By later afternoon she wanted to go back to bed and became more disoriented and anxious as it got into evening. She felt itchy all over and the nurse recommended medication for that. She slept fine through the night.
Sunday morning she was more anxious and disoriented but once medicated she calmed down. the nurse stopped by to see her and she was okay, and her pulse and blood pressure were good. In the afternoon she took a nap but when she woke up she was very frightened and disoriented and sometimes not responsive. Her eyes were wide open as if she were frightened and she didn't speak for over an hour. We called hospice and our nurse came back. Mom was still the same when she got here. It seemed that she could hear us but did not respond verbally.
the nurse gave her more morphine and a stronger antianxiety medication and she relaxed but was still not really with us. They moved us into critical care and we had a nurse here all night and another one here for today. We will have one overnight tonight as well.
Mom's vital signs are changing and her blood pressure is falling. She isn't able to swallow so all the medication she is being given is by liquid or suppository. She is comfortable and sleeping. Her temperature is not dropping and is just below normal. The hospice people are here to keep her comfortable and not in pain.
She would be so upset to hear that her favorite tree came down in the hurricane on Sunday. She loves that tree and we were just talking about it a couple of weeks ago when I was in NJ with her. she gave her neighbor Patty a couple of seedlings and hopefully they will do well and carry on the tradition.
The thing that was the most fun for Mom this weekend was a skype call from the neighbor ladies in Mountainside that all called to tell her they miss her. A bunch of them went to the neighbor across the street and they called on the computer so that Mom could see all of them. It really made her happy and she was glad to hear that they hadn't forgotten about her. thanks all of you ladies for doing that!
Sorry to hear Mom is not doing well. We all thought she looked pretty good on skype. It was great to hear her and see her. I felt a little better since I was the only neighbor that was away when she left for San Diego and I didn't get to say good-bye at that time. All the neighbors talk about her every time we see each other outside. It was very difficult to watch them take down her favorite tree....but it was that or the electrical lines. Her gardening was her favorite hobby. The deer miss her too. They visit her garden every day. Love, Sera
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