Love it when a good nurse gives advice. :)
Duckie

Thank you everyone who answered. More details tomorrow. Just can't sit up
anymore. Mom got the pic line after about 4 hours of coaxing her over the
phone....shesh!  I was on the phone today from 11 til 5!

Thanks again to everyone for their advice and prayers for Mom. Today I
finally spoke with her Infectious Disease Dr and I ask him what we could do
about her constant infections. She's had one infection after another for the
past year. Names of which I can't even pronounce yet alone spell. UTI,
Bowel, and now Sepsis.  This time when she was admitted she had C-diff in
her bowel, three infections in her blood and a UTI  Two of the three
infections in her blood were MRSA (she's colonized now) and Enterococous
avian. They asked me if Mom lived with a bird.  And no, she doesn't. They
said it comes from bird poop! How the hell did she get that???  Fortunately
we caught it before it turned into septic shock.

So basically he said there was nothing we could do because of her weakened
immune system and diabetes, this was just how it was going to continue until
... and he just stopped talking. We both knew what he was saying. And in my
heart of hearts I've known this. I've been telling my husband that it is
either going to be sepsis or her kidneys that will be the cause of her death
the way things are going. They have to use such strong abx with these
infections that they damage her kidneys, which are in bad shape to begin
with from the diabetes. He's very careful how much and how long he gives
them to her but it's a fine line he's walking. She grows weaker with each
infection and she's lost so much weight this past year -- I'd say almost 40
lbs.

So this is very hard and very sad for me. Her mind is sharp again since they
took her off Zoloft and switched her to Wellbutrin. And her quality of life
is so poor. She did start reading again. I'm happy about that. I bought her
some large print books and she's reading again for the first time in 5
years!  She's read 4 books since April!  (Hey DCham --- are your books in
large print? I've been looking for them and didn't find them at the book
store or library. She would really like your books, I know)  So that's good.
But living in the nursing home is so boring for her.  And this crap with my
back hasn't made it any easier for me to care for her. I don't really get
out of the house except on Tue or Wed and that's when Wayne takes me to the
dr. In fact, I was is so much pain Tues I made him turn around and take me
home cause it was too painful to ride in the car.  Not fun. So I'm not
getting over to see her or take her out and except for a few visits from her
sister, she's very lonely. Well, Wayne and my son go when they can. She came
for dinner about three days before she went into the hospital. She was doing
so well! My brother was her and he and Wayne went to pick her up and brought
her over.  But two days later .... and she has sepsis and is in the
hospital!  It's amazing she gets sick so fast!

So thanks again for your speedy replies and for listening. I'm not online
too much cause it hurts to sit at the computer. Mayo is still doing the
second opinion. At least they found my films.