8/3 - Tuesday

Hello again,

9:30 am - So here we are again. Mom had a fairly good night. However, this morning she is experiencing a great deal of pain this morning. Her feeding tube is not working; the doctors are wondering if there is a kink in it. I expect they may be doing an x-ray to investigate. Her IV site has gone bad, and her nurse is trying to find a vein that will sustain an IV. Mom is quite dry and her veins are not very good any more.

Dr. Johnson did hear from Mayo Clinic yesterday. They are refusing to see Mom because they believe that all diagnostic tests that they would do have been done; therefore, they feel there is nothing left for them to run. We still have U of M to go to on 8/17. Dr. Johnson mentioned yesterday that he may have to consider an inpatient transfer to U of M. She would get there faster - all for this.

11:30 am - Dr. Johnson just put an IV central line into a vein in mom's neck/chest. They are going to be taking an x-ray to make sure placement is good and then they can begin to feed her through this and give her pain medication.

5:00 pm - Mom has had an x-ray of her chest to check the IV put into the vein in chest/neck area. This is exactly where it needs to be and they are giving her fluids and an IV food. She has also had an x-ray of her abdomen to check and see if her feeding tube is kinked that goes into her small bowel. We are still waiting on the results of this x-ray. She is resting comfortably this evening. Hopefully, she will have a better day tomorrow.