Spent The Night With Mom

[Janet]

I spoke with Mom on the phone yesterday and she didn't sound very well. After I got the dogs all groomed I took my shower then headed to her house. Oh my....she was sooo weak and just going to her kitchen (about 7 steps from her chair) made her out of breath. I took her BP and it was in the normal range. I had her stand up and it went down to 80 over 56. She had fallen during the day when she got out of her chair. I called the nurse then and she called the kidney doctor.

She had to quit taking one of ther BP meds and another med for an infection. This morning she was much better and sounded better too. I feel so bad for her because they talked her into doing the dialysis and said she would feel better and she doesn't feel even a little bit better.

I have to run my route then head to Lafayette to pick up some more antibiotics for her peritonitis, then to Frankfort to take it to Mom and then do my normal Monday errands.

She doesn't go to her heart Dr. until the 12th of February. I have a feeling her heart is getting worse. She's coughing quite a bit more than she did and it's not her sinuses like she says. I think it's her congestive heart failure. I'm afraid if they give her bad news...she'll just want to give up. She's so tired of not feeling good anymore.

I came home and got caught up on my sleep. I have to sleep on the couch at Mom's and she keeps it so hot in her home that I just have a hard time doing anything there.