My mother (86) who has multiple health problems (kidney disease, some CHF, diabetes, high blood pressure) has had fluid seeping from her leg the last few weeks, mainly at night when she's asleep. She kept insisting the roof was leaking above her bed, or the mattress was wet and her weight was causing the sheets to get wet when she laid down. Over Christmas Dinner (yuck) we finally discovered her pants leg wet and she hadn't even worn them in the bedroom. So her roommate wrapped her leg overnight and this morning her leg had seeped through the wrapping. There aren't any obvious wounds but there are some small reddish spots. I called her dr. and they advised to take her to the ER, but she won't go. Anyone have any experience with something like this? TIA Carla
Kudos to you for getting mom the care she needs!
Anyway, I brought her home and found the lost prescription, and everyone is feeling a lot better about the situation. She has to have labs and a follow-up with her PCP next week.
Thanks all of you for pushing me in the right direction.
Weeping can be caused by many things thus she needs to have labs and a look over. If you can, get her to weigh once a day at the same time to see if she is gaining fluid weight & bring that log to the PCP, but get her there and soon.
Act fast, take care, and good luck!!! Don't take no for an answer, older folks always try to down play, what can be life threatening symptoms!!!!
At some point it's not " would you like to...?" It's " now were going to...", or
" would you rather go in the car or the ambulance?"
I once said to my mom " you're too smart to do something this stupid" ( not get her breast cancer dealt with). She was mad at me for months, but it got her to the right place. Blessings to you both!
Doesn't matter if mom wants to go to the ER, this is serious and needs to be seen. If she won't go willingly, call 911 for transport. They'll deal with her. (Chances are, given the opportunity to travel by private car vs. an ambulance, she'll opt for the car.)
The small reddish spots may be the beginning of sepsis--don't mess around with this.