Some updates on Nana .. coz I was slack

9/2 - Nana is now back in ICU .. they found she has pneumonia and her heart was playing up .. as well as all the rest of the goings on .. .. we're all trying to keep positive that she'll be out of there soon .. anyhoo been keeping myself distracted by eating ... NOT GOOD !!!

12/2 - Nana is doing so so .. still in ICU .. but was allowed to start liquid diet yesterday .. so that's a positive .. heart still playing up .. and fluid etc .. so positives and negatives .. but she is a tough nut

16/2 Nana is doing so so .. she is now in the Ward (was moved Sun night) .. and was taken off TPN yesterday .. still not flash .. but now on nasal prongs so that's slightly better .. she is really odemous .. but we found that no Frusemide had been chartered since she had been admitted to ICU .. and so Mum asked about it (as Nana just thought it was already been given via the IV) .. and they've now got her on it .. phew .. the fluid was pouring out of her pores/legs/arms as it had nowhere else to go it was terrible .. and of course she is so swollen from it all .. she looked really bad yesterday .. but I think the moving etc just exhausted her  .. she managed 3 teaspoons of jelly yesterday so that was  a positive ..

I think she is exhausted and a bit down.. and really would like to just go home .. but can't .. I have a feeling she'll most probably go home/wherever with oxygen ..

My other Nana was in last week as some ulcers on her legs went septic (she has diabetes) and she got bad cellulitis  .. and mixed with all that she had a heart attack it sounds like (or maybe an angina attack) .. they got her on IV ab's and she was home to the rest-home by the weekend so that was good ..

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18/2 - Nana is doing well and they are talking that once they can find a bed she will go down to the Ward for rehabilitation - which is fantastic !!! It will be hard work for her as they do a lot with PT's and OT's to get her up and moving and increasing her lung capacity .. but it is a step in the right direction!!! YAY!!

Seriously ...

What is there not to like about this ... holy shi*t !!!!!

*faints in her own drool*

Nana - in theatre

Nana was rushed to theatre this morning after a particular bad night .. they are working on the hernia around the colostomy site .. and hoping this will relieve some of the pain .. urrggghhh ..

Fingers crossed that everything goes well ..

Keeping calm .. as know this will be the best thing for her at the moment ..

Hopefully hubby will be home by lunch-time and I can go for a walk to clear my head

I am very lucky to have all of my grandparents - Pop (nana's husband) is 87 .. and loving life and has had second wind after being unwell last year .. moving to the rest home has been the best thing ever for him as he is really social .. and strolls around visiting and chatting to whoever he can

My grandad on my Dad's side just had his 94 birthday (along with Belly dancers visiting him at the home as a surprise ..lol) .. and since his twin passed away .. and other things last year with his health .. has been fading away .. but he is sooo lovely to visit .. and of course his eyes sparkle every time he sees the boys ... but he has onset dementia and it is hard to understand him .. and he gets so frustrated when trying to get things out .. so a lot of the time you are guessing and filling in the gaps ..

My Nana (grandad's wife) she is 83 is also in a rest home but in a different town ... for a few reasons .. and is battling skin cancer and diabetes ..

.. so overall quite a long-living bunch ..

.. and I really think it comes down to how they face life .. and their state of mind (if their body doesn't let them down first) .. as to how they cope with themselves getting old ..

Nana - part 2

.. so I visited Nana this afternoon .. she is looking a lot brighter .. still has the nasa-gastra tube and on saline and glucose IV to get her dehydration sorted ..

The specialists and doctors talked to my Mum and my Aunty this morning .. the news was 1/2 good and 1/2 not ..

.. they said that the results show that her hernia near where the colostomy site is had enlarged and was protruding through the colon and that had caused the colon to double up and twist .. causing the obstruction .. and then with the compaction it had blown her tummy up and pushed all the other organs up (sort of like when you're pregnant) and that was also causing her breathing issues .. so the next step is that they are looking at maybe doing surgery to rectify/help the hernia situation

.. so that's the good part .. well good compared to the other ..

.. the bad part is that they have found a tumor on her lungs (weird considering it wasn't here just a little while ago) .. but with her emphysema and enlarged heart and position of the tumor they feel that surgery etc may not be the best form of action ..

.. she seems quite calm about it and said to me "I've got the C in my lungs .. but what can you do really ...?" and shrugged her shoulders ..

.. she is still quite frail .. and seemed so little in the hospital chair .. but 85 year olds probably do look like that .. she just always seems so invincible and always bounces back!! 

.. but I can see that a lot of it is wearing her down .. and she looks more and more thinner each time I see her .. :-(

Anyway .. we will see what the doctors say on Monday as they are having a think about the lung situation .. and I wonder whether she will go home on oxygen again .. mmmmm ..

Poor Nana ...

Nana was rushed to hospital yesterday morning after my Aunty and Uncle checked on her after being concerned about her the night before ..

She hadn't been eating since Tuesday night ..

It seems she has an obstruction in her bowel .. and the specialists at the hospital have found a mass .. She also has a mass on her lungs ..

She had began to regurgitate fecal matter and was in dire straits ..

They put down a gastro-nasal and 2litres of fluid was drained .. Her poor stomach was stretched to huge proportions ..

She must have been soooo uncomfortable ..

She also has a really bad chest infection .. but after having some of the gunk drained seems a lot better ...

Urrghhh ..

The last 2 years of her 84 years seem to have been fraught with hospital stays .. last month just before we went on holiday she accidently knocked her leg while gardening .. and unbeknownst to her had taken a bog gouge out of her leg .. which went septic .. so she spent the weekend in hospital on IV antibiotics .. and then with a public nurse visiting her at home and re-dressing it ..

It is so lucky that my Aunty and Uncle live next door .. but must be hard on them ..

Pop is in a rest home around the corner from their home .. and we wonder if she got a flat at the rest home - whether it may be a good idea .. but she loves her independence and being able to pot around and of course has been in the house for coming up 60 years or so ..

So hard for them to leave and go somewhere else ..

Poor Nana ..

The scans and results are due back this morning .. so will hear from Mum what is happening then ..

My sunsets :-)

Sunset from home 2/2/2010

                 

Sunset at Foxton Beach 17/1/2010

            

Full Moon 4/9/2009

From our backyard 27/5/2009