Auntie's Home!!!

By Mom on Jan 7, 2010 | In News, Background, In real life | Send feedback »

I was finally able to bring my aunt home from the hospital/rehab yesterday. She was so glad to gewt out of that place. She didn't mind it as bad as the last time she was there, but there's no place like home. She also looked a 100 times better than she did when we go her out of the hospital in October.

I have a new list of medications to memorize now. A lot of them are still the same, but some have been modified. It all basically boiled down to they were killing her with the medications she was taking. I am trying to figure out what course of action I should suggest to her because she is more even tempered than I am.

She knows she needs to switch rheumatologists, but I doubt she will. Thanks to this doctor, she has to wear a nitro patch and requires oxygen at night. They only have her on one rheumatoid arthritis (RA) drug right now. I have been so mad I can't see straight.

The up side is she is doing remarkably well. Her voice is back, the wound on her belly is healed, and the double vision is gone. All of these things were caused by methotrexate, which she has been on for years. She also has a twinkle back in her eyes. It is so good to hear her laugh again and not sound so hopeless. I was very worried about her.

Well, I just figured I would put in an update for anyone who may be following this blog.