Update from Sara

Well all of the tests that the doctors at the ER did were normal -- head CTscan, left leg/hip xray, various blood tests and urine scans, and i'm not sure what else. They are thinking there may be an imbalance with the pain meds and the ER doc suggested changing from Percocet to Dilaudid for Mom's breakthrough pain. We have been in touch with Dr. Hess, her doctor in Wheeling, throughout all of this. He thinks it would be best if she got back to Wheeling and he could try to determine the cause of the confusion and rapid mobility decrease.

My Aunt Janet came to help us on Saturday night and has been a big help. My dad got a stomach bug and was out of commission for a few days, so it was really nice having an extra set of hands. Now that Anna, her boyfriend Chris, John, and Brenndan are all gone, having Aunt Janet here is a big relief. She has been helping mom with her physical therapy and been a good listening ear for her. Plus she has given me a break to get work done and sleep :-)

We are in a holding pattern right now. Mom is sleeping a lot and still is having a lot of pain, but her mobility is starting to increase a bit. She is still pretty confused, but does have moments of clarity where she is very clear.

Will update as soon as we have a gameplan. Thanks for all your support.

-Sara

Update from Anna Marron

Hi everone Anna Mae (Maureen's niece) here. I just wanted to make a
quick blog update since it has been a while!

Maureen had been working hard on her rehab since the last time we
updated. She is currently in Virginia Beach at Sara and Nick's house
for the holiday. However it has been a bit of a tough week. Last week
she arrived for thanksgiving with significant weakness and confusion.
Although it has improved in the past two days, it has not completely
resolved. So today after speaking to her her doctor in wheeling she
decided to ER to get a full workup to see what exactly is going on.
Hopefully it may just be a simple infection, and she will probably
back home at Nick and Sara's this evening.

Luckily there was plenty of help here because of the holiday. John and
Brendan came in from California, and I was able to come up from
Florida . My mom got in last night and will be staying until later in
the week, and Maureen's brother John will arrive on Tuesday.

We will update the blog this evening after we a thorough report from the ER