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Thanks Honeybunny, carolinemc, JamesW, and Angie. It has been so very hard being without her.

Thanks superbob & foreverthankful.

Thanks Leadville. I appreciate your kind words. Thanks Zoltania Your words are very accurate. Thanks Pellicle. :) Thanks Agian. Thanks Ottagal. Thanks Eva. Thanks TominMO. I really appreciate that. :) Thanks cidlhd. Thanks Foreverthankful. The funeral is tomorrow at noon.

Thanks Pellicle, Paleowoman, Warrick, Seaton, and JWinter. I really did try to get her all the help I could.

She died this morning. She was doing well. She fed herself and she was doing well. They even called me to talk about wound care for her bedsores and 20 minutes later - just as I was getting ready to go over there - they called me told me she was unresponsive. They couldn't revive her or get...

She died this morning. She was doing well. She fed herself and she was doing well. They even called me to talk about wound care for her bedsores and 20 minutes later - just as I was getting ready to go over there - they called me told me she was unresponsive. They couldn't revive her or get...

Thanks Honeybunny. I am too! I am hoping that she continues on the upswing. :) Hey OldManEmu - that is a good idea. I hadn't thought of that. She is taking quite a few meds for her heart/blood pressure. I appreciate your suggestion. Hi JWinter! I am so tired and yet cautiously happy. I...

Hi Pellicle, Thanks. I just wish I had more answers. I will ask more questions tomorrow morning about the leakage. I definitely will seek more answers if necessary. I already know that she will not go on the heart lung machine again and I am not to sure about general anesthesia either...

Hi Pellicle, Yes, she has the medtronic pig valve. We wanted the cow one. Right now no. The last one was in December. I hope so too. I think the valve failed in December which is why they pushed hospice and kept pushing it. Thanks..

They told me today that since the fluid has gone down on her they repeated some tests and that she now has severe mitral regurgitation. This is the cause of her poor cognition low ejection fraction - everything. I am so hurt and sick.

Either one of these would be great, but stopping these people from hurting others would be the best. ______________________________________________________________________ Thanks Pellicle, As always I appreciate your input and I will keep your wisdom in mind.

Thanks Dick and Pellicle. I appreciate the advice.

No one at her new hospital can understand how she was allowed to get this bad. The cardiologists told me there were many options. Dialysis was even mentioned. They put her back on Coreg to increase her ejection fraction. They also are increasing her iv lasik in order to increase her output which...

Hey Pellicle, I am inclined to agree. I am just stunned at the difference at this hospital. Hi OldManEmu, I agree with you as well. I think it may be a mixture of both going on. However, I found out that the hospital where she is now did some of the first transplants here! So I am sure...

Hi All. She came home on home healthcare today. She was less coherent than yesterday. She looked so swollen. The home healthcare nurse came out to see her and her O2 dropped. She also felt that mom looked bad and couldn't believe that she was released in that condition. She kept saying...

Thanks Pellicle. I hope it gets easier soon too.

Yesterday was hell. It was a 14 hour day. I tried to catch her pcp and she didn't show up. She issued discharge orders and I called her to ask if she could stay another week. She told me no and that she needed skilled nursing rehab. That more time in the hospital would make her weak and...

Hi Paleowoman, I am her power of attorney. I can act on her behalf when she is incapacitated. She can change her primary over the phone. However, we have to find someone in network and is accepting patients and who would have seen her in the hospital. I definitely will complain as soon as I...

Hello OldManEmu, I will visit Australia one day. She just turned 77. Thanks for sharing your experience. So you were where she was... literally. I didn't know that your heart could remodel. I have never heard of that. "Which medical professional is taking ownership of her heart failure...

Hi Paleowoman, Yes, I am trying to figure out so many things. I want to change her PCP and file a complaint against her. Wow that is all awful. So I guess ignoring diet orders is common. I will contact her cardiologist when I get space. I didn't know that anemia was common after heart...