitoring on her. Light fire under their asses and let them give you what you are paying for. I do not know what you guys schedule ia like, but you all should take turn and pop in and see what else they are neglecting. I am so pissed right now, me head hurts.
Sorry for the rant, but I hope she feels better soon as this fluid issue gets resolved.
Much Love
Claire