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CW, is he basing his information on what an elderly and possibly demented patient is telling him? Is it possible the lady has been offered Palliative Care and doesn't realize exactly what that is?
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I wondered about that Barb, when he visited with mom I felt that for someone who ministered to a lot of old and ill people he didn't seem to have much of a clue about cognitive impairment or mental anguish.
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CW, if one's minister was concerned that someone was going to euthanize a parishioner, I would hope s/he would reach out to doctors/persons in authority/Family members. Not talk to another parishioner about it. Wrong on SO many levels.
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Just reading today. Hello.
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Not to put down clergy of any type but I sometimes wonder if they lose touch with the real world. If they truly want to relate to those they are called to preach to they should at least be as grounded in what's happening in the world today as they are their faith.
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Isthisreallyreal,

Then I say she should go for it! Why not? They very well may be a good match.
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Is anyone spooked by funeral homes? I guess with Halloween around the corner I am thinking of spooky stuff. I had fantastic costumes as a kid for Halloween. I loved trick or treating.

We have the usual haunted houses here. New Orleans has a vampire 🧛‍♀️ culture because of Anne Rice being from our area. Of course there is Voodoo here. Marie Laveau was our Voodoo Queen. So lots of hoodoo and juju in our city too. New Orleans claims to be an extremely haunted city. We have cemetery tours because of our unique cemeteries.

One of the most famous haunted houses here is The Mortuary on Canal Street. It was at one time a real mortuary. It creeps me out. I’ve heard it’s really scary but I haven’t been. I have done some of the other haunted houses when younger but I can’t bring myself to attend one held in a former funeral home.

For the longest time I despised the color mauve because the funeral home that my family used had mauve walls. I always associated that color with death. I could not look at the caskets when my father died. My brothers went with my mom in that room to select one.

I guess the color mauve reminded me of my great aunts and other relatives funerals. People told kids not to be scared because the deceased were ‘just sleeping.’

That gave me nightmares for a long time. I used to think as a little girl that I would go to sleep and end up in a casket and be buried in the cemetery. It’s really a horrible thing to tell children but I guess they didn’t know any better then.
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The funeral home in our very small town has been owned by the same family for a couple of generations and has served that purpose even longer. Although it has been renovated and expanded over the years it still has an apartment above - can you imagine raising your kids there?
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Need help. my DD recently took for a massage.. she told me the place was very near her house. When we were going there.. I told her it was funeral home when I was a college student! Indeed it was the same place, and they have done a fantastic job remodeling it into a great salon/spa. But I am glad they don't do the massages in the basement...LOL
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Pam,

Hahaha. There are funeral homes that closed here that are now other places of business, restaurants, drugstores, daycares, etc. yeah, I have odd thoughts about it!

The opposite too. One time I went with my cousin to another cousin’s funeral. The funeral home used to be a Mexican restaurant. I kept thinking about all the tacos I had enjoyed there. My cousin too. We started laughing. It was horrible. We had to go outside to compose ourselves so the family wouldn’t wonder why we were laughing during a funeral!
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Geeeez, cwille

That would be creepy!
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Pam,

Ever take the wrong elevator in a hospital? I did. I was upset. It was right after my brother’s nearly fatal motorcycle accident and I accidentally got on the service elevator.

An employee asked me where I was headed because I wasn’t supposed to be on that elevator. Thoughts went through my mind of ending up in the morgue area of the hospital! The employee pointed me in the right direction.
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Gershun,
Re: Clergy
The term for the clergy that you have described is called:

They are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.
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Need help.. that is so funny, because I work for a major HUGE hospital, and we keep adding new buildings.. and all the staff is getting lost a lot! My mom worked here before I was born, and she was always telling me about the morgue.. Now we don't have orderlies, as they used to be called, and our nurses have to take the bodies to the morgue themselves ( or did up until 5 years ago, now security does it) Once I was not busy and offered to help a nurse take the body down.. OMG it was creepy.. a long hallway full of stretchers, no way to turn around if you needed to.. ( run!!!). When we got to the morgue, there was a counter like at a dinner. I kid you not! And a door out the back filled with a parking lot of funeral home hearses! And a room off the side for the "uncollected remains". I never offered again! I politely stay in my ICU these days...
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Our hospital morgue is in the basement. Long narrow hall. Pale green tile. Looks like EVERY single scary movie show morgue you have ever seem haha! There used to be an old linens deposit down there. Someone always sent me. The hall lights always were dim and you just got off the elevator and ran. 35 years later and I still remember. CNA training in high school for health class and extra credit for extracurricular class.
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Geeeez, Boot

I think I would have nightmares!
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My Lord, Pam!

God bless all hospital staff! That sounds like a Stephen King horror movie!
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I wonder if I’ll end up uncollected remains 🤔
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The Viking is done with her second round of bactrim for another uti

she still looks sick
I hate to cath her again to get a sample to see if it’s clear

one of my favorite hoca residents passed - still fairly young and he loved to push the Viking’s buttons but I never worried that he would get mean with her despite her cussing him out

maybe he was blessed to go quickly as opposed to being locked up in the land of the demented for years
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I've read a lot of recommendations for D Mannose over the years MsM, have you tried that?
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D Mannose powder works, imo, as a preventative, and is almost tasteless, no bad taste, diluted in water.
If a patient has diabetes, one must be careful, get a doctor's advice if it is safe.

If I have it correct, the D Mannose are the sugars from the cranberry.

That does not make it harmful sugars, just check it out because I cannot figure it out.

As for occasional sugary treats allowed for any diabetic, when there is presence of UTI and antibiotics, NO SUGAR at that time. It would be contraindicated. Sorry, do not have the reference available at this time.
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MsMadge,
The Viking has had enough UTI's that seeing a urologist to manage this would help? The urologist can check to see if the UTI has cleared.

If she is still looking sick, can you have her tested for sepsis?

There is one antibiotic that reads: it is still working after the meds run out.
That one is not Bactrim I don't think.

Instead of worry, can you call the doctor today, before the weekend?

Do you have treatment for Candida, often caused by antibiotics?
Is her tongue coated white?
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D. Mannose comes from cranberries.
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I had surgery on my jaw just over 3 weeks ago and now my blood pressure is very low and my pulse rate is high,around 125 with blood pressure numbers under 100. I have been drinking water,decaf tea,coconut water. Have eaten fruit,soup,little rice puddings. Don't really know what else to do. Just wondered if anyone has any thoughts regarding this issue.
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Riverdale,
Are you taking a new medication, antibiotics?
Are you allergic?
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I am on a PICC line for 3 more weeks. Not allergic and no new medications other than what goes into line. I am taking recommended supplements. It just won't change. Will have to check it again in the morning. Thanks for the reply.
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The Viking is on liquid cystex as prevention which has dmannose - it has helped a lot since she had sepsis two years ago

the latest UTI was ecoli so likely a result of diarrhea - being immobile makes it nearly impossible to avoid going up the urethra

her mood has become so bad that I'm thinking I'll have no choice but to put her back on risperdal which I absolutely hate doing as it knocked her out and made her speak gibberish
it was suggested to use neurontin but that too is off label and has a high tolerance with need for increasing dosage
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Riverdale - you say no new medications but do any of your regular ones lower BP? I watched my mother's pressure drop dangerously low and no one had the presence of mind to reduce or discontinue her meds.
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Cwillie, they are medications I have taken for awhile. My BP tends to run low but never with numbers below 100 and a pulse rate in the 120 range. BP was a little better this morning but pulse was 126. We have left a message for the doctor. Last night was bad because even though I was tired I couldn't get to sleep.
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I did google some of the medications. Some can lower BP while others can raise it. The dilemma is that just recently it had dropped so low.
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