not wanting to scare you...but this could be a sign of bad things happening. my father just passed away March 17th from emphysema. here is how things went over the last month of his life: he had a hard time breathing, so we took him to the ER..high blood pressure, very high erratic heart rate, high pulse...normal oxygen level. Tests were run...all looked ok. But due to the high heart rate, high pulse, high blood...they kept him. he was in the hospital for 5 days...and was sent home...with high blood pressure..but they said it was nothing...(174/94). I didnt like it, but what could I do?? He was released on a Wednesday. He had not felt good at all the whole time being at home..and had not been out of bed except to eat and use the bathroom. the following Monday...took a bad breathing spell...rushed to ER...tests done..all was fine.....sent home by his lung dr with Prednisone. Wednesday (less than 48 hours later)...mom had just left to go get his medication from the drug store...came back 10 minutes later...found him on the floor. He had gotten up to answer the door...but never made it..as he passed out or whatnot. He was conscious...just too weak to get up....mom called the ambulance. After JUST 2 HOURS....they were ready to send him home, because tests were fine!!!!!!!!! Absolutely not!!!!! I called his primary dr...and explained how the last few weeks had gone, and how they were ready to send him back home...and how I strongly disagreed......his primary dr agreed with me that he needed to be admitted. As each day went, he got weaker and weaker. Unable to feed himself, unable to get out of bed for any reason.......he died 1 week and 1 day later from the day that they were going to send him home after just 2 hours. He was put on antibiotics, fluids, you name it...(why was he on antibiotics if "nothing" was wrong????, beats the heck out of me!!!" AND his blood sugar was VERY high....he NEVER had sugar problems, and during the last few days, he started having congestion build up...which is what they call the "death rattle", but we didnt know that's what was happening. Another thing...he started swelling VERY BADLY after about the 4th day of being in the hospital...another sign that death was approaching)-----point is...during my fathers 5 year battle with his illness...I learned....the FAMILY has to step in and DEMAND care for their family members...they have to be smarter than the nurses, doctors, etc. If you dont think something is right...then by golly dont accept them dismissing her! Fight back. Go to the hospital patient complaint department and fight like heck. (The man in charge here, heard my complaints so much....he knew when I was coming, when I was there...and eventually handed me things on a silver platter!!!!) Doctors and nurses today, arent like they were 100 years ago....they have no compassion and only are in it for the money. Very rarely do you find a true compassionate doctor and nurse, that are doing their jobs out of love...and not for money. If you see a difference in your moms health and behavior...let them know that you will not leave until someone at least keeps her for observation for a few days.
I done a search on symptoms of death approaching...it was amazing as to what I read.
Please dont let this scare you....I dont want you to automatically assume that your mom may be dying....I pray that is not the case....however...I told you this, so that you would KNOW to stand up and fight for your mom, so that nothing happens to her. Please let us know what you find out.
92 yrs old female-sudden physical weakness
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