What tips do you have for this problem? Mom sleeps many hours a day now and wont wake for meds - which are many after C Diff infection and 2 bleeding ulcers which were endoscopically repaired. They threw all the meds they could at her GI issues and she is on prescribed vitamins as well as two antibiotics, and other meds (!!!). We have a provider appt in two days (it is now a Saturday). She spits out meds and the poly pharmacy is affecting her ability to wake. Wondering if anyone has encountered this and has any tips. At least to get through the weekend. Thanks.
I use patchMD vitamin patches.
At some point the quality of life isn't good enough. I think the person you are describing now belongs in a skilled nursing facility to a whole plethora of reasons. I am so sorry this happened. This is someone severely ill, and medications simply might not be able to cure all this.
You should also know that the medications for C-Diff are hideous to take. They are very foul tasting and mixing them in anything crushed isn't going to work. They often lead to vomiting even when someone CAN willingly swallow them. I had to take some of the same meds for a severe diverticulitis and didn't think I would make it through the 10 days; I lost 20 pounds and could not eat. I still remember how good a poached egg on toast was when finally I wasn't fighting 24/7 nausea despite anti-emetics.
I am so sorry.
We also had better luck with liquid meds at some point.