Things are a bit confusing at the moment. Lots of potential diagnoses, but it seems to be settling down to a case of "you need to eat better". (She's getting lectured about cutting back on protein and eating more fiber instead.)
At one point today, she was emphatic that she was NOT going to stay another night in the hospital and that she was going to leave against medical advice, but they talked her into staying (mainly by pointing out that she's been needing help getting to the bathroom). And she was still expecting to be released tomorrow ... but then she texted me this evening saying she was still experiencing dramatic pain while on the toilet. She's says it feels like she has some kind of blockage/impaction, which seems like the sort of thing that needs to be dealt with before they send her home.
I'm the world's worst nurse so I was feeling a bit panicky when she was talking about coming home today. (I'm not physically capable of picking her up if she falls and I'm not psychologically capable of dealing with any gross biological stuff.) So I'm relieved she's staying in the hospital at least one more night.
At least they are no longer floating suggestions of terminal scenarios. Apparently someone asked her as a standard part of the intake process what sort of extreme life support measures she wanted taken and she interpreted that to mean they actually thought she was going to die at any moment so there have now been at least two panic attacks.
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Date: 2023-01-22 04:11 am (UTC)Things are a bit confusing at the moment. Lots of potential diagnoses, but it seems to be settling down to a case of "you need to eat better". (She's getting lectured about cutting back on protein and eating more fiber instead.)
At one point today, she was emphatic that she was NOT going to stay another night in the hospital and that she was going to leave against medical advice, but they talked her into staying (mainly by pointing out that she's been needing help getting to the bathroom). And she was still expecting to be released tomorrow ... but then she texted me this evening saying she was still experiencing dramatic pain while on the toilet. She's says it feels like she has some kind of blockage/impaction, which seems like the sort of thing that needs to be dealt with before they send her home.
I'm the world's worst nurse so I was feeling a bit panicky when she was talking about coming home today. (I'm not physically capable of picking her up if she falls and I'm not psychologically capable of dealing with any gross biological stuff.) So I'm relieved she's staying in the hospital at least one more night.
At least they are no longer floating suggestions of terminal scenarios. Apparently someone asked her as a standard part of the intake process what sort of extreme life support measures she wanted taken and she interpreted that to mean they actually thought she was going to die at any moment so there have now been at least two panic attacks.