Mom Update January 19, 2007
Posted by spacemom in : In A Family Way , 9 commentsAs of last night, Mom was "doing better".
Her blood pressure was UP to 116/40(that 40 is scary). Apparently her blood pressure dropped to below 50/10 at one point yesterday.
She developed kidney stones. They decided to go in and remove them since they couldn’t blast them (I forget the correct term right now, forgive me.) I guess they can’t do that with the blood thinners she is on. When they went in to clear the stones, the kidney was infected. Badly. And then her BP dropped.
She’s on IV antibiotics, IV fluids to help flush the infection out of the kidney and IV drug to try to raise her blood pressure. She is still in ICU.
Unfortunately, she can’t have any pain medication. These lower the blood pressure. She will live. Her life is not in danger since they caught the infection. But she is in a lot of pain right now.
Thank you for the good thoughts. This is where it is hard to live so far away from your parents. They are down in the Smokys and here I am up in Boston… sigh…
