Mom is doing pretty good today. She had an ultra sound done on her heart. They are also monitoring the heart at the front desk. Her heart beat has been a little fast but under control now. She also had therapy this morning and is having an X-ray this afternoon.
Well they found that she has a blood clot on her left side in the upper chest area now. Goodness it seems like one thing after another. The surgeon is going to come in pretty soon and make a decision on what to do. Most likely put her on blood thinners and then remove the pic line. They will have to put the pic line into the other arm. Mom has to receive her medications through it.
I also asked how they are monitoring her infection. The doctor basically told me that they look at her physical appearance and see how her body is reacting (no fevers). They also look at the X-rays to see if the bones are healing. Since mom has so much going on it is very hard to monitor the one thing because of the sjogrens syndrom, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, and Streptococcus in the blood and then bone infection. Goodness that is a mouth full.