March 30, 2009

The last few days have been somewhat difficult. Ever since the incident on Friday, Mom has been extremely tired and weak. She is only alert for a few hours a day - most of the times she just sleeps. It does seem to be more restful sleep than she has been having, which is good. But she is in much more pain. When mom is asking for pain killers, we know she is in quite a bit of pain because she has a high tolerance for pain and she is not one to take pain pills. We have thought that perhaps it is the heart medicine or the pain medication (although it's not very strong) that may be making her so tired. She said she wouldn't mind having visitors on Sunday, but felt bad that she slept through every one of them. I am glad that all of her siblings were able to come and talk to her on Friday while she was still alert.

March 27, 2009

Today was an interesting day for the family. Last night (Thursday) Mom began to be a little anxious. She had a restless night and slept most of the morning, but it was a disturbing sleep for her. She woke up about 3:00 pm in somewhat of a panic and wanted to see all of her family. Shortly after she woke, the nurse came and discovered her heart was racing. She immediately put mom on medication that would bring it back down. The nurse informed us that such a high heart rate would cause these feelings of anxiety and also dizziness (which explained why we found her on the floor this morning). By the evening, she was feeling much less anxious - although still very tired. All of her siblings were able to come in a visit with her and she was so happy to have seen them all. Thank you everyone for rushing in to see my mom!! It was a nice visit for everyone.