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She's not well at all. The Nursing Home wanted to know Saturday if we wanted her to go back to the hospital. She's dying. She is at the point now that she can't even talk anymore. She hasn’t eaten in days. We didn't transfer her to the hospital after talking to her doctor about it. The trip itself could kill her. There is nothing the hospital can do anyway. I’m astounded by how fast she has gone down. It seems like just a month ago she was walking 3 miles a day and now she can’t sit up in bed or even talk. The Cancer is very aggressive according to her doctor. It’s robbing her body of all the nutrients she needs to stay alive and there just seems to be nothing anyone can do. She didn’t want to be kept alive with a machine and signed a paper stating that.
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That is sad! she will be in my thoughts and prayers. Yes, cancer is a devastating thing most of the time. And it is amazing how rapid some of them are. I think she did the right thing to sign a paper about not being kept alive on a machine. The hospital would just use that paper she signed and keep her comfortable, and free of pain, possibly an IV, and some oxygen. Sometimes it is too risky to move people to the hospital, sometimes they are really too weak and sick to survive the transfer.
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Answered Yes it is.
If your mother-in-law has a foley catheter, then an infection is common. If not, the infection is termed nosocomial meaning it was acquired while in the hospital and this is an ever growing problem in the U.S. mainly due to the fact that proper hygeine is not being stressed to the hospital staff. Washing hands before and after each patient contact is the best offense for nosocomial infections.
Answered It seems more and more common
A staph infection is not unusual. It's when it's not diagnosed and allowed to run rampant that it become dangerous.