Prayer requests

rolltidega said:
Prayers needed for my father in law. He has been taking care of my mother in law who tested positive for COVID. She is in the down slope of it but he has the symptoms now. He just had to go to the hospital as he was having a hard time catching his breath. We are in the car at the hospital while my wife is in there to at least do the paperwork for him. She won’t be able to see him though. This virus is a bitch.
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Oh dear... :pray2: Praying for a full and quick recovery.
 
rolltidega said:
Prayers needed for my father in law. He has been taking care of my mother in law who tested positive for COVID. She is in the down slope of it but he has the symptoms now. He just had to go to the hospital as he was having a hard time catching his breath. We are in the car at the hospital while my wife is in there to at least do the paperwork for him. She won’t be able to see him though. This virus is a bitch.
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Sending prayers for a quick recovery.
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Well, went to the Dr with my dad on Monday and they had to delay the chemo a second week because his blood levels were too low. (he has bone marrow cancer). Platelets count was down to 20. (normal is 150 - 200) Red cell count was low which makes him out of breath and tired and makes the likelihood of a heart attack go way up. They are giving him a transfusion this week to see if they can get the counts up, but its' not looking good.

He's 85, so had a good life, but after having him being healthy for so many years, its' difficult for me to conceive of a world without him. Since he's mom's caregiver (Alzheimer and ( I believe ) depression from her twins death a couple of years ago) so we have to figure out where she is going to go. Several memory care units close, but since the virus, they won't let us visit, so I can't just have her lose her husband and put her somewhere where she'll be all alone.

We're funding a trust now for her care, I hope we have time to complete it.

A lot of hard decisions ahead. Prayers for wisdom and strength.
 
If you guys don't mind, say a prayer for my mother in law. She was having chest pains this evening and was taken to the hospital by ambulance where they are running tests. To make things worse, she has dementia and doesn't understand what is going on, and all my wife can do is sit in the car in their parking lot waiting for a nurse to call her. They won't let her go in, much less see her mother.
 
Well, looks like she's in no immediate danger. Her heartbeat is slow, her BP a bit high, iron low, but she has a mild case of pneumonia. Last we heard they will probably send her home tonight to be followed up with tomorrow.

But because she has pneumonia, they are going to do a COVID test. We're worried how that is gonna go, her having dementia and all. But hopefully within an hour or so she'll be headed home, and "She who adores me" headed here after that.
 
Oh, dear... I pray for her health, and your wifes strength... :pray2:

This is so tough... sitting in parking lots waiting seems absurd when you have a patient who has no concept of their own self care due to dementia. In essence doctors making decisions and asking questions of a person not competent to take care of themselves.
 
Yeah the waiting outside is horrible. At least one person should be able to be in there. If doctors and nurses can "gown up" and mask up, can they not let one person do the same to be there for your loved one? Trust me, my FIL would prob love to hear someone's voice that he knows. It may stir something inside of him to fight like the dickens to get better. Granted in his case, he is in COVID isolation but I really feel like he needs to hear family. He is sedated but I am a firm believer that he would still be able to hear.
 
lotstodo said:
I can't imagine not being able to be with her. Folks with dementia really need an advocate with them to explain conditions and keep her calm. I'm so sorry she had to be kept. It has to be scary and heartbreaking.
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My wife explained that to the staff and they've been really good about explain things to her mom and all. Wife did get to talk to mom on the phone for about 30 mins last night. She knows where she's at and why, but she's having a hard time understanding why her family can't be with her.

The nurses said she rested well last night, so that's a plus. We're waiting on the doctors to make their rounds now.
 
Doctors are now saying they think she's had a light heart attack. Medication changes and more testing to follow.
 
Keep our family in continued prayers. FIL still in hospital on respirator. Lungs just won’t clear up and the prognosis is not all that good. It will take a miracle from God at this point, I know He is in the miracle business but I also know that He will call us home when it is our time. My FIL has always treated me like I was his own son so this really sucks. I know how we all feel about masks and such and I sure don’t like to wear one, but if there is even a small chance that wearing one out in public when in closed spaces, please wear it. Once it has affected someone in your family, it could be too late. We need to keep our state open. We cannot walk backwards so maybe a very small sacrifice just while out might help. Thanks for all the love and prayers already, they are appreciated.
 
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