15th May 2005
My mother has been in the hospital for going on a week now. She was found unconcious last monday am, when I got to the hospital ,I was saying goodbye to her. They had no idea and still dont know what caused the collapse. She made it through the night, and her vitals started to go up. Her temp was appx 92 her bp was extemely low, ect, ect. They ran toxicology and found nothing out of the normal. She lives on medicines, for this ailment or that. I have lost track with all of them. Lortab, Xanax, Soma, Phenergan, Vistaril, Lexapro, Ambien, Lomotil, are just a few in the bags I have found. The doctors are aware of this, however, I just dont understand why she needs all of this junk.
I have a serious medical condition, and I dont even take this much medicine.
The night she was admitted she was able to say a few words. She told her close friend, who then told me later, that she took some morphine, on top of all of this other medicine. Now, just for clairifcation, she has never had a rx for morphine. She is a live in caregiver 7 days on 7 off, and had taken the morphine, because she claims she was in severe pain. The morphine she had taken was her clients husband who recently passed away. She claims she was throwing it out, but took it instead as well as some lortabs, and was very crafty about it.
Here is my problem. I dont know to tell the doctors, in fear that she could get in TONS of trouble. However it has been a week and they still dont know what caused the collapse. What if they treat her for the wrong thing, and she gets sicker. Her friends said not to tell, however I am changing my mind. How can I get her the proper help, if I dont. SHe was unconcious for anywhere from 3-12 hours. In that time, she had suffered muscle deterioration, (some enzyme was released and ate away at her muscles) her lungs filled with fluid. She has severe symptoms from being unconcious.
To top this off, I just found out her sister died in a very similar way 1 1/2 years ago.
SO, ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME. I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE NOW. I am the only family here, my brother is in Iraq, and that is all we have as a family. I dont know how to make these decisions. I am 26, and feel all alone. I need help, but cannot afford a counselor, and I cannot afford to miss any more work. I feel like I am drowning. Any Ideas will be very welcome. Please email me at [ please carefully review the posting rules - no emails ]Thanks so much for you kindness in reading this.
Nora
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I have a serious medical condition, and I dont even take this much medicine.
The night she was admitted she was able to say a few words. She told her close friend, who then told me later, that she took some morphine, on top of all of this other medicine. Now, just for clairifcation, she has never had a rx for morphine. She is a live in caregiver 7 days on 7 off, and had taken the morphine, because she claims she was in severe pain. The morphine she had taken was her clients husband who recently passed away. She claims she was throwing it out, but took it instead as well as some lortabs, and was very crafty about it.
Here is my problem. I dont know to tell the doctors, in fear that she could get in TONS of trouble. However it has been a week and they still dont know what caused the collapse. What if they treat her for the wrong thing, and she gets sicker. Her friends said not to tell, however I am changing my mind. How can I get her the proper help, if I dont. SHe was unconcious for anywhere from 3-12 hours. In that time, she had suffered muscle deterioration, (some enzyme was released and ate away at her muscles) her lungs filled with fluid. She has severe symptoms from being unconcious.
To top this off, I just found out her sister died in a very similar way 1 1/2 years ago.
SO, ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME. I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE NOW. I am the only family here, my brother is in Iraq, and that is all we have as a family. I dont know how to make these decisions. I am 26, and feel all alone. I need help, but cannot afford a counselor, and I cannot afford to miss any more work. I feel like I am drowning. Any Ideas will be very welcome. Please email me at [ please carefully review the posting rules - no emails ]Thanks so much for you kindness in reading this.
Nora
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