Health of Mrs. James W. GREEN Jr.
    Mrs. James W. GREEN Jr.:
  1. Monday afternoon 12 Feb. 2001 Mom started complaining & complained all night that she hurt so bad she was dying.  She had us raise the head of her bed (it is a hospital bed).
  2. Tuesday morning 13 Feb. 2001 Mom could not eat, brush her teeth, take her pills, or walk.  She wanted us to leave her alone & let her die.  I figured it was a pulled muscle or kidney stone.  I got the wheel chair out of the trunk of dad's car & we started to take her to the doctor's office, but I found dad's battery was dead.  I could not find the jumper cables & put the charger on the battery & I lay down.  Dad was lying on the sofa & mom in her wheel chair in the living room between us.  She fussed until dad got up & found the jumper cables & we took her to see Dr. Steve Barnett in Dr. Gaddy's office since Dr. Gaddy was not in.  Her vitals were blood pressure: 130/60, heart rate 80, temperature: 96.8ºF.  He did a CVC to see if her white blood cell count was up indicating an infection.  It was not elevated.  The nurse asked for a urine sample & we collected it & turned it in.  They said it was clear.  He felt & found the pain was near the bottom of her rib cage on her left.  He thought it might be arthritic pain projected from a nerve being hurt at the spine & gave her 3 boxes of Viloxx.  Each box contains 4 25 mg pills.  It was take one a day so this is enough pills for 12 days.  He said give her no more than one aspirin a day, that aspirin being for heart therapy (though she has no known heart problem).  He said it could be a pulled muscle or a bowel impaction.  He asked it she was constipated & dad said no.  He said it could be a cracked rib.  He sent her to the hospital for a set of Xrays to show cracked rib or bowel impaction.  The Xray interpreter was not in.  We went home.  They phoned to say they had sent a prescription to Wal-mart for mom for bactrim for bladder infection & suggested we pick it up that evening.  We didn't. New14 February 2001
  3. Wednesday 14 Feb. 2001 Mom's pain subsided after doctor's visit 13 Feb.  Mom complained of her head hurting this morning and then complained of her eyes and then about noon it was her back below the hips that hurt while I was walking her from the kitchen to the living room.   Hattie Thompson is sick with the flu so dad got Mrs. Bea Padgett to come bathe mom this evening.  She bathed mom in her bed.  New15 February 2001
  4. Friday 23 Feb. 2001 Hattie Thompson came to bathe mom & said her husband had had a stroke that night & she could not return.  Bea Padgett agreed to start coming temporarily 3 times a week to bathe mom. New27 February 2001
  5. Monday afternoon 26 Feb. 2001 while I was with Dean Weems, Bea came & bathed mom. New27 February 2001
  6. Friday 21 Sep. 2001 Mom & Dad had a 2 PM appointment with Roger Gaddy MD in Winnsboro (which I made for them Tues. 18 Sep 2001).  Bea Padgett, bathing mom, had pointed out Friday 14 & Monday 17 Sept. how deep black mom's bruises on her hands looked, so the lady making appointments worked Mom & Dad in for Friday.  A report on this visit to the MD for dad is on his page (q.v.).  Also mom had been very weak after attending church last Sunday 16 Sep. and I was suspecting her sugar was high.  I am not sure if he actually checked mom's sugar.  I think he said it is always well controlled, so there is no need.  I think he was just in a hurry so I decided I could check it later & since mom was doing so well walking today, I did not think he would find her sugar out of control.  They got 2 or 3 capillary tubes of blood & did a CVC on mom and said her blood was fine: 9,000 white count and 14.5 hemoglobin.  He said she did not need any moles on her hands removed & just take vitamin C for circulation for her skin.

    I had taken mom's shoes off when we got to the room that they put us in, since that is what Dr. Barnett had said diabetics should do.  Dr. Gaddy looked at mom's toe nails & agreed they needed cutting and she should have an appointment with the podiatrist so I made appointments for mom & me which were given for Monday 24 Sep. 1:45 & 2 PM.  I too have type 2 diabetes discovered May 2001 & diabetics have circulation problems due to sugar destroying capillaries especially in the feet so that sores don't heal quickly so MDs want no accidents cutting toe nails less infection set in in a cut & lead to gangrene & amputation so MDs prescribe podiatrists cutting diabetics' toe nails.  I pointed out the brown (fungus?) discoloring her nails (It is on my toenails too.), but he did not seem concerned so I will just point out the brown discoloration to the podiatrist.  The lady in Dr. Gaddy's office making the podiatrist appointment for us said Blue Cross is no longer demanding a referral & confirmed insurance would pay for the podiatrist.  After Dr. Gaddy had examined mom's feet I had mom put her socks & shoes on which she did with difficulty but by herself while the doctor & nurse were out of the room.

    I asked dad & the MD to discuss their theories on whether mom should walk.  Dad gave his usual line that she was 88 & thus too old to be required to walk.  The doctor countered asking if he would stop walking when he got to be her age next year then said when you stop going you will die.  He went on to say it helps mom's heart & circulation & I added it puts calcium in her bones & he agreed.  He was in a hurry so I did not get the floor to add that the deep breathing that walking causes, helps her lungs stay clear of pneumonia, etc. & keeps her muscles & lungs strong.  He was pleased to hear mom was able to walk from the car, across from the building, all the way to the front desk on her walker. I also had her walk out and she got as far as the lobby before having to sit down.  After resting she walked out the front door & then sat down in the wheelchair again.  Due to the sun & her being tired, I rolled her across the parking lot to the car in the wheelchair & by the time she got in the car, dad had finished checking out & was at the car.  's vital statistics were:

    Blood Pressure Temperature Respiration Heart
    Rate
    150/70
    97.6ºF
    18
    82
    I asked if 150 was too high & he said not considering mom's age.  New as of 23 Sep 2001 23 September 2001
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