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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / August 2005please ...more purrs for my mom
My mom fell and broke her hip in late July and had her hip replaced. She was in the hospital for 5 days and then they moved her to the rehab floor. Since her surgery she's had some difficulties, especially with getting sufficient oxygen -- turned out she has "mild" congestive heart failure (from "mild" leakage in 3 heart valves) and has had fluid in her lungs. They also said she has "moderate" COPD, which I think stands for chronic obstrutive pulmonary disease, which we didn't know before either. She had been improving, was off oxygen, and was due to be moved from the intensive rehab center to a skilled nursing facility on Friday. Found out today she's had several episodes of bleeding from her blood thinner injection site; they controlled that but then she was complaining of a lot of pressure under her ribcage. I called my friend who is a cardiac nurse and basically got the scoop from her on what to ask the rehab nurse to do (which included calling the doctor and requesting they do an EKG) and so have been following EKG and troponin tests this evening. The thought is possible heart attack. If you have purrs to spare, please send them on to her. Thanks, Christine (stressed out) > My mom fell and broke her hip in late July and had her hip replaced. > She was in the hospital for 5 days and then they moved her to the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > the intensive rehab center to a skilled nursing facility on Friday. > Found out today she's had several episodes of bleeding from her blood > thinner injection site; they controlled that but then she was > complaining of a lot of pressure under her ribcage. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Thanks, > Christine (stressed out) I'm so sorry. Many purrs coming right up. -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > My mom fell and broke her hip in late July and had her hip replaced. She > was [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > Thanks, > Christine (stressed out) Purrs. She may be on such treatment already, but she should be cautiously on a beta blocker, which improves survival in heart attack and chronic heart failure, but causes airway problems in asthmatics. An ACE inhibitor is also appropriate and safe for the airway. Low-dose aspirin is also probably appropriate, but with careful monitoring of blood coagulation and any brochospasm. Diuretics may be useful in getting rid of the fluid. Troponins and EKG are useful, but I'd probably want a CK-MB blood test as well as electrolytes and possibly blood gasses. If there's a question of the anticoagulant (blood thinner), she should have a coagulation panel, which consists of the prothrombin time (PT), partial thromboplastin time (PTT), and the computed Internationalized Normal Ratio (INR). High INR probably means she should get Vitamin K. > My mom fell and broke her hip in late July and had her hip replaced. She > was > in the hospital for 5 days and then they moved her to the rehab floor. snip Just so you know ... generally speaking, the hip (femur/thigh bone) fractures first which in turn causes the patient to lose balance and fall down. I have been through this with my father who had a partial hip replacement at age 95. Repeated loss of balance and falling is a telltail sign of advancing dementia which is the body's natural, progessive shut down process. I am sorry you have to go through this. > I called my friend who is a cardiac nurse and basically got the scoop from > her on what to ask the rehab nurse to do (which included calling the doctor [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Thanks, > Christine (stressed out) Lots of purrs on the way for your mother and for you, Christine. Wish there was more I could do.  SignatureMarina, Frank and Miranda. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > I called my friend who is a cardiac nurse and basically got the > scoop from her on what to ask the rehab nurse to do (which included [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Thanks, > Christine (stressed out) Purrs on the way, absolutely. How scary for you and your mom. Jill The thought is possible heart attack. If you have > purrs to spare, please send them on to her. > > Thanks, > Christine (stressed out) Many, many purrs and prayers that she is on the mend soon. And big calming hugs {{{{CHRISTINE}}} for your stress. Helen M Christine Purrs on their way from the Fabulous Furballs Lesley > My mom fell and broke her hip in late July and had her hip replaced. > <snip> The thought is possible heart attack. If you have > purrs to spare, please send them on to her. Always plenty of spare purrs & woofs in a good cause! Assorted supportive animal noises & hoomin best wishes for your Mom from Gordon & the FF > tests this evening. The thought is possible heart attack. If you have > purrs to spare, please send them on to her. There's always lots of healing purrs to send out. SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > My mom fell and broke her hip in late July and had her hip replaced. > She was in the hospital for 5 days and then they moved her to the [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Thanks, > Christine (stressed out) Feel better purrs on the way for your mom. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > If you have >purrs to spare, please send them on to her. Multiple purrs, doggy-wags, and best wishes are on their way for your mom and for you. Hoping all goes well. Jeanne Jeanne Hajos spamguard:( u is i, and not is net) === "Anger improves nothing except the arch of a cat's back." --- Coleman Cox My SETI team: http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_125874.html > My mom fell and broke her hip in late July and had her hip replaced. She > was [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Thanks, > Christine (stressed out) Rusty will purr for you and your mother Please try not to get too stressed. You are doing all you can for your mother. Winnie >My mom fell and broke her hip in late July and had her hip replaced. She was >in the hospital for 5 days and then they moved her to the rehab floor. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >Thanks, >Christine (stressed out) Mega purrs, d*ggy kisses, and prayers are on the way to you and your mom. Purrs and Hugs, Nan Purrs for your Mom and for you. Ann Signatureread Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/ see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos > My mom fell and broke her hip in late July and had her hip replaced. She > was [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Thanks, > Christine (stressed out) All my strength is praying for your mom to recover. Moms are precious. No one loves you quite like you mom does. I wish I still had mine. Tweed > My mom fell and broke her hip in late July and had her hip replaced. She > was [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Thanks, > Christine (stressed out) Purrs and prayers for your mom! Lily & her mama Jazz, RB SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > My mom fell and broke her hip in late July and had her hip replaced. She > was [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Thanks, > Christine (stressed out) Lots of purrs and hugs for you and your mom. Alison > My mom fell and broke her hip in late July and had her hip replaced. She was > in the hospital for 5 days and then they moved her to the rehab floor. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Thanks, > Christine (stressed out) >My mom fell and broke her hip in late July and had her hip replaced. She was >in the hospital for 5 days and then they moved her to the rehab floor. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >Thanks, >Christine (stressed out) {{{Christine}}}} Sending big purrs for your mom. That is a lot to have and go through. I hope they can help her feel a lot better very soon. Ginger-lyn who knows COPD is no fun Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes for your mom and hugs for you, Christine, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > My mom fell and broke her hip in late July and had her hip replaced. She was > in the hospital for 5 days and then they moved her to the rehab floor. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Thanks, > Christine (stressed out) Purrs on the way >My mom fell and broke her hip in late July and had her hip replaced. She was >in the hospital for 5 days and then they moved her to the rehab floor. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >Thanks, >Christine (stressed out) SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html Purrs! Elisabet and Hugo Katt >My mom fell and broke her hip in late July and had her hip replaced. She was >in the hospital for 5 days and then they moved her to the rehab floor. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >Thanks, >Christine (stressed out) Thank you all sooooo much for the purrs and everything; the lab test results for the troponin came back negative which was wonderful and by morning the pressure under her ribs had gone and by early afternoon today the bleeding had stopped.. In fact, tonight, she sounded sooo much improved compared to last night that I felt an overwhelming sense of relief. As you can imagine, I didn't sleep much last night running all kinds of scenarios through my head. So huge THANK YOUs to you all and your purrkids for the support; it made the difference! Will post updates to questions re cats and kids to those who asked as soon as I get a chance to catch my breath. Thank you all for caring. Christine > My mom fell and broke her hip in late July and had her hip replaced. She was > in the hospital for 5 days and then they moved her to the rehab floor. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Thanks, > Christine (stressed out) > Thank you all sooooo much for the purrs and everything; the lab test > results for the troponin came back negative which was wonderful and [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > soon as I get a chance to catch my breath. Thank you all for caring. > Christine Christine, you've got it... more purrs and everything it takes for your mom to be better, fast. Jill > > Thank you all sooooo much for the purrs and everything; the lab test > > results for the troponin came back negative which was wonderful and [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > soon as I get a chance to catch my breath. Thank you all for caring. > > Christine So glad to hear the good news. May it get better as time goes by. Prayers and purrs for your mom, you and for your family as stress is part of illness. We'll be thinking of you all. Charleen and family > Thank you all sooooo much for the purrs and everything; the lab test > results for the troponin came back negative which was wonderful and [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > soon as I get a chance to catch my breath. Thank you all for caring. > Christine I'm so glad she 's feeling better. Thanks for the update. Continuing purrs for a full recovery. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >Thank you all sooooo much for the purrs and everything; the lab test results >for the troponin came back negative which was wonderful and by morning the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >as I get a chance to catch my breath. Thank you all for caring. >Christine That is good news. The power of purrs and prayers is awesome. It sounds a lot like what my 89 year old aunt went through last week. She was hospitalized in ICU last Thursday with congestive heart failure and was unresponsive. Her BPN was 1800 and should have been below 100. The doctor said that her heart, lungs and kidneys were shutting down. By Friday morning she was sitting up and talking, but was passing blood. She had a colonoscopy Saturday morning which showed some polyps and a few small veins, but nothing that should have caused the bleeding. They decided that her blood thinner level was too high and was causing the bleeding. Monday morning she was well enough to be released. Purrs and Hugs, Nan I'm so very happy to hear your mom is doing so much better, Christine. Please take some time for yourself now and try to get some sleep or at least rest a bit. Continued purrs and best wishes for your mom and calming hugs for you, Christine, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > Thank you all sooooo much for the purrs and everything; the lab test results > for the troponin came back negative which was wonderful and by morning the [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Thanks, > > Christine (stressed out) Glad to hear that your mom is getting better. Do you live close to her? I live thousands of miles from my mom and only keep in touch by phone. Continue purrs for complete recovery. Please get some rest. Winnie > Thank you all sooooo much for the purrs and everything; the lab test > results [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] >> Thanks, >> Christine (stressed out) > My mom fell and broke her hip in late July and had her hip replaced. She > was [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Thanks, > Christine (stressed out) So sorry to be late with this, Christine, and very sorry to hear about your Mom. Purrs and prayers that she improves. And calming purrs for you are included. Sam, closely supervised by Misteltoe |
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