I have been with her for six hours each day and have spoken to the nurses that come to take vitals, give her her usual meds. None know what is happening to her other than the symptoms she came in with - dizziness, vomiting. I left my phone numbers taped to her bedside table and have asked for a doctor to call me. No one has communicated with me in three days! She has virtually stopped eating (I did get her to drink some Glucerna today). She is not on an IV, her urine output is not being measured, her blood sugar is high (why if she's not eating?), her blood pressure is high (why?), she has AFib but is on no monitoring equipment. She is weak and too dizzy to sit up or stand.
Her daughter was able to get ahold of the doctor by phone. She told him she was flying in tonight and would be at the hospital tomorrow morning. Suddenly an MRI was ordered and an echo. MRI results show she had a stroke.
I have told every hospital personnel that I came into contact with her history AFib, that this was sudden onset, that she felt dizzy one moment and then fell to the floor. I've asked "are you certain she didn't have a stroke"? They have been telling me for four days that they think she has vertigo.
I can only believe it was that a family member who happens to be her doctor is why any other tests were ordered. There was no intention otherwise than to send her to rehab.
Time is not a friend right now, do whats needed for your Grandma.
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