Here’s a short update as to what’s going on away from the blog:
We’re in month six of my Aunt Annie’s health care adventures, and over the past two weeks, we’ve had to make two trips to the ER at Beaumont in Royal Oak (a.k.a. Corewell Health).
Aunt Annie was having some significant confusion from a UTI, had imbalanced electrolytes and showed the signs of having had a cardiac event when she headed into the hospital in mid-January.
She was discharged on the day of the big blizzard a week ago Wednesday, but sent home with a vicious intestinal bug called “C Diff.,” and from last Friday on, well…
I’ve been changing diapers up to ten to twelve times a day. She was placed on a course of heavy antibiotics last Tuesday, but she didn’t improve, and she became more and more fuzzy-brained, so our home health care nurse gave us the, “Time to go back” nod and helped us wheel AA out of the house and into the car via her wheelchair on Friday.
After a very long day yesterday, she was diagnosed with having C Diff., having another UTI and displaying some odd kidney functions.
Despite the fact that she was very foggy, she asked me to stay home and enjoy the All-Star Game today, however, and I know that she’s in good hands at Beaumont, so…
We’re hoping that this weekend’s stay, combined with some post-hospitalization physical therapy = a more stable situation.
In the interim, yes, I have a GoFundMe set up (https://www.gofundme.com/manage/wt4t5h-george-and-anne-malik) to help with the bills and things like getting back and forth to the hospital and, very frankly, paying for medical supplies. Right now is a pretty desperate moment due to some blog bills coming due, but it is what it is. I wish I was providing some content in exchange for charity right now.
I want to get back to work in the worst way, but I love my little 80-year-old pain-in-the-ass aunt, and she’s been banged-up with upper and lower-body injuries, so you do what you have to do to make sure she has a good quality of life, and if that means slinging literal s*** for a couple of days, you learn your new skill.
Anyway, I know that many of you are out there and that you care, and between FB, Twitter and the blog, I want you all to know that the feeling is mutual. Your support is helping us keep going–both of us–and regardless of whether I’m blogging or not, you mean the world to me.
I will be back as damn soon as I can. I miss you all and I thank you for your time.
Happy belated BD GM.
We’ve fought kidney issues and c diff here as well. Some of AA’s other issues would be new to us. All the best to you for your excellent caregiving.