My Mom has taken a turn for the worse. In the last few weeks she's had this terrible cough. An xray was taken and it shows that some of her food is getting into her lungs. They call it "infiltrate." I saw her last Friday and her voice was real low and she was coughing. We did wander around the place like we usually do. Debbie got a call Monday from Tonya, the wonderful social worker from Hospice, saying that Mom had definitely gone downhill since Friday. She didn't get up much over the weekend and she was unable to feed herself. The food she's getting is all pureed. I talked with one of the docs at my office, as I couldn't figure out how food can get in the lungs..Apparently there is a flap that separates the trachea from the esophogas. Food is somehow getting by that.
Please pray for us..It's only been 5 1/2 weeks since my Dad died. We knew it could be close, but it's going to be difficult.
I am still struggling with normal. I am unsettled and not sure what to do about it..there are some life decisions I need to make, but have come to the conclusion that I won't make any real changes until later. There are some steps I can take in the meantime though..I just have to figure those out too..
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