Well........today was a hard day. Today about 12:30 I received a call from Eskaton letting me know that they had to call the ambulance to transport my mom to Kaiser as she was unresponsive - I was in a weird shock - what did she just say??? I was at home without a sitter and so I called my brother and he went to the ER. I arrived shortly there after with Michael in tow to find Sonia and Christian. Once they had her settled I was allowed in. She was not conscious and had the breathing tube in again. I just stood there...shit the tube - she hates that tube. I waited and the doctor came in to tell me that she came in to the ER in respiratory distress and she had not been conscious at all and now they had medicated her to keep her from pulling the tube. CAT scans were done to make sure she hadn't suffered a stroke or a blood clot - the tests showed NO stroke of clots - good - so what the hell is going on?? She is currently in the ICU at Kaiser south.
I called Eskaton back to ask about the day's events...what had led up to this? Since she had fallen I called and asked Sonia if she could go by and check on her this morning...she called me about 7am to tell me that mom was tired but had woken up to see her and Sonia left some bread pudding and oj for her. Eskaton told me that she had eaten some of the pudding , oj and cereal for breakfast and had walked with therapy and had been sitting in the wheelchair...but at lunch they couldn't wake her and they called the doctor and the doctor ordered that they call 911.
Turns out that this shortness of breath and loss of her voice was related to too much carbon dioxide in her blood - so basically she was breathing in...but unable to get rid of the air again so she was struggling so much to breath that she was just too weak to continue to breathe. I feel annoyed since I had ask Eskaton why they didn't check blood gases (an easy blood test that would have told them that this was going on). Frustrating. They said that they don't do those types of tests. The other thing I don't get is why, when she had been so short of breath, was the doctor not notified??? Aren't these people trained to look for sign of distress??? She was clearly having a hard time. Anyways......
So we are now in a wait and see. The doctor said that it was too soon to say how long she may be there. The good news is that she will be getting nutrition and fluids - her blood work also showed a lack of nutrition (starving).....and also that she will be monitored closely for her vitals....I am asking for positive thoughts and prayers. We are back to no visitors for awhile...but I will keep blogging to keep you all informed. Thank you.
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