My grandmother (90) with heart failure stage 2 and kidney failure stage 3/4 has had a diarrhea at the beginning of this month for a couple of days. No pain (only sore anus), no fever. We gave recommended food and it went away. Bowel movement is completely back to normal. But it has been over two weeks now and it seems that she hasn't really recovered strength wise. She would sleep a lot before. But would be up in the evening for a couple of hours. Now she is in bed the whole day except for two meals a day and visits to the bathroom.
At first I though she needs time to get her strength back but now I'm getting worried as the 'recovery' days add on.
I'm planning on calling the doctor tomorrow but maybe someone dealt with similar before?
Thank you.
I wouldn't despair, though. My mother suffered a couple of minor strokes related to her chronic heart disease from which she took many weeks to recover, sleeping for large parts of the day; but she did eventually get back to a near-normal routine. It can take a long time.
I'm sure the doctor and your grandmother's healthcare team will advise on striking the right balance between encouraging your grandmother to be awake and mobile as much as possible (which is good for her) but not overdoing it (which is not).
Best of luck!