Mom's Having Chest Pains

These last few weeks have been exhausting to say the least. Even though Mom is in a nursing home now, Dad is constantly worrying about Mom and threatening to walk up to Kula Hospital. The daycare has been a lot of help to us as he is in there Monday-Saturday now. The weekends are especially hard since all he does is ask when we're going to see her.

Not only that, but Mom has been complaining about chest pains. No doubt she is experiencing some kind of heart failure. She's been telling us that she's "dying and her heart is turning all black." She says she's too old for surgery, so there's nothing they can do. Of course this really upsets Dad and he starts crying. I don't think she is trying to be mean or anything, she's just trying to let him know that she's not going to be around long. On Thursday it was Dad's birthday and we took Dad up to see Mom.

When I asked the nurse about that the next day, she said she didn't know if she is hallucinating (her vitals have been stable). But it could be her interpretation of what she feels is going on with her heart.  

Today we talked to the doctor and she said she is definitely experiencing some kind of chest pains. Her EKG is changed. They've bumped up her nitropatch, O2 and water pills. They are drawing blood every 8 hours to see if there is any damage to her heart muscle. They won't get the results until tomorrow. After she got her nitropatch, she felt better.