NEWS ON MUM,GRAN,G-GRAN,GG-GRAN.

05/02/2007 by Ted.

NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT AT THIS STAGE BUT LITTLE MUM WAS ADMITTED TO WARD 4 OF FURNESS GENERAL HOSPITAL (TEL:01229 870870) YESTERDAY FOR TESTS FOLLOWING STOMACH PAIN.

SHE IS TO HAVE A SCAN TODAY AND I WILL UPDATE THE BLOG WITH THE RESULT IN DUE COURSE.

LOVE TO ALL,

TED.

UPDATE:TUESDAY 6TH FEBRUARY.

THE PAIN IS UNDER CONTROL, NO SCAN RESULTS YET. I WILL BE SEEING HER THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL UPDATE THE BLOG TONIGHT.

 LOVE TO ALL,

TED.

UPDATE EVENING OF TUESDAY 6TH FEBRUARY.

HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM VISITING MUM.  THE STOMACH PAIN HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED AS SEVERE CONSTIPATION AND TREATED.  EVERYTHING IN THAT DEPARTMENT IS NOW OK.

MUM, OF COURSE,HAS BEEN SUFFERING FROM CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE FOR JUST UNDER A YEAR. CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE IS PROGRESSIVE. DURING THE PAST YEAR HER CONDITION HAS DETERIORATED AND THE SYMPTOMS HAVE BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED. THE DETERIORATION WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF HER TIME HERE.  IN ST GEORGE’S RESIDENTIAL HOME SHE RECEIVES DAILY MEDICATION TO ALLEVIATE THE SYMPTOMS - WATER PILL AND PILLS TO EASE THE WORK OF THE HEART. TO THESE THE HOSPITAL HAS ADDED A NEBULISER AND THEY ARE ALSO CONTROLLING HER FLUID INTAKE.

ONE DAY THE BURDEN WILL PROVE TOO MUCH FOR HER 93 YEARS OLD HEART AND IT WILL STOP BEATING.  SHE WILL THEN SLIP OUT OF HER BODY INTO THE DIMENSION WHERE DAD AND GWEN ALREADY ARE WAITING TO GREET HER. WHEN THAT DAY WILL BE WE DO NOT KNOW - IT COULD BE ONE DAY, ONE MONTH, ONE YEAR OR LONGER.

IN HOSPITAL SHE IS COMFORTABLE AND IS LOVED AND CARED FOR BY A STAFF OF NURSES WHO SHE HAS COME TO LOVE ALREADY. LIKE THE CARERS OF ST. GEORGE’S THEY SAY THAT SHE IS LOVELY. SHE IS IN THE BEST HANDS.  ST. GEORGE’S STAFF AND RESIDENTS SAID THIS MORNING THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HER SOON RETURN. 

FOR THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO LIVE A DISTANCE FROM BARROW - THERE IS NO NEED AT THE PRESENT TIME TO TREAT THIS AS AN EMERGENCY AND RUSH OVER.  IF IT BECOMES APPARENT THAT THERE IS A NEED TO COME ACROSS I WILL LET YOU KNOW. KEEP HER IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, RING THE HOSPITAL FOR NEWS (01229 870870) AND TO SEND HER YOUR LOVE.

MUM ESPECIALLY ASKS ME TO SEND HER LOVE TO YOU ALL AND TO TELL YOU THAT SHE IS ALRIGHT.

LOVE TO YOU ALL,

TED.

PS. WE NOW HAVE A “NEWS ABOUT MUM” CATEGORY ON THE MENU.

 UPDATE - AFTERNOON OF 7TH FEBRUARY, 2007. 

ANDREW, JANETTE, JOEL, BARBARA AND MYSELF VISITED MUM THIS AFTERNOON TO FIND HER SITTING ON THE CHAIR AT THE SIDE OF THE BED AND LOOKING VERY WELL INDEED.  SHE IS NOW DRINKING MILK INSTEAD OF SIPPING WATER ALTHOUGH SHE IS STILL NOT EATING SOLID FOOD. SHE SPENT THE VISIT CHATTING ANIMATEDLY TO HER VISITORS, MOSTLY ABOUT THE FAMILY SHE LOVES, AND LAUGHING A LOT.

SHE LOOKED AS GOOD AS NEW!!!!!

UPDATE - MORNING OF 8TH FEBRUARY, 2007.

MUM EXPERIENCED BREATHLESNESS DURING THE NIGHT AND IS BACK ON THE NEBULISER TO EASE THIS.

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