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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 101965" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: nvts</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I guess I'm worried that she may still be vital and something may be overlooked that could return her to that person she was in July/August. Sorry if I offend, <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Beth </div></div></p><p></p><p>No, Beth, not offended at all! I thank you for your post because those are the things I TRIED to straighten out when she was at my house. I tried to organize her medications with her so I could figure out what she was taking, when, etc., but there was a mix-up with one of her medications. My sister M is supposed to be on top of the medications situation and when I called her for clarification, she wasn't very helpful. In addition to our confusion, mom keeps all her medications in a GIANT plastic Ziplock bag and then places her weekly medications into one of those Sunday through Saturday medication containers. Each Sunday she refills it. What I noticed was that not all of her medications were gone throughout the week and when I asked her about it she said she doesn't always need to take certain medications every day. So, I checked with the pharmacy on the dosages and when I tried to straighten it out with mom, she refused to do as told. Plus, she is supposed to take an aspirin each day and she refuses. Not so coincidentally, she discontinued taking the aspirin JUST before she came to my house. </p><p></p><p>My sister in law used to be a cardian nurse in ICU and she said that its VERY possible and likely that mom suffered a group of mini strokes simply because she hadn't been taking the aspirin. My mom claims that the aspirin caused her to have blood in her stool, but we've since discovered that very often people who take medications like lipitor and/or avandia long term often develop cholitis-like symptoms which would explain the blood in her stool. When she was with me I also tried to get her to go to my dr just to get a stool sample done so we could have that checked out - she was 'going' all the time and it wasn't normal so I thought she maybe had one of those bugs that the aged are very susceptible. </p><p></p><p>I called my sister M this morning and hopefully she will contact me later. I think I am just going to call the Dept of Aging myself this morning and see if I can't get the ball rolling - at least get her an open case and possibly a caseworker for an initial meeting. After the new year I will have all my vacation time back, so I could possibly go to PA and sit in on the meetings with my sister M. I don't know, we'll see how today goes.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 101965, member: 2211"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: nvts</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I guess I'm worried that she may still be vital and something may be overlooked that could return her to that person she was in July/August. Sorry if I offend, ;)Beth </div></div> No, Beth, not offended at all! I thank you for your post because those are the things I TRIED to straighten out when she was at my house. I tried to organize her medications with her so I could figure out what she was taking, when, etc., but there was a mix-up with one of her medications. My sister M is supposed to be on top of the medications situation and when I called her for clarification, she wasn't very helpful. In addition to our confusion, mom keeps all her medications in a GIANT plastic Ziplock bag and then places her weekly medications into one of those Sunday through Saturday medication containers. Each Sunday she refills it. What I noticed was that not all of her medications were gone throughout the week and when I asked her about it she said she doesn't always need to take certain medications every day. So, I checked with the pharmacy on the dosages and when I tried to straighten it out with mom, she refused to do as told. Plus, she is supposed to take an aspirin each day and she refuses. Not so coincidentally, she discontinued taking the aspirin JUST before she came to my house. My sister in law used to be a cardian nurse in ICU and she said that its VERY possible and likely that mom suffered a group of mini strokes simply because she hadn't been taking the aspirin. My mom claims that the aspirin caused her to have blood in her stool, but we've since discovered that very often people who take medications like lipitor and/or avandia long term often develop cholitis-like symptoms which would explain the blood in her stool. When she was with me I also tried to get her to go to my dr just to get a stool sample done so we could have that checked out - she was 'going' all the time and it wasn't normal so I thought she maybe had one of those bugs that the aged are very susceptible. I called my sister M this morning and hopefully she will contact me later. I think I am just going to call the Dept of Aging myself this morning and see if I can't get the ball rolling - at least get her an open case and possibly a caseworker for an initial meeting. After the new year I will have all my vacation time back, so I could possibly go to PA and sit in on the meetings with my sister M. I don't know, we'll see how today goes. Thanks again. [/QUOTE]
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