Hi all,
Firstly i want to apologise if i am posting in the wrong place. Let me tell you a bit about myself as well.. My name is Gemma, I turned 31 two weeks ago (not that i remembered my birthday, too much going on) I'm getting married in August, my dad works abroad and my mum lives in Cyprus (still together), and I'm meant to be training for the London Marathon. Plus I adore my grandparents with all my heart; my favourite part of my week is on a Thursday when i go to theirs for dinner and a good old chat. Recently i have been helping more and more with little bits and pieces as mum and dad aren't in the country (dad's parents) and i enjoy doing everything i can for them.
3 weeks ago my Grandad (86), my funny, intelligent, loving and 'perfectly with it' Grandad was taken into hospital as he suddenly went a bit 'loopy' (his words not mine) and it turned out he had a urine infection and cellulitis. I reassured my Granny that urine infections can cause a great deal of confusion and he would be back to normal soon. His infections have completely cleared up and he has been off antibiotics for about a week now. But... Grandad isn't getting better. He has good days where we don't understand why he's still in hospital, he's walking totally fine, having a shower and shaving himself, and then we get a few bad days in a row where he can't even feed himself, doesn't know where he is and keeps seeing things, let alone know who we are.
I have been going to the hospital every day but it's difficult to find out what's going on. I have told every single nurse and doctor that the way Grandad is at the moment is so far away from his baseline it's laughable. The day before he was admitted he was doing the gardening and walking his and my dog (which he kindly usually does every day for me).
At first they said it was just the urine infection, then they gave him an MRI and that came back normal with a little bit of shadowing that could be put down to his high blood pressure, and now they have said it's delirium. I had already done some research and thought it could be this, but they weren't keen to confirm.
I don't know whether anyone can help me understand how long this could carry on for, whether Grandad will regain his 'normal state' and what I can do to help him because at the moment I feel totally helpless and it's breaking my heart. I want to be with him any time i'm not at work, but sometimes when he's getting so distressed and wants to come home, it just upsets me so much and i hate crying in front of him. My grandparents and I are so very close and I love them more than anything.
If anyone has any help/tips/advice about this I would truly appreciate it.
Firstly i want to apologise if i am posting in the wrong place. Let me tell you a bit about myself as well.. My name is Gemma, I turned 31 two weeks ago (not that i remembered my birthday, too much going on) I'm getting married in August, my dad works abroad and my mum lives in Cyprus (still together), and I'm meant to be training for the London Marathon. Plus I adore my grandparents with all my heart; my favourite part of my week is on a Thursday when i go to theirs for dinner and a good old chat. Recently i have been helping more and more with little bits and pieces as mum and dad aren't in the country (dad's parents) and i enjoy doing everything i can for them.
3 weeks ago my Grandad (86), my funny, intelligent, loving and 'perfectly with it' Grandad was taken into hospital as he suddenly went a bit 'loopy' (his words not mine) and it turned out he had a urine infection and cellulitis. I reassured my Granny that urine infections can cause a great deal of confusion and he would be back to normal soon. His infections have completely cleared up and he has been off antibiotics for about a week now. But... Grandad isn't getting better. He has good days where we don't understand why he's still in hospital, he's walking totally fine, having a shower and shaving himself, and then we get a few bad days in a row where he can't even feed himself, doesn't know where he is and keeps seeing things, let alone know who we are.
I have been going to the hospital every day but it's difficult to find out what's going on. I have told every single nurse and doctor that the way Grandad is at the moment is so far away from his baseline it's laughable. The day before he was admitted he was doing the gardening and walking his and my dog (which he kindly usually does every day for me).
At first they said it was just the urine infection, then they gave him an MRI and that came back normal with a little bit of shadowing that could be put down to his high blood pressure, and now they have said it's delirium. I had already done some research and thought it could be this, but they weren't keen to confirm.
I don't know whether anyone can help me understand how long this could carry on for, whether Grandad will regain his 'normal state' and what I can do to help him because at the moment I feel totally helpless and it's breaking my heart. I want to be with him any time i'm not at work, but sometimes when he's getting so distressed and wants to come home, it just upsets me so much and i hate crying in front of him. My grandparents and I are so very close and I love them more than anything.
If anyone has any help/tips/advice about this I would truly appreciate it.