Still no answers..

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They did an ECG yesterday. I dunno if they have the results yet since they did it so late in the afternoon. My grandma won't breathe through her nose so she isn't getting the oxygen she needs and is still at around 80-85%.

They found one clot in her lungs and one clot in one of her legs. About 45 years ago, she had a lot of clots in her legs after having her veins stripped (varicose veins runs in the family). She developed clots then and was on a lot of blood thinners that no one was allowed to see her because one tiny scratch would make her bleed to death. She also almost died after her hysterectomy a few years later (she had a lot of pus removed from inside her). So when she gets sick, she goes big and all out.

They're going to try to put a piece of mesh in her leg to stop that clot from breaking off and getting to her brain/lungs. I'm not sure if they're going to mesh the one in her lungs. She's on heparin and coumadin and she has been laying on her back since they found them. she can go to the bathroom but has to have a nurse or aide help her. She wants to be home.

And my mom's family is a bunch of fucking nut cases. My aunt called my mom yesterday at about 12pm EST and was totally drunk (She's been an alcoholic for as long as my mom can remember). My mom also suspects she's using drugs since she wasn't her normal drunk self. She kept asking my mom if we should get her one of those medical alert bracelets and my mom was like "She doesn't have an allergy and there isn't anything a normal person can do if she has these problems again..so it won't mean anything.." then my aunt yelled at her and said "No damnit those necklace things". Oh, LifeAlert. Well, she's 80 and lives alone so it wouldn't hurt for her to have one. My mom was like "Well that makes sense, this way she doesn't need to go to a rehab hospital and can live alone" to which my aunt screamed "She's not going to no fucking rehab hospital". That conversation went well.

My uncle's wife (don't see her as an aunt since..well..she isn't) used to do some admin work at a nursing home so she thinks she knows everything and is spouting off all this crap about how the doctor should do this, that and the other thing. And if SHE was in there taking care of Grandma, she would do this, this, this and not that,that, that. To add to this, my cousin who is going through nursing school is like "Get me the test results. I want to see them." only so he can criticize the doctor [his words] (he's a first year nursing student. I know he MAY know something but he has no right looking at them).

My mom is exhausted. She is irritated at her family for not calling instead of putting it on Facebook. My grandma is mad that we found out on Facebook. My mom and I are still waiting for airfare prices to be a little cheaper (probably this Tues or Wednesday we'll fly out). I just want her out of the hospital and HOME. This waiting shit sucks.


TL;DR version - Grandma still isn't better, her kids are nutcases, I feel bad that my mom isn't there yet.

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How stressful. Hope they figure things out quickly for her.

This kind of thing can bring out the worst in people and I'm so sorry that you (and your mom) are dealing with crazy on top of your grandma.

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Eh some good news...no damage was done to her heart so no cardiologist needed. I wish they could give us a discharge date.