My Aunt has been unconscious for almost a week.

[Mermaid02]

And the dr's don't know why. She has had some bouts with confusion and first they said Alzheimers and then they backed off from that diagnosis. Well, last Monday (while hospitalized) morning they called her dh and asked him to come (he lives an hour away) because she was "very confused" and by that afternoon she was unconcious and unresponsive. CT scans show nothing abnormal same with the MRI. They did and EEG yesterday but I don't know the results yet. She is 70 years old. To complicate things further, she has kidney disease and they were going to start dialysis in a month but they put a line in her neck Thursday so they could start it before then. It hasn't seemed to help. They put in a feeding tube yesterday.

I also have another Aunt who had surgery last Monday for cancer. She tolerated surgery very well and we are just waiting for the biopsy results. My 2 other Aunts both have health issues also.

It's been a hellish week for my family. All of my cousins are flocking home because we are afraid Aunt Esther is slipping away. She went to work one day last week and now she won't wake up and nobody can tell us why.

Any spare prayers or good thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[MsDisney23]

Have them check her liver! The same thing happened to my MIL, turned out she went into liver failure. I will keep all of you in my prayer's.

 

[3DisneyBuggs]

Praying for your family.

 

[Mermaid02]

Have them check her liver! The same thing happened to my MIL, turned out she went into liver failure. I will keep all of you in my prayer's.

I'll mention it, thank you Kitty. How are you doing? Did you get your meds straightened out?

 

[MsDisney23]

I'll mention it, thank you Kitty. How are you doing? Did you get your meds straightened out?

They are working on my meds, I am starting to feel a little better! Going to take a few weeks they tell me! Now with the liver, which we had no idea. MIL became very confused and wanted to sleep all the time. High amonia levels showed up in her blood work, which was from the liver. She ended up in a coma from it. MIL passed three weeks ago.

 

[Kitty 34]

Sorry to hear about your Aunt. I sure hope they figure out what's wrong soon.

 

[Jennifer S]

Sorry to hear that Mermaid 02. Hope they figure it out soon.

 

[lemondog]

I am so sorry to hear about your aunt. I can't imagine how much worse it is when they can't even tell you what is wrong. Prayers for your family.

 

[Twinkles6892]

 

[diznygirl]

My gramps was having episodes of confusion and was starting to sleep more - course he's 94 - but the bouts of confusion were unncharacteristic so they took him to the ER. Eventually they discovered his potassium levels were too high.

Prayers for your aunt.

 

[VanniGirl]

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

 

[meeshi]

I'm sorry to hear about your aunt. Have they been checking her sodium levels? If they're too high or too low they can really mess things up also.

 

[SeaShelley]

I'm so sorry to hear about Aunt Esther. I'll be saying an extra prayer for her and the rest of your family today.....

 

[Dan Murphy]

Good wishes and prayers for your aunt and all your family. Do hope she gets well soon.

 

[Blondie]

Sorry about your Aunt, I hope the docs can figure out what's causing it!

 

[ugadog99]

Sending good thoughts to your Aunt Esther. Hope they figure this out quickly.

Melanie

 

[Disney Doll]

Check liver & kidney functions. If she was close to needing dialysis, she could be going into uremic poisoning.