When life hands you lemons add alcohol and stir!

[mishka422]

Mom has been in the hospital for 9 days now with no end in sight. They have no idea what to do for her but have found that her white cell count keeps increasing and they have taken numerous blood cultures to test for infection. They also want to do a thoracentisis but they can't because her blood is too thin right now and she could bleed out. Of course, the procedure could collapse her lung or cause other damage so.........there are always such severe cons aren't there?

She doesn't eat anything other than fortified pudding and a little fruit and scrambled eggs. She can usually feed herself a little in the morning but after that she is worn out and won't feed herself so I have to be there to do it. Her nurses are great but they have other patients to deal with so mom can't fed by them. It's such a struggle.

I trudge back and forth do the hospital for 4-6 hours at a time, work then straight back to the hospital to sit for several more hours.....I'm already worn out and don't see an end in sight.

So tired.......