Mom fell & broke her hip & thigh mid May. Survived the surgery & I was able to get her HMO to send her to a rehab of my choice in another county. That was a win. They paid 4 weeks. The 1st day I hurt my knee, laid up 2 weeks, my spouse got stomach virus, lasted 5 days after my knee. Still a win, sorry but it was a break & the facility had no Covid. I visited by window every 4 days. My niece worked on the same campus & stopped in every day she worked. Life was good. I was about to private pay for an additional 4 weeks when an employee tested positive for Covid. I couldn’t let her stay in good conscience. Plus she did therapy & was almost back to baseline physically. We brought her back to her house. She was fine 2 days & diarrhea started. 4-5 times a night from 10pm til 9am. Weird right? Took her to hospital on day 3. They kept her 2 days no diagnosis even though I told them I suspected C-diff. Her stools were never watery enough for the test until 4 hrs from discharge. I pulled up & got an alert she tested positive & they would send her home with antibiotics. 14 days of them many nights still diarrhea, no sleep, what a mess. 3 days from end of diarrhea, bed bugs in her room! Poop & bugs both things I can’t/don’t want to deal with. Bed bugs at my house? Tech said can’t really tell til they get bigger. Great. Treatment at her house today, need to wait 24hrs to put it back together, it’s a mess. Her C-diff returned last night. Mess on my floor, mess on my new bathroom floor, mess on my recliners. Oh yesterday before C-diff came back, we took a walk down my driveway. She said I want to sit awhile, I said ok it’s just 20 feet to the door. She laughed & said “no now” plopped her self into an imaginary chair! I had her by her left side but I wasn’t strong enough to keep her up. She slipped to the right & twisted her ankle. So diarrhea, & wobbling. I’m sorry I know a lot if ya here have it worse but I’m so tired & I'm thinking I just don’t want to do this anymore. I’m just defeated & needed to vent. I’d private pay for respite so they can take care of C-diff but that’s where she got it, plus Covid, & bed bugs probably came from there too. My WIN doesn’t feel like a win anymore. Those 4 weeks off are costing me my sanity.
I honestly think that at this point you are going to ruin your health attempting to take care of your Mom with all the awful problems you, yourself, are going through. I am so sorry. The decisions faced at this time are awful.
Regarding the fecal transplant report, I believe it was 60 Minutes, like Alva referenced, not PBS. I wish you all the best moving forward!
It's still not widely used, though. while he was in med school he brought it up (at a family dinner, of course)--but he was so excited to see this tx being used and finding some great results.
I'd ask about it. I don't know enough to know if age is an issue with this or not. Likely, it's a financial thing--being fairly new.
I'm sorry about your lousy 'quarantine'. I was sitting here feeling sorry for myself b/c DH has been HOME for months and he is messy, smelly and noisy! I can leave, so I shouldn't complain :) I'm recovering from cancer and still tired and need my quiet--can't get it with him bugging me. But I'd take that over having a sick mom right now!
The antibiotics set up their own set of problems--don't they? But do ask mom's doc about the fecal transplant.