Update on last week's adventures

For those of you wondering how things are going...I thought I would post a quick update.

My girlfriend and her children returned home to her husband. They are attempting to work things out, get some counseling, and improve their family situation. We wish them success in their endeavors. The kids miss them desperately, but we are always grateful to see a family reunited.

Grandma remains in Toledo Hospital. It was a fortunate thing to get her to the hospital when we did. She was only in the preliminary stages of how ill she would become. What started as a cold complicated with an urinary tract infection, developed into what they thought was congestive heart failure...only to discover it was Pneumonia. Now they are even testing to verify that she doesn't have a Pulmonary Embolism, which is a clot that has traveled to the lungs. (I am highly skeptical that she does due to the fact that she is well in to a therapeutic range on her Coumadin keeping her blood thin). She is on Levaquin and Zithromax for the infections! We are still trying to persuade Dr. Nahhas to perform the stent procedure while she is there, but so far, he continues to lean toward keeping her scheduled procedure date. Doctors! Grrrr! So, now we are getting social work involved to try to figure out what our options might be.

Grandma misses being home with us, and we miss having her here. Everytime we walk in her hospital room, she is hopeful that we have come to bring her home. Not having her at the house is definitely strange to say the least. I keep finding myself thinking that there is something that I should be doing, and it stems from being used to having a routine in caring for her. Grandma is getting stronger and is walking better than the day I brought her in. They started her in Physical Therapy yesterday and she commented how much the therapy helped with the pain in her legs. (Funny thing since I asked the doctors whether she should have PT to help with the circulation in her legs when she was first diagnosed with arterial insufficiency and they told me that it wouldn't help. Hmmmm!). Grandma has a nice roommate, who Grandma is just starting to socialize with now. (She was too sick to want to socialize...before). We are taking things one day at a time. Once again, your continued prayers are always appreciated.