Good morning,
We have had an eventful couple of days that we wanted to share with you all. Mom's dizziness increased even more. She would make long and strong sways from left to right just with sitting up and needed us to keep her stable in a sitting up position.
She was admitted into ER yesterday just before noon. The doctors are stating that she has all the symptoms of dilantin toxicity. Dilantin is the medication Mom has taken for over three decades due to her epilepsy. She has not had a seizure since 1976. Mom approached doctors awhile back about the possibility of getting off of dilantin since her seizures seemed to not be an issue anymore. She was advised to continue to take dilantin at that time with the thought of not taking dilantin possibly spurring on seizures once again. But, now they are determining that her dilantin levels in her body are too high as well as her blood pressure medicine, causing her the many symptoms we were thinking were side effects of chemo. She is in Good Samaritan Hospital that is well known for their expertise in toxicity situations.
They are going to have several tests done to check and monitor her from here. A CT scan was run and it looked great! We cried tears of joy as we so wanted to find out that cancer had not spread to her brain. A MRI will be done today. Her blood pressure was also doing so much better yesterday.
They are wanting to keep her in the hospital in order to have the dilantin levels decrease and monitor her closely during this change to her system. Mom is not looking forward to more tests done but also realizes that this is all part of the process of getting better after we remind her of this. She also has said several times that she doesn't want to be in the hospital over Christmas. We've reminded her that we can celebrate Christmas any day and we want to get her where she can enjoy Christmas if she is not out by then.
She continues to thank us for soothing her with comforting words, encouraging her, being there for her, etc. She is amazing. We've had to remind her that it is okay to keep her eyes closed while the doctors are talking to her and that she is not being impolite in doing so. Mom continues to think of others first.
Dad has been a wonderful nurse to Mom. He has done so well that she didn't want to go to the hospital because they won't come and assist her as quickly as Dad does. Of course Dad has taken opportunity to mention that he has been doing his job too well with his cute teasing twinkle in his eye. I also wanted to let you know that Dad was able to go golfing one afternoon with a friend of his during the week last week while a nurse friend stayed at Mom's side. Dad got a hole in one! He was excited to come home to tell Mom. He has golfed for fifty years and finally got his first hole in one.
We will continue to keep you posted. Thank you family and friends. We treasure you dearly. Blessings to you all this Christmas season. We are finding that Christmas has a deeper, richer meaning as we go through this challenge with Mom and see His hand on our lives. Thank you, Lord.
Gratefully yours,
Heather Hofman
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