Rhonda, I agree with John.  The doctors need to be told what your mother
has been taking and how she has taken them.  Her misuse of drugs could have
been the cause of the heart attack.

Helen


Earlier, Rhonda wrote:
>My mother is in the hospital in icu,  they say she has pneumonia, she has a
>tube down her throat helping her breathe.
>She doesn't seem to be doing very well.
>The problem I have is this, my mom has a drug problem, she abuses prescribed
>drugs, pain medications, nerve pills.  She often takes too many of these and
>is groggy and sleeps a lot.
>So now that she  is in the hospital because my dad couldn't get her to wake
>up, he isn't telling the doctors about all the medications she is taking! my
>parents have custody of my sisters girls who are 15 and 12, so they fear
>telling the hospital all the medicines worrying about what family services
>will think.  My position is that if my mother is to receive the care she
>needs, the doctors need to know everything.
>My dad says they will find it all out through blood tests, I fear they do
>not know everything and so could be giving her medication she does not need.
>The doctor came in this evening and said she had a massive heartattack,
>so I am inclined to tell the doctors the truth, and who ever wants too can
>be angry, what do you all think?
>
>Rhonda