I understand what everyone is saying but the risk of infection was only explained to us after she was infected. The preventative measure were taken once she was put into the ICU. She was in the IMCU...
Yes please express the seriousness of this issue with him. He NEEDS to see a physician. My mother passed away just a few ago from complications of liver disease. As Connie stated it's a very gruesome...
I know people get catheters often with no issues, but even if there was a small chance of complications I just feel like we should have been informed. I guess I'm still looking for answers...
Sorry for your lost. My prayers are with you. I'm still grieving the lost of my mom from a few weeks ago..all that I can say is that there will be plenty of ups and down emotions ahead just be strong...
I would assume it's fluid if his stomach is hard (but I could be wrong). The only real way to find out is for him to see a doctor. Also I know a lot of people with liver disease has very itchy skin,...
As some of you may already know, my mom passed March 6 due to septic shock associated with end stage liver disease. After some thinking I just found it odd how quickly my mom's health deteriorated...
Thanks so much. ..and yes it hurts pretty bad. I just never thought that i'd lose my mom so soon. I'm 26 yrs old, there's so many things that haven't happened yet in my life that I was hoping she'd...
My mom passed away yesterday @ 1:25pm :cry:...
I've been browsing this forum for a while but haven't posted much up until about a week ago. Anyway I made a post looking for more information about liver failure and cirrhosis. Sad to say that my...
Yeah I know it's one of those..."pray for the best, prepare for the worst" things. In all reality I know that I'm going to lose my mom to this disease. I just need to come to terms with that...
So after weighing all options we are looking into the possibilities of having a living liver donor. It seems that's that's only hope right now and even with condition being so critical right now we...
Thanks for the responses. Last night I received a call around 3 in the morning of course when I saw that it was the hospital my heart started racing immediately but earlier during the day we had a...
My mother is 54 and she's currently in the ICU due to alcoholic ESLD. She's in pretty bad shape too. Ammonia level is high, kidney function down, blood infection and she bleeding really bad from her...
Sorry to hear about your husband. My mom has alcoholic cirrhosis as well. She was diagnosed in 2006 but I'm sure it was present before then. She suffers from the classic symptoms (jaundice, fluid...