Choosing between work and and caring for an elder

How do you deal with an employer who is pushing you to make the choice between work and caring for your elder?

This week’s question came from a caregiver having a hard time at work. She takes care of her mother who is afflicted with Parkinson’ s Disease. Already in a stressful situation, her boss doesn’t [...]

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Pneumonia back? CHF on the attack?

Posted on June 14th, 2009 by Rose Broyles in Blog

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So here we go again….I’m trying to be positive and hope that poor Dad doesn’t go back to the hospital…

This past week he started coughing, had a fever of 100 degrees plus and was congested. His fever would go up and down and he’d sleep well one night and then not so much the next. Yesterday , we took him to Urgent Care. They gave him a chest X-ray and determined he had pleural effusion (liquid in the lungs). This is one of the symptoms of his Congestive Heart Failure. Only thing is, he also has a touch of pneumonia from what they can see. So, the doctor prescribed him some antibiotics and also increased his dosage of diuretics.

We’re trying to keep on to of his breathing because as long as his pathways are clear, he’ll be comfortable and hopefully keep the pneumonia at bay.We will find out tomorrow if he has to go back to the hospital based on another blood test. They will determine if he has to get the fluid flushed out or if the meds that he is currently on will be enough to flush out the fluid naturally. So, we will be finding out more tomorrow!