My Mother In The Hospital

[irish]

Susan, A PIC line is usually used to administer antibiotics, but they can do one that administers Parenteral feeding. This is a nutritional supplement similar to Ensure, etc., but it is sterile and made specifically for intravenous nutrition.

I am wondering if your mom had a feeding tube placed into her stomach through the abdominal wall. Did they have to feed her by with an Ensure like supplement that hung on a pole like an IV? This tubing is attached to a stomach tube that has been inserted by the doctors during a surgical procedure. Also, the nurses can do the feedings with a big syringe using gravity or using the plunger to slowly push the feeding into the stomach.

I guess it would be good if you or your sister could have the nurse manager on your mom's floor call you and talk with you. Otherwise, there might be a social worker who is working on your mom's case who could fill you in on the specifics. Your dad has to give permission for the information to be given to you and he has to give both you and your sisters names.

I hope that you can get this straightened out cause I would bet your dad is really going to get confused over all this commotion. Good luck. Irish

[susanep]

Yes irish there has been a lot of confusion. I have talked with my mom, and because I am having to rest right now and don't want her to catch anything from me, I mostly talked to my sisters.

Mom said she will be there until next Wednesday anyway. A slower process than we knew of, but I guess with the intestines that is how it is. One doctor did tell her due to many risk factors such as her age, surgery would be the last resort, so not to worry about that.

I think everyone is just tired, sick, etc. We are all getting too old. lol....

Thanks
susanep