Month: December 2020

3:45 PM – I just got off the phone with the nursing home. Mom is stable, but has not recovered yet. She’s not on an IV anymore (she pulled the line out, but was apparently done with it anyway.) Her blood oxygen saturation is only at 93%, so she’s still on oxygen treatment. She hasn’t developed a cough, so that’s good news, but she still doesn’t have an appetite and is sleeping a lot.

The staff member that I spoke to, Linda, just returned from being off for COVID and said that it really knocked her for a loop and is still feeling really fatigued. Since she had just returned, she couldn’t tell me how much Mom has eaten lately but that as of right now, they were more concerned about keeping fluids in her. I guess some of the residents that have COVID aren’t doing as well as Mom, but Linda didn’t mention if there had been any deaths from it and I didn’t ask.

I’ll keep ya updated if I hear anything else. Hopefully good news.

12:41 PM – Got a voicemail to call the nursing home. When I called back about 10 minutes later, they told me that Mom has not been eating or drinking anything since about Thursday (this is Sunday) and has been doing a lot of sleeping (she said something about diarrhea as well, but didn’t indicate if she’s had it the whole time. The nurse said that this seems to be pretty common with the other residents that have COVID. They have started an IV to get fluids back in her since she’s apparently dehydrated. They’ve also started antibiotics, one IV and one by mouth to try to prevent pneumonia. She is not coughing or showing any signs of it right now and have ordered chest x-rays, but they want to get a jump on it just in case. They have also started her on dexamethasone. They have not said anything about her needing oxygen at this point.

They asked me if I wanted them to continue care at the nursing home or if I want them to transfer her to a hospital. They offered that as of right now, they are doing the same thing a hospital would. I suggested they keep her there to reduce the stress of being moved to a hospital at this time. If things deteriorate, then they would send her.

I’ll update more as I get news, hopefully good.

5:26 PM – The nursing home called and left a voicemail letting me know that Mom had tested positive for COVID-19. They said that she is asymptomatic and that she’s fine. They moved her to a different room for quarantine. There were a couple of other residents that were positive and quarantined as well as some staff that had tested positive. Fortunately, there haven’t been any deaths at the nursing home that are COVID related.