Rhonda,

Oh! Loving one, I've been in that position before. I certainly would tell
the doctors the truth and all that you know about what she is taking and
why. If people get mad at you, well they aren't very smart. You are only
doing that for her own good and for her safety.

I'm praying that the doctors do listen to you. I've been through this with
my Mom before, also, so if you want to talk, call me any time.

I'm praying for you, and for your Mom.

Love and Blessings,
Pat Ferguson



At 08:39 PM 12/27/04, you 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