Hi, this is my first visit to this board. I have just come from my local hospital to see my dad and am concerned that we are being given good info.
My dad is 94. He was admitted 17 days ago as he was suffering from confusion & delerium.
He was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection. He was also in a lot of pain and had little mobility as he had fallen on his hip on New Years Eve (no, he wasn't partying!)
During the 2+ weeks he's been in he has had the hip confirmed that it is not brocken, suffered a "cardiac event" was discovered he'd been anaemic for around 3 months and had suffered both a chest infection and the winter vomiting virus during his stay, and now also has a black tongue & blister in his mouth (possibly due to ill fitting dentures as he's lost a lot of weight).
He still is in a great deal of pain & hasn't moved from his bed since he was admitted. The physio is now trying to get him moving (sitting on edge of bed, maybe move to a chair tommorow).
My (and my families) main concern is that over the past 2 weeks he has barely eaten anything. He's constanly complaining that it's painful to swallow & that everything tastes foul. He has been recieving fluid through an IV though. How can he get stronger and recover if he isn't eating any food?
Is the IV able to provide all the nutrional requiremetns he needs to both sustain & recover?
Many thanks for any help/info.
Nez
My dad is 94. He was admitted 17 days ago as he was suffering from confusion & delerium.
He was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection. He was also in a lot of pain and had little mobility as he had fallen on his hip on New Years Eve (no, he wasn't partying!)
During the 2+ weeks he's been in he has had the hip confirmed that it is not brocken, suffered a "cardiac event" was discovered he'd been anaemic for around 3 months and had suffered both a chest infection and the winter vomiting virus during his stay, and now also has a black tongue & blister in his mouth (possibly due to ill fitting dentures as he's lost a lot of weight).
He still is in a great deal of pain & hasn't moved from his bed since he was admitted. The physio is now trying to get him moving (sitting on edge of bed, maybe move to a chair tommorow).
My (and my families) main concern is that over the past 2 weeks he has barely eaten anything. He's constanly complaining that it's painful to swallow & that everything tastes foul. He has been recieving fluid through an IV though. How can he get stronger and recover if he isn't eating any food?
Is the IV able to provide all the nutrional requiremetns he needs to both sustain & recover?
Many thanks for any help/info.
Nez