After we had decided to do palliative care they moved her back to the nursing home yesterday. I received a call this morning that she was unresponsive with a high fever. They took her back to hospital where they put her on a vent! Not what I wanted. After a call from her nursing home MD and he called the hospital the hospital called me and we agreed at this point to pull the vent. I am catching next flight out of Toronto to NJ and I hope she can hang on long enough to say goodbye.
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Deep breathe!
Did the hospital have on file your Mom's "Medical Directive"? A Directive gives direction to the nursing home and to the hospital what Mom would want done for her in case of a serious illness. Good that the nursing home doctor called you to explain what was happening, and later everything was straighten out.
Why does things have to get so complicated as we get older.... [sigh]