Trisha,

Good to hear your mom is home.  I hope you are able to take care of  
yourself while you care for her.  BTW, when my grandmother had issues  
with dementia, her potassium was always really low (from the drugs  
they had her on).  You might want to try and get your mom to eat a  
ton of bananas.  It always worked wonders for my grandmom.

Linda
On Nov 7, 2007, at 6:18 AM, Trisha Cummings wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
>   Sorry to have been gone for so long. My Mom is home from the  
> hospital - that's good news - the bad news is she now has severe  
> Dementia and needs round the clock survaillance. The dementia and  
> medical problems coincide with her army doctor suddening starting  
> her on three new meds. Her civilian doctor says her dementia level  
> is like someone who has had dementia for a least 6 years. He has  
> started her on some drug to help with it but for now we seem to  
> have a foot stomping, temper tantrum throwing two year old on our  
> hands. She hasn't sustanded any brain damage that they could see in  
> a the Cat scans or MRI's and the doppler showed her arteries  
> weren't clogged - so all the problems seem drug related including  
> those things that looked like she had another stroke. Amazing. I am  
> spending a lot time providing care for while we try to get some  
> care givers and medical supplies and stuff in place. I want to  
> thank everyone who sent prayers, good thoughts.
>
>                                         Trisha
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