Grandma Update

Grandma is now home. She came home yesterday around 2pm. Her stress test for her heart turned out alright. There is still no word from the kidney test. They sent her home with a walker because she still can't put much weight on her right foot. She said she noticed some decreased swelling and tenderness because she was able to get her slipper on, something she wasn't able to do previously. She will be taking Levaquin, an antibiotic for her foot.

They took her off of her hydroclorothiazide (HCTZ) which is a medication to help control her blood pressure. It works by ridding her body of excess water. So, obviously it was a good decision to take her off of it considering how dehydrated she had been as well as how low her blood pressure was. Her other blood pressure medication will remain unchanged for now.

She is to see her primary care Dr. this week as soon as she can get it. Overall, she said she was just very tired because she didn't get much rest/sleep in the hospital. Also, she was so impressed with how nice the staff was, would you believe they pulled up her bedside commode had a seat and talked for an hour with her? :) Just in case I missed that part, I was reminded.