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Saturday, January 31, 2009

breathing problems=(

My mum couldn't breathe well for the past few days. Her oxygen level in her body is fluctuating below and above the threshold, which is 92% for my mum. then yesterday afternoon, it went down to 84. I got a shock of my life..i quickly re-position the clip on her hand to make sure it's not the clip moving. After that it climbed up to 94...which was ok, but not good enough.

the whole of yesterday, i was comtemplating.

It actually doesn't matter whether my grandma is here or not. Not that she is useless. When time comes to situation like that, she has no idea what to do. I told her to call the nurse if anything beeps or is unusual or if the oxygen level drops to below 95%.

She. never. did. I was the one doing all the leg work. I understand she's there because she wants to be beside my mum and take care of her. But seriously, sitting down there and talking to my mum (btw, we're not sure she can hear. But we know she definitely can't see) during an emergency?! Now i know why Dr. Kant told me to use my head and not my heart.

It also seems that no one bothers to do the physio properly either. My dad, i can understand, is not a gentle person. But at least he listens to me and do it properly when i correct him. My grandma correct like a billion million zillion times she still refuse to do it properly. (and don't give me the ,"she's old mah...". I've seen my grandma do harder things. Moving limb and leg correctly is hardly rocket science) Everytime i see her do physio, my heart goes out for my mum. I rather do physio for my mum alone.

Grr....so irritation aside.

so finally at 8pm, when even after they removed the phelgm from her lungs and still the oxygen level didn't improve, they put my mum on 2l of oxygen. then she was breathing at 100% after that....*phew*

this morning, i called the hospital and my mum's breathing normally again. There's no oxygen for her now....so at least i guess things are back to normal? Hopefully it'll be ok soon.

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updated at 5:30pm

my mum's all right now =) she's breathing properly and her oxygen levels are above 95%, which is better. The nurse i trust (yeah, there are some that i don't trust) told me that it's quite common for patients on the tracce (opening at the throat) to not tolerate after a while and need some oxygen assistance. So we're just watching her just in case.

Meanwhile, the physiotherapist still feel that the secretion in my mum's chest is still too much and they can't close the tracce yet. So i guess more waiting? While this is going on, i'm badgering the insurance company to hurry up with the claims and appealing to some which decided to drag....nuggets....buy policy is easy, but claiming your policy back is an ass. Oh well...everyone is tight when it comes to money. That i can understand perfectly.

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