Remains the same, indeed.

[whitereflection]

My aunt's not doing well again, and they're sending her back to the ICU. She's backslid a lot from when I saw her a couple days ago--from sitting on the edge of her bed and talking, albeit slurred, able to eat some foods a few days ago, to being pretty out of it and kind of talking gibberish the last couple days (the last way I saw her), to being pretty close to nonresponsive today. Some gibberish this morning, but basically none at all this afternoon, and not rousing/opening her eyes. Plus getting the tremors like she was getting last week--worsened into outright full body spasms. The doctors don't know why yet--it's not her sodium, kidneys, or some of the meds they'd already pulled her off of. They were doing a CAT scan as Mom and I left, to search out evidence of strokes. If that's normal, I guess they'll be getting a neurologist's assessment. And sounds like they say she's not supporting herself breathing on her own sufficiently, and I don't know if that means she goes back on the vent or what, what with the whole living will situation.

Just...criminy, rollercoaster again. It's so hard to know what to think or feel about it all, with every day so up down up down. Least I got to see my cousin who came in from Colorado, before he goes back home.

Comments

[ormolu.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry... :( It must be very difficult for you.

[whitereflection.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It's been a tough time for all the family, and we're definitely starting to run each other ragged. >_>; Hanging in there, though--this week really had a down, but feels like we're seeing gradual ups again, so we're hoping. ♥

[cacklesthewitch.livejournal.com]

I'm really sorry. It's never easy to watch someone you love suffer. I hope that, at least, the doctors have some answers for your family soon.

[whitereflection.livejournal.com]

Thank you, hon. And they never really had a one definitive *why* for the stuff this past week, but had a list of what could have caused it--but at the least, each day there's been a little improvement each day. So even if it was a step back, there's still more steps forward. Been rough, but I'm willing to accept that, and we're feeling a bit of hope again. ♥

[damoyre.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[whitereflection.livejournal.com]

*hugs back* Thank you, hon.

[akintay.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, hon. I hope it's just a temporary setback!

[whitereflection.livejournal.com]

Thanks ♥ It does seem to have been a temporary thing--she's shown a little improvement each day the last couple days, so we're feeling hopeful again.