I think she's just on the downhill slide now
She's 85 and was taken to hospital a while ago because she was very weak and having a few problems. They ran a battery of tests, and kept her in hospital for a couple of months, then she got sent to rehab for a month or so to get her strength back - she never did but they sent her home anyway
She's been home maybe a little over a month (large 2 level house with all the living areas on the top level), and we're trying to get her into care, but it took forever to convince her, and now she can't get in until November I think.
So on Monday my aunt went over with the plan to stay with her this week, and discovered my nan's legs and feet were super swollen, so took her to the doctor.
She's just had more tests and they said her calcium levels are dangerously high and she's in heart failure because not enough blood is getting to her heart
They have no idea what's causing the heart failure, and can only say "old age". They want her to get a bone marrow sample, but she refused since she had one last time she was in hospital and it was horrible for her. So my 2 aunts who were there talking to the doctor had to be very blunt with her and tell her how serious this was (pretty much that she was dying), and as painful as it is, she HAS to have it done.
So she's agreed, but now she's very dispirited and just lying in hospital and dwelling on it.
We're planning on heading back to Australia in January, which is the earliest we can go back, and to be honest, I don't think she's going to make it that long.
All I can hope for is that she keeps her spirits up and goes peacefully when she does go.
She's 85 and was taken to hospital a while ago because she was very weak and having a few problems. They ran a battery of tests, and kept her in hospital for a couple of months, then she got sent to rehab for a month or so to get her strength back - she never did but they sent her home anyway
She's been home maybe a little over a month (large 2 level house with all the living areas on the top level), and we're trying to get her into care, but it took forever to convince her, and now she can't get in until November I think.
So on Monday my aunt went over with the plan to stay with her this week, and discovered my nan's legs and feet were super swollen, so took her to the doctor.
She's just had more tests and they said her calcium levels are dangerously high and she's in heart failure because not enough blood is getting to her heart
So she's agreed, but now she's very dispirited and just lying in hospital and dwelling on it.
We're planning on heading back to Australia in January, which is the earliest we can go back, and to be honest, I don't think she's going to make it that long.
All I can hope for is that she keeps her spirits up and goes peacefully when she does go.