Commented on a discussion 5/18/2010 at 3:41 pm
well, we're back...i was looking for info on sundowning, because that was the excuse everyone was giving me....at 2:30am Sunday morning, she crashed and went to the ER! She had C02 poisoning...she was
...Read Morewell, we're back...i was looking for info on sundowning, because that was the excuse everyone was giving me....at 2:30am Sunday morning, she crashed and went to the ER! She had C02 poisoning...she wasn't breathing right and that's why she was sleeping so much! She was laying in there and suffocating! Too add insult to injury, all the ER doc wanted to do was vent her!
Thank God there was a shift change, and the new doctor LISTENED to me, utilized the Bi-Pap machine, and we got her back into do-able levels.
If your family member starts snoozing too much...ASK FOR BLOOD GASSES!!
Just got done moving her back to the carehome...and she is avidly seeking to get walking. OH OH OH....the Pharmacist at the hospital heard what happened and made a point of telling me that 80 % of elderly women that break their hips? DIE within 6 months! what a JACKASS!!
Sometimes, I tell you, this just gets nuts!