The doctor wants to do a triple by-pass on my mom who is going to be 86 in January. Even though I have been told that her chances aren't very good of surviving the surgery because of her age I was...
On September 29, 2009 my sister lost her fight. Back on August 1, 2009 I made the decision to have my sister start hospice. At the end she had no pain. Her body was still functioning but her spirit...
Hang in there hun, when your ill you lash out at the person closest too you. It's the illness and the fear of what is to come. Your not a horrible person don't even think that. I know I initial feel...
I'm sorry that you are struggling so. It takes alot of courage to be the caregiver....
Is your mom eligilble for low income services? It isn't always the best but at least she could see someone to help keep her stable while your battling to get Social Security and Medicare. I know that...
I'm so happy to hear that they got a liver for her. Hopefully everything will settle down and her recovery will smooth out. I'll keep you in my prayers. Barb ...
my sister is in a care home now and has started hospice. we don't know if we are coming to the end or not but we do know that she doesn't take proper care of herself if she is home and I can't be...
Rick, I hope your right and that she will improve but with all the other medical problems, congesitve heart failure and kidney disfunction I'm not going to hold out for a miricle. I know she is...
Well we signed the hospice paperwork yesterday. Which is a good sign but she still isn't convinced that she she is going to die. She keeps telling me not to sell her car because maybe everyone is...
Good news goes quickly. Her son and I are having to keep reafirming the desicion to go to the care center. I gues we will struggle until we actually get her signed in....
We took Sally to the hospital Tuesday evening and of course she was hospitalized for a blood transfusion, a tranfusion of albumin and to try to get rid of some fifty pounds of fluid that had built...
My sister told me today that she didn't want to go to a care home. She is getting sicker and much more frequently now and I just can't take care of her like she needs. I told her that I thought it...
Hello, I cancelled my tickets back home because I didn't think she would stay well for a full week. Yesterday I had her son drive her down to S. Califorina so that she could see her daughter and two...
Hello, There is only one way to force medical treatment on her. You would have to take her to court and have her declared incompetant and get legal custody. I had a friend who did it with with his...
So sorry that things went the way they did. I've gotten to the point myself that I don't plan anything because I never know when a Vodka bottle is magically appear. It's so hard to watch the self...
Hello, Being a caregiver is one of the toughest jobs out there. I've been taking care of my sister for a year and nine months. Her liver failure started getting bad back around Christmas. She...
Hi Allie, My sister just got out of the hospital on Tuesday. She wanted to know how she had ended up in the hospital. She had no memory of all the pills she took or of the Vodka she started off with....
Hi Allie, I got a good idea of what you're going through. Before my sister got sick I was taking care of a seriously ill friend with congestive heart failure, numerouse other health problems and a...
I don't think my sister was attempting suicide. I don't think she realized that she was taking so many. Probably just kept waking up and taking some every few hours. She is going to be in the...
thank you for posting. I do try to keep positive, it is just hard sometimes. We went back to the emergency room today. She took about twenty sleeping pills. She okay now bet they are keeping her...
Today I found an empty bottle of Vodka in my sister's room. I guess she made her decision on how much longer she wants to live. I just went through this with a friend of mine and now I'm not able to...
My sister has some of those symptoms, they are some of the most common. She probably got Hep C from shooting up (drugs) twenty years ago. But she really didn't show the signs until about[b] 3 years...
You're in my prayers. It does seem to pour when it rains. Once the liver starts failing you'll find that other parts of the body start to go. My sister has volume overload with her heart causing...
Hello, today is my first day on this website. My sister has advanced liver failure and may have about six months left. I've been taking care of her now for almost two years and I'm worn out. I'm glad...
Hello, I'm sorry about your gramma. Since she stopped taking the medication I'm assuming her ammoinia level has gotten very high. That is probably part of the reason why she doesn't talk any more....
Hello, My sister has advanced stage liver failure. What i was told that the liver can actually heal it self some as long as you have at least 13% of the liver still working. My sister is only has...