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This is from Debbie:
Dear Family,
Betsy (Mama=E2=80=99s caregiver) and I took her to see Dr Ofomata yester=
day. She is still feeling sad and down.
He stated that a Urinary Tract Infection in an elderly person can effect t=
he brain and can cause these symptoms. It can take a really long time for he=
r brain to get over it.
He=
wants her to have a follow up urine analysis with DR T since she has finish=
ed the antibiotic.
She had a rough weekend. No one came to visit her o=
n Saturday and she started getting really upset. She had to be given an extr=
a Lorazapam. She slept good Sat night.
She had visitors on Sunday, but she started crying then because no one came=
on Saturday. She had to have another Lorazapam on Sunday as well, bust didn=
=E2=80=99t sleep well Sunday night. She felt like the extra medication was t=
oo much.
He also felt the Melazacam that she is taking for her knee pa=
in may be making her constipated.
He is also very concerned about her t=
aking so many additional supplements that some may be counteracting her pres=
criptions. We faxed him a list of her supplements and other meds. He is goin=
g to review the list as and see what can be taken off.
So here are the=
results from the DR visit:
- Schedule follow up with Dt T for urine analysis and have res=
ults sent to Dr. Ofomata.
- Add in another =C2=BD tablet of Lora=
zapam at noon daily. Keep the =C2=BD pill in the am and =C2=BD pill in the e=
vening. These will need to be added to the pill box in the noon slots. =
- Give Melazacam once a day only if the pain is unbearable as needed.=
Betsy or Martin will give it to her once daily as needed. These will b=
e kept in the drawer where the pill box is but not included in the weekly sl=
ots.
- After reviewing the supplements, Dr. Ofomata may remove s=
ome of them. (Yeah!) He will let us know what to stop.
=
I told Mama that if the Dr=
. said to stop any of the supplements, she would have to listen and stop. Sh=
e said ok. We as a family may have to get firm and not give in to her. =
Because Mama gets sad and afraid on Saturdays when Betsy is not there, we a=
s a family need to try to arrange for someone to visit her on Saturdays as w=
ell as her Sunday =E2=80=9Cmedicine Family=E2=80=9D.
I know we are all busy, and putting one more thing on our plates=
is hard.
Maybe the grandkids could he=
lp out here as well? I know that several of you have gone to see her and she=
loves it, especially if she gets to see any of the kids.
We also don=E2=80=99t want too many at once. We need to s=
pread out the visitors.
Is anyone will=
ing to volunteer to go see her on Saturdays around 10:00am?
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p class=3D"MsoNormal">She asked that visitors come around 10:00, because tha=
t is when she starts feeling sad. However, if she knows that someone may be c=
oming later than 10:00, she will probably be ok. Staying just a couple of ho=
urs should benefit her greatly.
Please=
respond to this email and let me know if you are willing to come see her on=
a certain Saturday and what time. I=E2=80=99ll try to put together a schedu=
le. Thank you all for your love and support to try to help her through all o=
f this.
Debbie =
debbiefig@gmail.com
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