My mom was admitted to the hospital on 1/4/26 and discharged on 1/18/26. In those two weeks, a lot occurred…
Day 1 – Admitted, given potassium, calcium, sodium
Day 2 – Chest Xray, Brain CT
Day 3 – Bacteria found in bloodwork, IV Antibiotics started
Day 4 – Pain on both sides of torso (rib area), starts seeing black floaters, Echocardiogram
Day 6 – TEE procedure
Day 7- Surgery to remove her port, confirmed to be the source of the bacteria infection in her blood
Day 8 – MRI of lumbar & thoracic spine to check for infection
Day 9 – Chest pain
Day 10 – CTA (CT Angiography)
Day 12 – Cardiac Catheterization revealed severely blocked arteries in her heart. As a cancer patient, she is not a candidate for heart bypass surgery.
Day 13 – Abdominal Sonogram
Day 14 – Hemoglobin low leading to blood transfusion
Day 15 – Abdominal CT Scan, Chest Xray, PICC Placed, Discharged
On top of all of the above, my poor momma endured so many blood withdrawals, IVs, medications. She was weak, confused, in pain, and frustrated.
It was a challenging two weeks. My mom felt like she was in prison, and I struggled to balance all my responsibilities as a daughter, mother, sister, wife, & employee.
In the end, my mom did not qualify for rehabilitation because she was walking around well enough, so our options were skilled nursing or bringing her home and someone learning how to administer the IV Antibiotics for her every 8 hours. Her oncologist and her doctor both advised against skilled nursing, so…I was trained and she came home.
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