Update May 12th

Hi everyone-

Not much has changed with mom and her treatment. She is having problems with having temperatures. They seem to come about in the late afternoon. She is still getting antibiotics and the docs are trying to figure out where the infection is coming from. Therefore, mom is having to give quite a bit of blood for cultures. She is also very weak and having a hard time even standing therefore PT is coming in and trying to work with her. She has a long road ahead but is doing well. Thanks to everyone for all of your kind thoughts.

until i know more...

love, jess

Update May 9th

Mom is doing ok-

We were able to celebrate Mother's Day together, which was amazing. She also moved to a larger room on gibson- room 561!

Some new updates- she has an infection in her blood and also in her bladder. They are treating it with antibiotics. She had the catheter taken out today because of the bladder infection. She also has the chills and is trying to get warm with multiple blankets on her. Hopefully, no fever!  She got some more platelets today. She still has a plug in her nose from the nose bleed and is still on oxygen. She also still has thrush so that is making it hard for her to swallow and eat- ice chips have become her new best friend. 

She still has restrictions of no fresh fruit, fresh veggies, or flowers. 

She is doing well, just tired, but is holding her own!

Until i know more...

love jess

update May 8th

A quick update-

Mom is doing better and she was moved back to gibson late last night. Her room number was changed and she is now in room # 567. She has gotten some blood products but is doing well. 

until i know more...

love jess

Mom has been moved back to SCU- she is holding her own! 

update quickly-

mom's counts have dropped so she now has restrictions on herself and the room. She is not allowed to have fresh fruit, fresh veggies, or any flowers. Although, fake flowers are ok! Also, anyone coming in have to wash there hands in the sink outside her room. She is considered nutrupenic (spelling is wrong-sorry), which means her immune system is non-existent. She received blood products today-which included platelets and red blood cells. She also has an infection somewhere so they are going to treat with anti-biotics, they think it may be a bladder infection. Still waiting on test results. Also, her blood pressure is low-so they are watching her closely. 

until i know more-

love jess 

Back up to Gibson

YAHHHHH!!!

Mom is doing sooooo much better and she is almost back to her old self. She can talk to us again and has her humor back. She is breathing better and is having sherbet and ice chips. She has developed blood clots in her legs so her legs are quite swollen. They are giving her medication to help dissolves those blood clots. She is also taking some diabetic medications because her sugar is high and that is from the other medications she is getting. Other than that she is doing so much better. At 1:15 AM this morning she was moved back to her Gibson room, room 569. YAHH. So happy that she is back in her old room. They saved it just for her! 

Thank you to everyone for all of your kind words, thoughts, and hugs. They really help. Positive thoughts really do work ! YAHH! 

UNtil i know more...

LOVE JESS

She has moved to SCU

Hi all! 

Things are not going well at all. Mom has moved to SCU (Special Care Unit) here at Maine Medical because of breathing complications and temperature. They called in a rapid response team and she was moved to SCU. At 4 am on saturday they determined she had: multiple bilateral pulmonary embolisms. She had a procedure on saturday where they put a filter in one of her main arteries to her heart to stop blood clots from traveling up to her heart. At this time she is resting here at SCU and we will be here for about a week. She has limited visitation times were people go into see her for a few minutes and then back to the waiting room. 

It is a day to day thing- each day brings more news. Hopefully, she will be able to go back to Gibson soon. 

Will keep you all posted. 

Love, Jess